Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Supporters of a no-confidence referendum had gathered 440,000 signatures to support their demand . |
| 2 | Teachers looking for funding to support their research can apply to the Scottish Office Education Department for a grant under its sponsored research programme . |
| 3 | When the group comes together to discuss what might happen in the ensuing chapter , they return to the words of the text to support their evidence . |
| 4 | The Supergrid gave them more freedom to optimise their siting by these criteria . |
| 5 | Inflation creates strife , as different groups in society struggle to restore their living standards . |
| 6 | In the 1890s purists began to make headway at a local level by persuading the police and the courts to support their programme . |
| 7 | Employees who work in areas where exposure to ionising radiation is possible are issued with personal film badges or other dosimeters to monitor their exposure . |
| 8 | A new station called Birkbeck , was built where it crossed Elmers End Road , but was not sufficiently near the tram route to affect their traffic . |
| 9 | The National Governing Bodies whose sports can be accommodated in the facilities have taken the opportunity to promote their sport to a potential audience of four million people and are organising displays , coaching clinics , tournaments and so on . |
| 10 | Yet if they are to fulfil their responsibility to monitor their population 's access to health care the authorities must have all of this information . |
| 11 | The Tudors also turned to the common law courts to enforce their Forest rights . |
| 12 | Practically the two extremes may be reconciled through more initial effort in training to ensure user understanding of the range of information sources , combined with more indepth support from ‘ database or information surfers ’ ( navigators ) , targeting particular subject groups to optimise their exploitation of this increasingly complex information environment . |
| 13 | The collusion is ‘ implicit ’ ( or ‘ tacit ’ ) in that the firms would not need to enter into binding contracts to enforce their co-operation ( p. 280 ) |
| 14 | For some chairmen , moreover , the prospect of playing Father Christmas ( which their rural electrification largesse offered them ) provided a not entirely unwelcome opportunity to affirm their commitment to the local community , and the voices of discontent raised against the policy were few . |
| 15 | By underwriting some of the heavy costs of development , Philips reasoned , they would break the confidence barrier and get the right levels of preliminary investment to secure a healthy catalogue of titles to support their launch . |
| 16 | Bibles ceased to have illustrations to enliven their text , and the small number of mystery plays , which had been allowed to continue at centres such as Coventry , Chester , Wakefield , and York , were suppressed . |
| 17 | Would n't American distributors welcome the opportunity to diversify their product range with some little English films ? |
| 18 | Nuclear industry employees who work in areas where exposure to radiation is possible are given film badges to monitor their exposure to external penetrating ionising radiation . |
| 19 | However , there is a danger that parents who can not raise their children appropriately , or find a job , or provide sufficient income to support their family , or whose children engage in delinquent activities , are seen as having some form of personal failing or character weakness . |
| 20 | Newcastle 's attempts to bolster their midfield foundered yesterday when their manager , Jim Smith , failed to reach agreement with Chelsea 's Micky Hazard . |
| 21 | They entered the Medway College of Design as mature students to study pottery , and in 1973 came to Wolfscastle to establish their Workshop . |
| 22 | Bruno Gollnisch of West Germany and Bernard Antony of France had resisted expulsion from the parliament chamber after protesting against a decision to exclude their party from leading official visits abroad . |
| 23 | Shearwaters and petrels are known to use smell to find their way back to their nests . |
| 24 | Whatever scent they follow birds , in common with many other animals , rely partly on their sense of smell to find their way . |
| 25 | The support of the staff and their willingness to adjust their provision and their reaction , clearly demonstrates that given the proper approach teachers are in both principle and practice more willing to review their methods and sustain alternatives than is usually acknowledged . |
| 26 | There has been an assumption that young visually impaired children have little or no ability to use tactile maps to find their way around , and it has been argued that there is little to be gained from introducing visually impaired children to maps at an early age . |
| 27 | The DGM felt quite comfortable about this and also tolerant about the trusts ' sometimes misplaced attempts to establish their autonomy : " After escaping from the nest they go around flapping their wings and hissing at people " . |
| 28 | The package also proposed reducing the escalating cost of health care — which was expected to rise by an average of 12-13 per cent per annum for the next five years — by increasing the efficiency of the government 's Medicare and Medicaid health programmes , reforming the laws covering medical malpractice in order to give increased protection to doctors , and encouraging employers to pool their buying power into " health insurance networks " . |
| 29 | Miles called to the hunters to increase their speed . |
| 30 | SCOTVEC 's audit criteria , by building on existing good practice in centres , will make it easier for centre personnel to find their way through the maze . |