Example sentences of "their [noun pl] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Publishers are invited to send review copies and information on their titles for this preview to Jennifer Taylor . |
| 2 | Publishers are invited to send review copies and information on their titles for this preview to Jennifer Taylor , . |
| 3 | Instead this aspiring England squad , many of who will be hoping to fill the gaps left by the ‘ Dad 's Army ’ veterans as well as challenge for British Lions places next summer , will be cutting their teeth for such momentous challenges on lowly provincial opposition like Wairarapa-Bush and Wanganui . |
| 4 | Some amazingly well organised not to mention tight people , take their notes for this meeting on the back of the last meeting 's agenda . |
| 5 | The man had not been deliberately cruel or corrupt , like so many non-medical people who licensed their houses for this purpose , but he had stuck to the principle that the violent needed continual restraint , and his daughter still feared more progressive methods . |
| 6 | AA research shows that 64 per cent of motorists use their cars for this purpose -among them , semi-skilled and unskilled workers for whom the car is an absolute necessity . |
| 7 | The second characteristic of the post-war national insurance scheme , which will perpetuate the treatment of women as dependants on their husbands for some time to come , is the married woman 's option . |
| 8 | A lot of people have said to us that our gigs remind them of when they 're in the bathroom , miming with a tennis racket , pouring water over their heads for that sweat experience . ’ |
| 9 | A lot of people have said to us that our gigs remind them of when they 're in the bathroom , miming with a tennis racket , pouring water over their heads for that sweat experience . ’ |
| 10 | However , the increased productivity of labour may help many firms to cut costs , enabling them to reduce prices and to expand their levels of output , thereby increasing their demands for all factor inputs , including labour . |
| 11 | When they do , he 's probably so busy making tea , answering their demands for more sugar , and looking for his favourite mug in the debris that he ca n't concentrate on his red boxes . |
| 12 | The Group of 77 , as the developing countries called themselves , had already discovered the capacity of the opposing phalanx of rich , aid-giving industrialised countries either to stonewall their demands for more aid or for preferential trading arrangements , or to fob them off with empty , symbolic gestures . |
| 13 | Why had n't somebody checked that they had n't left their spears for all and sundry to trip over ? |
| 14 | They acknowledged that Mr Blake , from Lord Jim , had rescued their employee on both occasions and they wished to record their thanks for this . |
| 15 | Formal goals may be displaced by informal and incompatible goals that reflect the interests of members who happen to be in a position to substitute their goals for those of ‘ the organization ’ . |
| 16 | Investors have criticised last week 's fiscal package and interest rate cut as too little too late and voted with their feet for most of the week by selling out of the market . |
| 17 | The 1920 Treaty of Sèvres , part of the array of accords reached by the Allies at Versailles after the First World War , encouraged the Kurds like the Armenians to hope that their aspirations for some form of statehood might be fulfilled when the Ottoman empire was dismembered . |
| 18 | The ambivalences generated for many white youth by the attractions of Afro-Caribbean , Afro-American and African musical forms , and their admirations for some aggressive forms of Afro-Caribbean masculinity , have resulted in alliances in particular schools and neighbourhoods between white and Afro Caribbean youth against Asian youth , while in some schools where black white conflicts remain submerged the dominant form of racist insult occurs between different ethnic minority groups , for instance Asian and Afro-Caribbean or Cypriot and Vietnamese ( Cohen , 1987 ) . |
| 19 | How many had come into this squat or that , asking , " Any of your soup left , Alice ? " and then sat breaking bread into it , handing back their plates for more . |
| 20 | Once the young are born they may be cared for by both their parents for many days . |
| 21 | So some of the young of the pair stay with their parents for several years and take turns in transporting the new infants . |
| 22 | Often as not fry have to be removed from their parents for any number of reasons and if a bare tank is used in which to grow them on , it is not always possible to have a suitable filter on hand to use in an emergency . |
| 23 | Throughout his book , Anger patiently exhumes the sordid remains of dead film stars , robbing their graves for any evidence that might undermine the official stories that the Hollywood studio system revealed to an adoring public . |
| 24 | Going to my first feminist conference in the late seventies : the thrill of seeing so many women together , and , even more so , seeing so many lesbians openly showing their affections for each other . |
| 25 | Internationalists had their explanations for that , of course , but these failed to carry conviction in the face of the facts . |
| 26 | In the past , fleas used to be a problem only during the warmer months of the year in temperate areas , but now the advent of central heating has enabled these parasites to plague dogs and their owners for much of the year . |
| 27 | We will ensure that all children have their memories for each of the foundation subjects tested at the ages of seven , 11 , 13 and 16 . |
| 28 | ‘ If you were happy together , why should she mind about a few snubs from social snobs who barred you from their visiting-lists for such a reason ? |
| 29 | Although his interest is welcomed , it does seem somewhat inappropriate for someone on holiday from the other side of the world , without any apparent local knowledge , making brief comments in what is a major debate within the Board 's area , the outcome of which could seriously affect many patients and their families for many years . |
| 30 | In some cases the day centres genuinely act as training centres , preparing those who attend for eventual independence , while in others the aim is simply to offer a daily change of environment and relief to their families for those too handicapped ever to lead independent lives . |