Example sentences of "it [verb] their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did it affect their investment projects ? |
| 2 | ‘ Alexander , Michael and now William ( 2¾ ) have all been to the art class , and I 've found it encourages their imagination and creativity . |
| 3 | More daughters than would admit it hate their mothers . ’ |
| 4 | It revealed their inexperience , captain Wessels admitted , and showed them that standards in Test cricket were very high . |
| 5 | It affirmed their desire to institutionalize and strengthen the CSCE , whose role would , however , remain complementary to that of NATO . |
| 6 | A national " mass of reconciliation " was proposed for Aug. 15 by the " revolutionary Peronism " faction of the ruling Justicialist Party , including the remnants of the Montoneros , who called for reconciliation with the armed forces and an amnesty for their imprisoned leader Mario Firmenich [ see p. 35561 ] ; this mass was to have been attended both by former Montonero guerrillas and by military officers from the dirty war , but was cancelled by the Church when it became clear that certain officers were using it to support their demand for an amnesty . |
| 7 | If they think it spoils their chances . |
| 8 | It represents their reality in terms of which they structure their actions . |
| 9 | It involves their witness through both works and words , without any programme . |
| 10 | Humber Manure is not easy to get because it has a strong smell and shopkeepers think it drives their customers away ! |
| 11 | But they did not maintain an image ; or at least , not until an outsider pressed them , assembled one from what he thought were the parts , tried it out on them and modified it to accommodate their comments and additional information . |
| 12 | ‘ I imagine it made their day . ’ |
| 13 | It made their day , just as he had earlier put a smile on the face of many in Craigmillar . |
| 14 | Nor do they hesitate to make use of it to promote their offspring , generally referred to as the zolotyie dietki — or golden youth . |
| 15 | When I told him that one of the most important was esparto grass , his grave face lit up , because Faber 's , it appeared , purchased consignments of it to meet their paper needs . |
| 16 | ‘ Either at the request of some lady because it disturbed their bouncing on the royal bed . |
| 17 | Daily contact with infants in the crèche ( next to the sixth-form coffee bar ) , the elderly , the frail , the physically and mentally disabled , employed people who come to us for literacy support or computing courses , active retired people attending daytime A-level classes , members of the community using our library , students on the threshold of professional careers in music playing with non-too-gifted amateurs engaged in recreation , academically-gifted students about to enter university engaged in social work with our special-needs students , has perhaps given us an unusually clear insight into the different ways people need and want education and the different circumstances in which it enriches their lives . |
| 18 | Remember here that some people do not like seeing you write down their words for it interrupts their flow of thought . |
| 19 | Other countries use it to increase their exports . |
| 20 | It drew their attention to the fact that some of their clients may have a hearing problem without expressly saying so . |
| 21 | The labour test was unattractive both to the many of the unemployed , because it impaired their skills and prevented their seeking work elsewhere , and to Poor Law administrators , because discipline was difficult to maintain in the stoneyards . |
| 22 | So in general consumers should welcome new entrants to the credit market , not just because it widens their choice , but because it should tend to lower the cost of credit by sharpening competition . |
| 23 | One of the teachers , Jen Tirebuck , said : ‘ It develops their curiosity about science and encourages them to raise questions and seek their own answers . ’ |
| 24 | The soldiers escorting it used their weapons to help destroy the creatures . |
| 25 | The old Chinese army used it to train their generals in strategy . |
| 26 | There is little to see , and users must make up their own minds on whether it covers their needs , rather than relying on the opinions of others . |
| 27 | If schools feel that the National Curriculum does not get to the heart of the matter , that it is a relatively superficial means to more important ends and has important omissions , then is it not up to the schools to work through the National Curriculum or add to it to secure their goals ? |
| 28 | They gave it their calendars it bolted their diaries |
| 29 | Most organisms , ranging from other microbes to man , can absorb folic acid and rely on it to provide their needs , and so they are not affected by sulphonamides . |
| 30 | In any democracy , a government can commit its people to certain bloodshed only if it believes it has their support . |