Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] for their " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time there are local choirs which strive to follow slavishly the cathedral model , even where this is either unsuccessful in terms of quality or inappropriate for their congregation . |
| 2 | Since the start of NEP schoolteachers had had to rely on the local mir , skhod , or Soviet for their pay . |
| 3 | I am more than grateful for their generous and spontaneous responses to our questionnaire , made in some cases in times of personal difficulty , strain or distress . |
| 4 | HARD-UP university students from the Southern Board area may have to wait longer than usual for their grants after Thursday night 's bomb attack in Armagh badly damaged the Board 's offices . |
| 5 | Basing themselves at York might have suited their training schedules and their travel arrangements , but it has been less than ideal for their public relations . |
| 6 | Shirley Hughes 's The Big Alfie Out of Doors Storybook ( TS403 — one cassette ; 33 minutes ) read by Thora Hird is a lovely listen for the very young and more than tolerable for their elders . |
| 7 | Reactivity to thyroglobulin and the prostatic antigens was not included in the discriminate analysis , as these markers seemed highly sensitive and specific for their respective tumours and therefore would not contribute to the analysis . |
| 8 | I was astonished by the number of people there and grateful for their warmth and support , but I felt I had to convince everybody to take the campaign home with them . |
| 9 | The regulatory regime brought in by the Financial Services Act has been costly and disruptive for offices and confusing for their customers . |
| 10 | parents should always arrange if possible for their children to see old people of marked interest in their lives , so as to carry on the links of tradition … |
| 11 | They are tall and proud in their bearing and though they have a slim build they are surprisingly strong and agile for their size . |
| 12 | Other residents are equally angry and fearful for their health |
| 13 | By their work they are promoting the idea that goods should be of merchantable quality and fit for their purpose . |
| 14 | Though similar in many respects to developed-country multi-nationals , these firms have important differences , both positive and negative for their home and host economies . |
| 15 | Before Rope Thrower subdued the Great Chief Manuelito — among whose lieutenants was Hawk 's many-times-great grandfather Armijo — the Navaho had been herders of horses and cattle , cultivators of corn , pumpkins , wheat and melons and famous for their groves of peach trees . |
| 16 | To put the record straight , I shall read the second paragraph : ’ We judge that the provisions of the Bill , as printed , are confused and inadequate for their purposes . |
| 17 | While the engines are robust and renowned for their reliability , it wan an impossibility to guarantee how long individual engines could run before having to return to CFS for another overhaul . |
| 18 | At that , some apprentices , whom I judged to have been well-primed and well-paid for their services , set up a feeble shout . |
| 19 | The fruit should feel plump and heavy for their size . |
| 20 | Agencies may charge an agency or booking fee , and staff may be self-employed and responsible for their own tax and national insurance contributions . |
| 21 | Targets for performance by each profit centre can be established , actual results monitored against targets and control action taken by appropriate subordinates with the necessary authority ; the subordinates would then be held accountable and responsible for their results , and areas of efficiency or inefficiency within the organisation would be more easily identified and remedied . |
| 22 | Tendencies to stereotype patients as unrewarding and responsible for their illness must be firmly discouraged . |
| 23 | Nurses were more highly educated and accountable for their actions as professionals than they used to be . |
| 24 | should be responsible and accountable for their exercise of that authority . |
| 25 | ( 1 ) A licensing board may , on an application in that behalf made to the board by any person interested in premises about to be constructed or in course of construction for use as licensed premises , make a provisional grant of a licence in respect of those premises if the board is satisfied ( a ) that the premises will be fit and convenient for their purpose , and that , if the premises had been completed in accordance with the plan thereof lodged with the board in pursuance of section 10 of this Act , the board would on application have granted such a licence in respect thereof . |
| 26 | ( 3 ) A licensing board may consider any application made to it under paragraph ( b ) of subsection ( 2 ) above at any meeting of the board held not earlier than 14 days after the making of the application and shall affirm the provisional grant if the board is satisfied that the premises , if completed in accordance with the plan mentioned in that paragraph , will be and convenient for their purpose and that the said plan does not deviate materially from the site plan and description of the premises lodged under the said subsection ( 2 ) . |
| 27 | The sun was up , the skies were blue and the water looked inviting , Even more appealing however was the pontoon with nine Beneteau 35 yachts moored and ready for their crews of novice sailors . |
| 28 | and ready for their anniversary trip in 's 1936 Armstrong Siddeley . |
| 29 | The broad native roads made as straight as possible for their mark , like the roads of the Romans , seem to pick out preferentially the highest and steepest hills , which they ascend perpendicularly and without compromise . |
| 30 | Where the reading skill required is that of interpreting such things as labels and road signs , they should pursue the normal targets and programmes as far as possible for their own safety , though they may need help where practicable to interpret these things through other than ordinary visual means . |