Example sentences of "for their [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The medium-sized town stations sometimes reflected the styles in vogue for their grander counterparts . |
| 2 | Yet it may be bad for other firms , even sound ones , since lenders will become increasingly wary , and may charge higher interest rates overall to make up for their higher risks . |
| 3 | It will improve gearing and the offeror 's ability to borrow ( unsecured creditors will regard it as similar to share capital ) but the holders will expect a higher yield to compensate them for their higher risk , although this should be less than that expected for preference share capital . |
| 4 | The evidence lies in two imposing series of texts , the records of church councils , and the statutes ( regulations for the performance of sacramental and pastoral duties ) issued by bishops and archbishops for their lower clergy . |
| 5 | The foregoing paragraphs notwithstanding it is possible , and indeed useful , to categorize English surnames for their better examination . |
| 6 | Subjects with milder phenylketonuria did consistently better than those with a more severe disorder , but this advantage disappeared when allowance was made for their better phenylalanine control . |
| 7 | Cecil made it quite clear that in his opinion , at least , the " strangers " in charge of the works were pretending to act simply and fairly towards the society but were thought to be dealing more for their own " private lucre " than for the benefit of the society , " … this despite diverse great sums of money due by them for rent having been remitted for their better encouragement to carry on the work … " |
| 8 | I should like i if I may Mr Deputy Speaker , to commend Welsh billing authorities for their better than expected performance in collecting the council tax . |
| 9 | In general , employers were more likely to provide for their better-paid skilled workers who were less easily replaced than the unskilled labourers . |
| 10 | But even if the ‘ social ’ stage is moved forward ( tendentiously ) to the point at which these developed resources can be said to ‘ already ’ exist , it is impossible to overlook the extraordinary social history of the institution of systems for their further cultural development . |
| 11 | The research aims to identify the present economic contribution of wildlife/nature conservation resources and to evaluate the potential for their further economic development . |
| 12 | But he emphasizes very strongly that in no way does this mean that there is no longer scope for their further development , or that their return to profitability is a flash in the pan , to be reversed whenever the next downturn comes . |
| 13 | It is with worrying regularity that many of today 's major tours offer a ‘ home label ’ support act as the majors fight desperately to gain attention for their smaller acts . |
| 14 | When birds are released from cages , they flap and stretch at a very high rate , suggesting that they are compensating for their earlier restriction . |
| 15 | The stickers and leaflets which are the main tools of this campaign ( to persuade managers of shops to care for their older and disabled customers by providing a chair ) are distributed from PR Promotions . |
| 16 | This book is a practical guide for nurses who wish to develop activities programmes for their older clients . |
| 17 | Some carers will feel imprisoned by the demands made of them , and they will be torn between their desire to care for their older relatives and their own need to lead an independent life . |
| 18 | Furthermore , despite the proven efficacy of warfarin in primary stroke prevention , physicians remain reluctant to prescribe oral anticoagulants for their older patients with AF because of fears about haemorrhagic complications and understandable concerns about drug compliance in elderly outpatients . |
| 19 | For their younger pupils , some secondary schools combine two or three subjects in ‘ humanities ’ or ‘ integrated science ’ , putting the emphasis on understanding and application of skills . |
| 20 | Heirs grew over-ambitious : both Baldwin V of Flanders and Geoffrey Martel the Younger rebelled against their fathers in an attempt to establish their own dominion ahead of time ; more problematically , princes had the headache of finding adequate endowments for their younger sons without infringing on the patrimony . |
| 21 | ‘ Bad luck Duch , ’ they said , using the family nickname for their younger sister , ‘ your face is on the tea-towels so you 're too late to chicken out now . ’ |
| 22 | " 1 The survey remarked of girls under 14 that " they are often found to save expense by that unremunerative and often heavy task of helping mother about the house " , and " small girls are naturally useful as nurses " for their younger brothers and sisters . " |