Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [noun pl] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | These provisions are an example of the recent trend of legislating against tax avoidance in an arcane and difficult fashion , leaving the Revenue to publish Practice Statements or press releases giving their interpretations ( though the Revenue has not been particularly forthcoming regarding " options arrangements " in Statement of Practice 3/93 which supersedes Statement of Practice 5/80 ) . |
| 2 | Difficulties occur whether they focus on the monetary base or on a wider range of liquid assets , and whether they impose statutory ratios or allow banks to determine their own prudent ratios . |
| 3 | It was striking that many of the girls I spoke to with anorexia or bulimia ( an eating disorder similar to anorexia , but in which sufferers make themselves sick or take laxatives to keep their weight down ; both methods are extremely dangerous to health ) told of an incident ( which they often insist was small or insignificant ) of sexual harassment or abuse which marked the start of their body obsession . |
| 4 | WOW ! does , however , as its full title suggests , aim to do more than teach youngsters to discuss their favourite clothes and poop groups . |
| 5 | SelectMail 1.0 for Windows supports the Windows Sockets API and includes features such as a binary file attachment , spell checker , read and receipt confirmation and local and global addressing functions — that allow users to establish their own queuing systems for remote sites . |
| 6 | SelectMail 1.0 for Windows supports the Windows Sockets API and includes features such as a binary file attachment , spell checker , read and receipt confirmation and local and global addressing functions — that enable users to establish their own queuing systems for remote sites . |
| 7 | I said , ‘ I 'm not being disrespectful , sir , but it 's mainly men that turn women to seek their affection from women . |
| 8 | The adherence to professional standards and the desire to do a job well are motives that induce workers to serve their employers and customers well . |
| 9 | An alternative to using interferon itself as an anti-viral drug is to use chemicals that induce cells to make their own interferon . |
| 10 | And their inefficiencies handicap the manufacturers that buy services to make their exports . |
| 11 | Employees are routinely subjected to psychological screening and polygraph tests to evaluate their honesty . |
| 12 | During the war , peregrines were declared a pest because they used to attack carrier pigeons and prevent messages reaching their destination . |
| 13 | What actually happens depends to some extent on the strategies that classes pursue and on the unity with which they organise themselves and seize opportunities to strengthen their positions . |
| 14 | If you ca n't agree to disagree , then take a back seat and let others have their way on this occasion . |
| 15 | At the end of any article it is normal to give conclusions , explaining what the article means in a short , pithy summary , but I want to create debate , not stifle discussion , so after each article I will simply pose some questions and let readers create their own ideas . |
| 16 | Writing about local government , Clarke and Stewart argue that a strategic perspective ‘ places a premium on the role of the chief executive and its support ; it also demands that senior management of service and support departments set their ’ separate sectional interests within a wider strategic perspective . |
| 17 | The plan to stay all day was scrapped when the company agreed to send staff home after lunch AND meet representatives to discuss their grievances . |
| 18 | It also allows you to electronically access a group diary , showing when colleagues are free so that you can block out meetings and add notes detailing their purpose . |
| 19 | According to this author , management may be related to formal authority within an organisation and managers-get others to do their bidding because of their organisational position . |
| 20 | Especially in the civic and voluntary field , the need to spread the responsibility and ensure others have their turn is or should be an essential feature of citizenship . |
| 21 | Rather than try to describe to a journalist the subtle but crucial distinctions between individual and group differences , these scholars describe their results in technical journals and allow merchants to sell their products quietly . |
| 22 | Statutes of 1863 and 1866 enabled peasants on crown lands and state peasants to redeem their land on somewhat more favourable but broadly similar terms . |
| 23 | Government contracts become so important for the survival and prosperity of whole communities that local and state politicians follow their more prestigious congressional colleagues into the morass . |
| 24 | The Noble Land Bank established in 1885 became the source of low-interest loans to rescue insolvent estates and encourage landlords to secure their future by investing in and improving their land . |
| 25 | An ingenious approach to handling fonts and type-faces was unveiled last week that is claimed radically to reduce storage requirements , simplify portability and enable users to design their own fonts . |
| 26 | We will reverse the burden of proof for acquisitions away from the target company towards the predator , and require companies to ballot their shareholders on bid plans . |
| 27 | Deep breathing exercises , regularly practised , strengthen the diaphragm and help students to regulate their breathing during sparring . |
| 28 | Recent research has shown that an effective way of encouraging the interaction of these skills is to have children write , read out , ‘ publish ’ and have others read their own material . |