Example sentences of "lose their [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they lose their hold on the rock or are swept away by the waves , they will assuredly drown . |
| 2 | On balance , however , it looks as though by May 1183 Henry II and Richard were beginning to lose their grip on the war . |
| 3 | Under the old DHSS cohabitation ruling , beleaguered by years of criticism from welfare workers and the women 's movement , women who had male friends , family or lovers around ran the risk of losing their benefit on the grounds that these men were or should be maintaining them . |
| 4 | The issue of jobs was now added to the left agenda , as the print workers finally lost their grip on the production jugular of the industry in the first fundamental update of print technology since the late Middle Ages . |
| 5 | In the great cities , people had to make more choices for themselves as traditional social institutions like the family and the church lost their grip on the individual . |
| 6 | The mountains can be a dangerous place — weather changes rapidly leaving climbers and walkers ‘ blind ’ while hands and feet can easily lose their grip on the slopes covered with neve or tightly packed snow . |