Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [vb mod] [vb infin] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally , either they or their solicitors can use a Scottish solicitor or agent to help them , but unless the debt is sizeable the tendency is to consider this too much time , trouble and expense . |
| 2 | So that 's why their policies might seem a little bit wishy-washy in that how that if they were going straight for a rich peasant economy then perhaps you would have expected a more spectacular economic growth , but there was n't and perhaps this was because they did n't actually go positively just for a rich peasant economy , they were trying to achieve a greater degree of erm egalitarianism in the countryside at the same time . |
| 3 | If the islands where they lived did contain strong jawed predators , such as hyaenas , their heads would make a crunchy snack . |
| 4 | Cars would slow down so that their drivers could have a better look . |
| 5 | This too encourages the flow of savings as it gives savers the confidence that their savings will earn a good rate of interest . |
| 6 | But scholars who use them with a sober sense of their limitations can add a new dimension to literary studies , and in an age of divided cultures we should surely be ready to welcome a marriage of literacy and numeracy . |
| 7 | ( Many of you suggested that OAPs and the handicapped who rely on their dogs should pay a smaller amount . ) |
| 8 | Patients and their carers would have a realistic choice freed from fears of favouritism and unfair influence . |
| 9 | Those old people who are dependent on the retirement pension and who find it does not meet their needs can claim a supplementary pension from income support . |
| 10 | Consequently it is possible , even likely , that their observations may have a built-in bias that is the more confining because it is unconscious . |
| 11 | In the first place the number of States that work diligently on their accident investigation responsibilities is regrettably rather small , and although their delegates may approach a divisional meeting with the same view of the agenda items their ideas can be , and all too frequently are , frustrated by States which make little or no contribution in this field of activity . |
| 12 | Second , on a tour of the provinces in the summer of 1858 Alexander made plain to backwoodsmen that their committees should take a positive view of the reformist enterprise . |
| 13 | Owner occupiers account for 23pc of households and the inclusion of work to their properties would have a beneficial effect on the overall scheme , members heard . |
| 14 | They warn some practices will go private and their patients will face a massive increase in costs , while other practices may refuse to take on new NHS patients . |
| 15 | By the mid-1930s male civil servants could choose to ‘ allocate ’ part of their pensions ; that is , to opt for a lower pension on retirement , so that if they died first their wives would get a modest continuing pension ( ibid . , |
| 16 | Their flights may take a few hours or many days . |
| 17 | Men who work with their hands might find a little attention with hand lotion could make them much more romantically stimulating . |
| 18 | The third characteristic envisaged for the polytechnics , namely that they should have an ‘ applied philosophy ’ , means that their courses should have a vocational orientation and be designed with specific career outlets in mind , thus distinguishing them from many university courses which are sometimes described as ‘ pure ’ . |
| 19 | Their forebears would make a fruitful study . |
| 20 | Malatie and her husband were prepared to make sacrifices so that their children might get a decent education : they were paying for two of them to attend a special boarding school for Harijans . |
| 21 | If they are filled with progressive rubbish , they should demand from the headmaster and governors that they should return to traditional structured learning so that their children will have a fair chance . |
| 22 | Believing their children will receive a better and more disciplined education , with a greater prospect of university entry than from a state school , many parents who can afford it send their children to such private institutions , known ( confusingly ) as " public schools . " |
| 23 | Unfortunately , people can die before they reach retirement and some of their spouses may have a rude shock when they discover that instead of receiving a huge pension fund , they are entitled only to a return of the premiums . |
| 24 | However , a buy-in by the company of their shares may have a lower tax cost to the departing shareholders than a straightforward disposal , as illustrated below . |