Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [noun pl] [to-vb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | A total of 210 men used firearms or explosives to end their lives , whereas no women used this method . |
| 2 | Some patients begin to recover their ability to balance and to use their limbs fully within two to three weeks , whereas others may take months or years to reach their full potential , especially if they have perceptual problems and severe spasticity . |
| 3 | From evidence of this kind , Young and Willmott conclude that there is a growing tendency for husbands and wives to share their lives together more symmetrically . |
| 4 | In the past , only the universities had this power , leaving polytechnics and colleges to award their degrees via the almost defunct Council for National Academic Awards ( CNAA ) . |
| 5 | In brief , the Act gives increased powers of delegation to Local Authority Schools and Colleges to manage their own affairs , with far greater autonomy than in previous years . |
| 6 | It was also seen as a way of raising standards of attainment : the specification of targets and the systematic assessment of pupils ' work on a national basis were thought to constitute a challenge to schools and teachers to raise their expectations , and to channel their efforts to bring about enhanced standards in pupils in the key areas represented by the national curriculum . |
| 7 | Manufacturers often use distinctive emblems or images to make their products easily-identifiable . |
| 8 | Institutions could be granted charters or licences to confer their own awards but it would be in the interests of higher education if the C.N.A.A . |
| 9 | Without them , and without record companies and publishers to disseminate their work , Britain 's rich heritage of church music would be considerably diminished . |
| 10 | Co-opting radical rhetoric to gain influence , and existing institutions to gain power , fundamentalists are pushing communities and individuals to redefine their identity in religious terms . |
| 11 | THE US secretary of state , Warren Christopher , on his first foreign mission , arrived in the Middle East yesterday aiming to push Arabs and Israelis to revive their stalled peace talks . |
| 12 | Short practical courses and study packs designed to enable managers , engineers and researchers to update their knowledge of a range of new technologies . |
| 13 | This project will review these bibliographies and data-bases to assess their efficiency in recording such material . |
| 14 | There is , since the Education ( No. 2 ) Act 1986 , a very important legal framework within which exclusions from school may take place , which allows parents and others to have their say in the decision-making process ( see below ) . |
| 15 | The inauguration of President Roosevelt and the beginning of the New Deal created a new sense of national purpose and encouraged institutions and agencies to rethink their public role , and however bad things were there was at least evidence that movie-going was surviving as a social activity . |
| 16 | Then large households required butlers and stewards to satisfy their material needs , marshals for ceremonial . |
| 17 | Thus they have ‘ pay for performance ’ , with a strong emphasis on giving people the skills and tools to improve their performance . |
| 18 | The Tourism ( Sleeping accommodation Price Display ) Order 1977 No. 1877 makes provision for hoteliers and Caterers to quote their prices as VAT inclusive . |
| 19 | But if students are to be encouraged to weigh things up for themselves , to form their own views , and to articulate them with their own reasons , then it is also incumbent on their lecturers and tutors to offer their own truth claims to their students in the spirit of ‘ this is so , is n't it ? ’ ( to use again Leavis ' central question ) . |
| 20 | Freer use of money for recruitment made it easier for kings to recruit armies when and how they wished ; and for knights and nobles to lead their lives according to their own inclinations . |
| 21 | Climbers ' eyes tend to be drawn to the cleanest and most direct route up a rock face , while in a similar way walkers piece together peaks and ridges to create their own ‘ direct ’ routes — albeit ( usually ) on a more horizontal plane . |
| 22 | In fact , he had come to find it degrading , having to adopt the demeanour and the practices of a door-to-door brush salesman to A&R men , long bored by the entreaties of managers , artists and agents to hear their ‘ product ’ . |
| 23 | Each country will have three hours and minutes to bowl their 50 overs . |
| 24 | At the same time , an enlarged domestic bond market with monetary policy implemented through interest rate changes rather than quantitative credit controls has encouraged cash market investors to use financial futures and options to manage their interest rate risks . |
| 25 | Central to these events were invitations to a number of Norseman operators and owners to bring their aircraft to Red Lake for the weekend and join in with the festivities . |
| 26 | Before the advent of swimfeeders and the preoccupation with maggots , casters and hempseed , anglers used a variety of baits and methods to make their catches . |
| 27 | Only two patients had been prescribed aids or appliances to improve their technique . |
| 28 | Unless there is a concerted effort on the part of government and responsible agencies , independent organisations and enterprises to lend their legislative and practical determination and financial support to finding solutions , the heritage on which tourism depends will be irreversibly degraded if not destroyed . |
| 29 | The first step towards such a combination would be for universities and polytechnics to demonstrate their interest in using graded test results as either a part or the whole of entry qualifications . |
| 30 | The sterling money market in London is the device used by banks and others to adjust their liquidity . |