Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] [conj] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | The experts have only to accept that the joint sessions also used groups of models kitted-out for each occasion by Rembrandt from his well stocked theatrical wardrobe and used them for painting as well as for drawing , to come to realize that their efforts over the last seventy years have been largely misdirected . |
| 2 | The Anonymous Fellowships help sufferers to come to recognise that their problems lie primarily in their own perceptions and behaviour and that solutions lie in giving help to others and asking for help from them . |
| 3 | Recognizing the complexities and psychological dangers of this awesome doctrine , most non-Puritan clergy played down the Calvinist theory of salvation to such an extent that many of their parishioners were able to continue to believe that their conduct could influence their destination after death . |
| 4 | It has refused the Cree 's request for an undertaking not to commence logging until their outstanding land claim has been settled . |
| 5 | For many years American railways appear to have assumed that their goal was the building and running of railways . |
| 6 | Since the barons of Auvergne are reported to have stated that their province belonged of old to the duchy of Aquitaine , the Old King was being remarkably easy-going in allowing the dispute to be referred to another commission of inquiry . |
| 7 | There is already substantial evidence to show that the wives of unemployed claimants are less likely to work and more likely to stop working once their husbands are unemployed , than other women . |
| 8 | While one has to admire the contortions into which employers forced themselves to go to prove that their current practice was rational , coherent and best for all concerned , one feels they do protest too much . |