Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [prep] [v-ing] [that] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The Court of Appeal supported this view , Lord Justice Purchas saying that it was ‘ clearly established ’ that the circumstances in which the court would intervene by judicial review were ‘ severely circumscribed ’ , though remitting the cases to the local authority for them to state correctly their reasons for determining that it was reasonable to expect the applicants to continue to occupy their settled accommodation in Bangladesh .
2 It prevents those who do neuter their pets from claiming that they are simply responsible citizens who wish to assist in the elimination of starving strays .
3 To deliberately refuse to have sex is unreasonable ; and some wives ( and a few husbands ) have got their divorces by claiming that their partners demanded too much sex , or wanted kinky sex .
4 Employers must also real realize their responsibilities in ensuring that their employees do not work in fear of attack .
5 By concentrating upon the physical consequences , the surgeons are deluding themselves and their patients into believing that they are helping the problem and that they are providing encouragement for the future .
6 For example , in English Hop Growers Ltd v Derring [ 1928 ] 2 KB 174 Scrutton LJ said " I have always for myself regarded it as in the public interest that parties who , being in an equal position of bargaining , make contracts , should be compelled to perform them , and not to escape from their liabilities by saying that they had agreed to something which was unreasonable " .
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