Example sentences of "[noun] for [noun pl] [verb] them " in BNC.

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1 The search for counter-examples led them to the history of the family and of the primitive local community which they saw as kinship based .
2 Moves should be made to develop assistance for claimants to enable them to present their claims more effectively .
3 A total of 1,681 left-wing guerrillas , representing about 20 per cent of the forces of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front ( FMLN ) , reportedly handed over their weapons to members of the UN Observer Mission in El Salvador ( ONUSAL ) on June 30 in return for certificates identifying them as ex-combatants eligible for bank loans and training programmes .
4 Later in the month , however , acting Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar and other ministers most closely involved in economic reform policy met about 60 industrialists in Togliatti on Oct. 25 and gained their support in return for undertakings to consult them in policy-making .
5 ‘ The British told the soldiers to lay down their arms and gathered the civilians into a church and contacted the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to evacuate them , ’ a source said .
6 The Council will also be producing in-service materials for teachers to help them cope with the changes and , provided this is prepared and delivered in close collaboration with local education authorities , as is the stated intention , this should be very helpful provided the Council avoids being prescriptive about teaching style .
7 by activities being so prescribed that they allow no space for learners to take them further
8 Founded in 1937 by Erica Fiah , African trader and leader of the African Welfare and Commercial Association , the paper was initially a platform for that Association , and Fiah told his readers that effective improvement for Africans required them to have political power as well as economic and educational advancement .
9 Retreat for marchers fleeing them was blocked by a cordon at the other end of Duke Street , where police also charged the demonstrators .
10 Pat Nevin 's fifth goal for Rovers earned them three crucial points at Leicester City .
11 Their figures for the Eastern Caribbean are less clear cut ( also predictable as Barbadian Creole is itself less distant from Standard English than Jamaican ) , but do show a tendency for teachers to categorise them as " mixed " speakers .
12 It is essential to provide shelter for horses to protect them from the extremes of heat , cold , wind , or rain .
13 Novae are now believed to be caused by gas spilling from one star to another in a close double-star system , but 30 years ago they were a complete mystery ; only two dozen had been spotted in time for astronomers to study them while they were still erupting .
14 Certainly people in Shippenhall were out on their roofs for boats to rescue them , and still there was no let up in the rain .
15 Ways of maintaining and improving communications include : a ) establishing a management structure within the Partnership , with clear lines of communication into the schools and into employment ; b ) circulating minutes of management meetings to schools and employers so they know what is being discussed and what is being decided ; c ) bringing teachers and employers together at both Partnership and school level to plan , discuss and review the progress of the Compact ; d ) establishing School Compact Teams with regular meetings ; e ) circulating Compact documents , including such things as pupils ' Work Experience reports widely ; f ) holding Open Evenings for parents to brief them on Compact developments ; g ) producing a regular Compact Newsletter .
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