Example sentences of "their [noun] [verb] or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Millimetres in size , perhaps interstitial in sediments , their inability to fossilize or leave obvious traces could explain their absence from Proterozoic rocks . |
| 2 | Their inability to see or echolocate over longer distances undoubtedly contributes to their frequency of net entanglement . |
| 3 | Their inability to concentrate or order their thoughts means that they generally do not learn much at school , even though they may be quite intelligent . |
| 4 | A major difference between brachiopods and bivalves is that the latter are capable of moving freely , using their foot to crawl or dig . |
| 5 | The law will limit their opportunity to incinerate or dump waste , thereby , it is hoped , encouraging manufacturers to build recyclability into product design . |
| 6 | Traditional options are contracts written by stock exchange market makers entitling their clients to buy or sell quoted shares in some stock in the future at a price fixed at the time the option contract is purchased . |
| 7 | The time constraints for decisions to be made are tight , as operators are required to give only six weeks ' notice of their intention to withdraw or change a service . |
| 8 | Under the plan , L&H 's 629 former partners are being asked to pay back over $40m over the next 10 years , with some partners ' personal assessments totalling as much as $400,000. 475 partners are thought to have approved the plan , but the remainder have either expressed their intention to appeal or have declared themselves personally bankrupt . |
| 9 | Time and again local politicians and those with business interests have used their influence to overturn or ignore court decrees to evacuate the 45,000 garimpeiros once and for all . |
| 10 | Although perhaps rather few people rely on their relatives for regular financial support , many people go through times in their lives when such support is important to their capacity to establish or maintain a particular life style . |
| 11 | Do not , by taking away their right to vote or participate in their policies and selections , you need the back-up teams of the trade unions in all its elections . |
| 12 | It is their opposition to private placement bureau , which they see as undermining the public employment service , which has been the main explanation for trade union hostility to agency working and , until recently , for their reluctance to recruit or organise agency workers ( on this last see Towers/Harrison 1981 ) . |
| 13 | A recent study has shown that with very careful training over the course of five months , babies between 8½ and 10½ months of age can be taught to indicate their need to defecate or pass urine ( Sweets et al . |
| 14 | No-one has thought it worth their while to eulogize or anathematize schools like Burleigh . |
| 15 | The report concludes that : " Industrialists , farmers , loggers and fishermen fiercely defend their rights to pollute or exploit resources . |
| 16 | Compulsory membership of a trade union , in force since 1936 with only a brief interlude , was to be abolished , and employers were to be released from their obligation to recognize or negotiate with unions or to be bound by pay awards negotiated at a national level . |
| 17 | Their ability to contain or manage the conflict when this has threatened to engulf them as well as the regional contestants , for example in 1967 and 1973 , contrasts sharply with their inability to transact a peace process which transcends their own rivalry in order to resolve the conflict . |
| 18 | On that Friday morning three weeks ago , I was little more than an irritant to dozens of drivers caught in a traffic jam as police cars and ambulances blocked their way to work or school . |
| 19 | The Association would call upon all local authorities which have instructed their librarians to restrict or prevent access to materials , either on grounds of personal prejudice or a desire to ‘ protect ’ public morality , to reconsider the principle on which the public service is provided , and to recognize the necessary discretion that their professional staff should be allowed in providing a comprehensive service for users . |
| 20 | Do their turns latch or overlap , or are there pauses between them ? |