Example sentences of "with [verb] their [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is expected some of the Manual will be suitable to be offered to the Contracts and Purchasing Working Group charged with producing their own procedures document for BS5750 . |
| 2 | It would , however , be too simple to portray antislavery after the late 1830s as purely a scene of contending sects more concerned with maintaining their own kinds of purity than achieving anything practical . |
| 3 | But Stanislavskian actors are nevertheless concerned in rehearsal and other preparation time with tapping their own reservoirs of emotional memories to find within themselves a sophistication , subtlety or depth of emotional engagement so that in concentrating on the character 's actions , a wider , deeper range of emotions may be released . |
| 4 | Thus the primary motivation of professionals is public service rather than personal gain : doctors are concerned primarily with the health of their patients rather than with lining their own pockets . |
| 5 | During the 1960s and 1970s , three explanations in particular gained credence : conservatism ( men innovate , women stick more closely to traditional forms ) ; status consciousness ( women are more sensitive than men to the social meaning of speech and more concerned with elevating their own status through speaking ‘ properly ’ ) ; and feminine identity ( women are expected to talk like ‘ ladies ’ , that is , like middle-class speakers . |
| 6 | Those local education authorities which have begun seriously to seek a place in the curriculum of their schools for locally-used languages have in many cases to be content with providing their own in-service training on a relatively ad hoc basis . |
| 7 | As a reform candidate Reagan had made clear his low view of legislators , presenting them as the tools of special interests , primarily concerned with feathering their own nests . |
| 8 | Many companies delay payment as long as they can while maintaining an accounts section charged with chasing their own debtors for early settlement of accounts . |
| 9 | Many companies delay payment as long as they can while maintaining an accounts section charged with chasing their own debtors for early settlement of accounts . |
| 10 | Most scientists do n't either , they just become familiar with manipulating their own abstract language as a useful way of organizing information . |
| 11 | It is normal for a transfer price to be imposed and then to let the divisions get on with making their own decisions . |