Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] to their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consumers ' use of ads is likely to differ according to their interest in the product field and the complexity and importance of a purchase in the product field . |
| 2 | As the Welsh had been written off even by their most loyal supporters , the French media was at pains to try to explain to their bemused readership the concept of points differential , in other words point out that in order to win the cup France had to score at least as many points as England had in Dublin . |
| 3 | Two-lever morsite locks are very easy to pick compared to their five-lever counter-parts , and deadlocks are a perfect menace to a would-be intruder . |
| 4 | Given that resources are managed , hierarchy is explained by gains from allowing people to specialize according to their comparative advantage : in particular , those with a comparative advantage in deciding how to coordinate the diverse resources used in the firm and how to adjust this coordination in response to unforeseen changes , are assigned specialist managerial roles . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , too many students take what seems the easy way out , and try to remain tied to their tutor 's apron strings throughout the course , relying on him for detailed notes and guidance . |
| 6 | I urge members , Chairman , not to hide behind this shabby amendment but to vote according to their consciences and their beliefs and to vote according to the views of eighty percent of the population that we represent and I urge other members to be as brief . |
| 7 | All this means that individuals find it more difficult to give meaning to their lives and become isolated units , without a mutual interdependence with objects in their human environment . |
| 8 | Most non-owners who want to ride go to their local riding school which can vary from being a top class training establishment with excellent facilities , where you will probably pay accordingly , or a small set-up with few mod cons . |
| 9 | But the test itself was also changed , from gross indecency , which like the deprave-and-corrupt test had been adequate to catch most child pornography , to the lesser test of indecency , the precise meaning of which is left to the jury to assess according to their own standards of propriety for children or young people . |
| 10 | The positive part of soft conventionalism instructs judges to decide according to their own interpretation of the concrete requirements of legislation and precedent , even though this may be controversial , and this advice is not irrelevant in hard cases . |
| 11 | Supporters of the third principle may claim that the reason rape is prohibited is that its perpetration deprives the raped of their chances to live according to their conception of the good . |
| 12 | It suddenly occurred to me that just as I wanted the boys to dress according to Western ideas when they were in London , so the Sheikha and Sheikha Grandmother would like me to dress according to their ideas of fashion when I was with them . |
| 13 | Such stains are very difficult to remove owing to their insolubility and resistance to wetting . |
| 14 | The only aspect of play where 'Mere could be said to have played to their ability was in the lineout where Gibbons and Daly won more than their fair share of ball . |
| 15 | The main themes which appeared to make the case newsworthy were firstly , a gang rape ; secondly , a racial theme , since the newspapers clearly identified the rapists as black and the girls as white in both words and pictures ; thirdly , controversy over the sentencing being ‘ too light ’ ; fourthly , controversy as to whether the girls could be held to have contributed to their own rape by being out at night . |
| 16 | These prominent individuals , the populists of island life , cast in , and ready to accept , the role of ‘ men of the people ’ as a means of acquiring the power denied to them within the more formal mechanisms of local political life , were ready to add housing to their existing concerns . |
| 17 | In any event , they claim both a legal and moral mandate to act according to their ‘ consciences ’ , tempered as these are by professional experience and wide public consultation . |
| 18 | I 've never felt … comfortable with them , and I think I had a kind of lesson , I 'm going to stop going to their house . |
| 19 | Leaving poverty and strife behind them , both went into orbit via sport only to return dispirited to their take-off points . |
| 20 | As some of these are highly paid — a top specialist earns more than £100,000 a year — they have good reason to want to stick to their contracts . |