Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evaluation returns from the 1990 cohort ( 2,966 ) shows that 96% of teachers and 93% of companies reported that briefings successfully prepared them for a placement , while 89% of teachers successfully met their placement objectives . |
| 2 | A smile rarely lights their face when they take your money and hand you the croissant . |
| 3 | During 1959 the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile lobby successfully argued their case for automated weapons . |
| 4 | The equivalent , I suppose , of someone who loves chocolate falling into a big vat of the stuff and unhurriedly eating their way out ! |
| 5 | Entry qualifications are generally the same , that is five O level GCE passes or their equivalent , as those required to continue on to degree and other higher level courses , which is indeed what the great majority of students do when they have successfully completed their foundation courses . |
| 6 | Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc have successfully completed their project to bring the Macintosh system to mainstream computing , but no decision has yet been made on a commercial follow-up : Novell chief financial officer James Tolonen says the companies wanted to see whether Macintosh System could run atop a different operating system and on a different chip , yet still maintain the user-friendly features of the Apple system . |
| 7 | Apple Computer Inc and Novell Inc have successfully completed their project to bring the Macintosh system to mainstream computing , but no decision has yet been made on a commercial follow-up , Novell chief financial officer James Tolonen told the Hambrecht & Quist conference . |
| 8 | By early afternoon there was a stillness of heat , and a herd of cows from the higher fields slowly grazed their way down into the shade . |
| 9 | Alain asked quietly as they slowly made their way to the car later . |
| 10 | He continued ‘ Many of our former members who left the Association because of this type of subtle coercion now bitterly regret their decision . |
| 11 | The relatively low percentage of graduates from such courses who do eventually make their way , via postgraduate and often in the sciences post-doctoral research , into the academic professions , should not disguise the fact that academic courses do provide a preparation for such work . |
| 12 | Athelstan checked that the windows and doors of the priest 's house were locked , slung his saddle bags over a protesting Philomel , and both horse and rider wearily made their way along the icy track . |
| 13 | We might have been a lot wiser if , presumably to preserve their privacy , they had n't always used English in front of Maria . |
| 14 | They only feed the cuckoo because it has successfully manipulated their behaviour . |
| 15 | SEA-LION pups seem safe as they lounge on a Patagonian beach , slowly building their strength and preparing themselves for their departure into the sea . |
| 16 | These great leviathans of the air eventually met their demise with the development of British high flying aircraft armed with guns firing incendiary bullets . |
| 17 | Finally it was abandoned in a back street in Kingsbury , and the four students thankfully made their way on foot to Wembley Tube Station . |
| 18 | Auditors are not directly concerned with the solution of problems ; if they were ; they would become responsible for those solutions and thereby lose their objectivity and status to provide an independent examination and appraisal of a service . |
| 19 | These shortages will effectively restrict their ability to meet the demand for their products or services . |
| 20 | Instead of using complicated measurements involving colour purity , resolution etc. to compare their performance I simply used each monitor for a day . |
| 21 | However , at Windsor the Georgians rarely got their act together . |
| 22 | Instead of meandering up a path to the top , chatting amicably to a pal about how George Michael used to be good in Wham and passing round the butterscotch , they choose a cliff and try to reach the summit by slowly inching their way up vertical rock , pushing their fingers into tiny fissures and standing with one toe on a ledge the size of a pebble . |
| 23 | They were everywhere , slowly inching their way across the desert . |
| 24 | Colleges do not admit students unless they seem capable of sustaining and successfully completing their college courses — and of entering fully into college life . |
| 25 | Current drugs can slow the disease but eventually lose their effectiveness . |
| 26 | Sun Microsystems Inc and Computer Associates International Inc duly announced their alliance last week ( UX No 403 ) , saying that CA-Unicenter will be fully available on Sun hardware within nine to 12 months . |
| 27 | SGS-Thomson Microelectronics BV and Mitsubishi Electric Corp duly announced their agreement to work together on development of Flash memory chips , designing 16M-bit parts using a 0.5 micron CMOS process : the agreement is considered to be of equal value to both companies , so no financial compensation will be made by either ; SGS-Thomson has begun production of 1M Flash memories but no-one is doing 16Ms yet . |
| 28 | Well , they eventually got their chance , during a rest day at the Monte Carlo Open . |
| 29 | The petitioners eventually got their wish ; enough Tories deserted the government to enable the Whigs to defeat the Commerce Bill of 1713 . |
| 30 | There are many others , all with their own special appeal , both on Mainland and amongst the other islands , but most anglers confine their activities to these five ; and rarely regret their decision to do so . |