Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] for their " in BNC.

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1 But Millwall 's graft and their sweeping system locked Kevin Keegan 's side out after they built a solid base for their defending with a goal after 20 minutes .
2 Far from overruling the TAC 's views , these much smaller committees are concerned to work closely with a committee that provides a broad base for their own more limited discussions .
3 It will be necessary over the next decade or two to provide countries like Kenya with much more economic support for their rural populations , particularly those adjacent to the national parks and wilderness areas , while an effective long-term strategy for sustainable development is worked out .
4 Bond owners might like to know that they can use her Knitmaster Chunky ribber-carrying cases for their machines — the bags are the perfect size for the Bond Classic .
5 For four hundred years it was owned by a succession of wealthy aristocrats … the valley , woodland and lakes seen as private possessions for their eyes only .
6 It looks closely at the range of policies developed by local government and in so doing assesses the relative responsibilities of various professional and political groups for their initiation and enactment .
7 This is an important point where chronic mentally ill people are concerned , since many lack the confidence and social skills to make a telling case for their needs to be met .
8 Those Sardinians who had any money at all were able to buy up land for practically nothing and get rich pasture for their sheep .
9 The shorthand way of putting this is that students must have the freedom-the academic freedom — to exercise due responsibility for their own learning .
10 ‘ Fiona says we can all fit in the Volvo , ’ Rebecca announced , ‘ but Rupert says he does n't see why they should act as bloody chauffeurs for their friends all the bloody time . ’
11 It is equally absurd , once the working parties have consulted on content and won substantial professional support for their proposals , for subject departments to claim that content as their own .
12 The Oxford economists , Bacon and Eltis , found a receptive audience across the political spectrum for their diagnosis that Britain was generating far too few producers of wealth .
13 Despite the political reasons for their intellectual difficulties , many Christians persist in blaming only ‘ new ideas ’ rather than new political freedoms for increasing secularisation .
14 The euphoric effects of fasting have often been described by mystics , hunger strikers and others who have spiritual or political reasons for their actions .
15 Only the young , intending teachers , and medicals were allowed the full normal course for their subject .
16 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 .
17 Expo fever , Ruth had put it down to as Steve had been bowled over by the exquisite beauty of an air stewardess and , forgetting that the idea of being here was to make European contacts for their agency , had resigned himself to some enjoyable flirting .
18 He admires the old classic musicals for their spectacle if not their storyline , and says that Vincente Minelli ‘ had a camera like a hawk after a mouse ’ .
19 The cows retain a high level of fertility and have ample milk for their calves , which are small at birth ( 30–40kg ) and present no calving problems in crossbreds .
20 So it 'll be left to parents to consider whether or not the screaming knife is a potential emotional dangers for their child .
21 There are a number of possible reasons for their unpopularity : ( 1 ) Shareholders in the target might consider the tender offer to be a prelude to a full bid , possibly on more favourable terms than the tender offer .
22 The match between and colleagues ' and independent age estimates of the same shifts seen in lake cores and deep-sea sediments is strong support for their quality .
23 Men are notoriously " macho " and have few scruples about abandoning their women , who are left to take sole responsibility for their children .
24 The cycle is repetitive : abandoned children of irresponsible fathers , women forced by circumstances to be strong and to take sole responsibility for their children .
25 There may also be difficulties about parental responsibility for their children .
26 To enable propliners to maintain their unique niche in the world of air transport , permitting that bottom line to function , the ability to get total support for their powerplants is paramount .
27 Yet many librarians seem content to select from a supplier 's selection , and to surrender professional responsibility for their service to the suppliers , allowing speed and ease of supply to take precedence over comprehensiveness and depth .
28 The pilgrims departed hurriedly on June 2nd , amid demands from Israeli right-wingers for their forcible deportation and accusations from Palestinians and other Arabs that Libya 's President Muammar Qaddafi had betrayed their cause .
29 DOWNPATRICK and Down Royal executives will be keeping their fingers crossed next week that there will be strong declarations for their meetings on Wednesday and Saturday respectively .
30 I have no evidence to support it , but I suspect that Ministers looking for private schools for their children will not take as a key selling point class sizes of more than 35 or 40 .
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