Example sentences of "in [verb] their [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the 1980s , the independents became a real force , recording technology is easily accessible , and bands are more energetic and enterprising in producing their own records and promoting themselves . |
| 2 | In producing their own versions of what the dialogue might have been , students will be practising language they are studying in their textbooks . |
| 3 | Since he believes that students may be aided in drawing their own conclusions if writers make their own value biases explicit , it is particularly important to do this . |
| 4 | AT&T complains that US carriers wanting to enter the UK market not only have to invest substantial time and money in building their own networks , but also have no alternative but to negotiate with British Telecom for local access to customers . |
| 5 | This change can not take place without the involvement of the people themselves and , therefore , they must be moved from their traditional passivity towards an active role in shaping their own lives . |
| 6 | Their staff were generally willing to ‘ have a go ’ , and with some information and support went a long way in challenging their own attitudes and those of other children and parents . |
| 7 | Staff will need help in understanding their own reactions to the patient 's behaviour . |
| 8 | ‘ Those representing developed countries were primarily interested in protecting their own industries and jobs and security at the polls , not in protecting the environment . |
| 9 | Emerging in the late sixties it took several forms : informal consciousness-raising groups were set up ; women 's campaigns were run in support of abortion , battered women , women in employment , and of oppressed women in different parts of the world ; and women found their own voice in establishing their own magazines and publishing houses . |
| 10 | The phasing in of a standardised unit specification will have implications both for centres delivering SCOTVEC units , and for those involved in writing their own units . |
| 11 | Artists ' writing on art can naturally be more practical or technical , even in defining their own aims . |
| 12 | All children should be supported in valuing their own dialects and in using them where they are appropriate to context and purpose , but they should also be able to use Standard English when it is necessary and helpful to do so in speaking as well as writing . |
| 13 | The aim of any professional involvement must always be to advise and assist parents in solving their own problems . |
| 14 | Family therapy techniques , emphasising as they do the role of the parents and the necessity for them being fully involved in solving their own problems , were considered helpful . |
| 15 | As we noted before , one of the prime concerns of teachers is that they do not have enough time to carry out the day-to-day tasks and responsibilities of their jobs to their own satisfaction , let alone to invest in enhancing their own skills , or reflecting on their roles and priorities , to anything like the extent which they would like . |
| 16 | They had a personal stake in improving their own incomes ( and they were aided in this by the growth of white-collar and public-sector trade unions ) , and they had a professional commitment to improve the lot of the clients of their services . |
| 17 | Most criticisms of trade unions will reflect upon individual officers , who will usually be financially supported by their union in vindicating their own reputations . |
| 18 | The documentarists were natural allies of the government , well practised in tailoring their own ideas to the demands of their sponsors , and exploring ideas about British character that it had become important to validate in order to distinguish the natives from their foes . |
| 19 | They continued to enjoy rather more autonomy in running their own affairs , but the state officials who dealt with them were scarcely less rapacious than landlords . |
| 20 | Measures affecting higher education saw the universities granted greater autonomy in running their own affairs . |
| 21 | Four hospitals in the central south area are to carry out a pilot study in running their own affairs , a first step towards opting out of the National Health Service . |
| 22 | The accession to power of nationalist movements and parties — the taking of political power by indigenous Africans previously denied a voice in running their own countries — brought about a dramatic transformation in Africa 's media . |
| 23 | This is vital because most people taking up franchises are not experienced in running their own businesses . |
| 24 | As well as advising on death duties and acting as executor of wills , this division will provide for those who need help in managing their own affairs , arrange retirement benefits and advise on tax reduction . |
| 25 | The idea that people operate ‘ strategies ’ in which they assess a range of options , and act to maximize their opportunities , has become an increasingly important insight in historical work on the family , and one which accords an active role to human beings in constructing their own lives , rather than seeing individuals at the mercy of large scale social forces ( Morgan , 1985 , p. 175 ) . |
| 26 | This envisages a major shift of emphasis from the ‘ cognitive-academic ’ curriculum of many secondary schools towards one emphasising more personal involvement by pupils in selecting their own patterns of study from a wider range of choice . |
| 27 | If such people are to receive advice in making their own choices , social workers are likely to have to continue their involvement with all these parts of the welfare economy . |
| 28 | Managers often have difficulty in identifying their own goals let alone the goals of others . |
| 29 | It 's here that Impey , in his book , sees a particular role for the internal auditor in acting as tutor and guide to all line managers in assessing their own systems and controls , and identifying areas for improvement , as part of their annual operational review . |
| 30 | The decision that leisure should be the Main focus of the project 's work was also made by the service-providers ; disabled people in the area were not involved in setting their own agendas to decide on the important issues as they saw them . |