Example sentences of "[vb infin] [subord] their [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Potential purchasers of these securities will probably wait until their prices fall and the rate of interest rises . |
| 2 | Whatever the merits of these arguments , where employment decisions are taken having screened for disability , applicants or employees may never know whether their disability has informed a determination of their employment opportunities . |
| 3 | Did n't matter where their parents went , they 'd be in . |
| 4 | The class offers tips on what women driving alone should do if their car breaks down and they become stranded . |
| 5 | Staff 's anxieties will grow if their questions remain unanswered . |
| 6 | To disclose whether or not a warrant has been issued in a particular case could establish means whereby those involved in serious crimes or espionage or subversion could learn the extent to which their activities had come to notice or — perhaps more damaging — could in some cases confirm whether their activities had come to notice at all . |
| 7 | What do they do when their child refuses to get dressed in the morning ? |
| 8 | The basic negotiating position of the United States , presented to the IMF in November 1972 , was that countries should peg their currencies to the SDR , but that they would be obliged to devalue or revalue if their reserves fell below or rose above certain predefined warning levels . |
| 9 | ‘ Many of the first colonies were built at the expense of societies the settlers did n't understand because their cultures varied from Earth basic , ’ she said . |
| 10 | Why not see whether their opinions varied and whether , she thought distantly , her stars could tell her which way now to turn ? |
| 11 | Clothes are made with the family 's approval and love but also so that women can look as their families wish to see them — modest , maternal , self-effacing , or just beautiful on their terms . |
| 12 | Just imagine how the brewers would react if their customers decided to hand over only 99p out of every £1 they were charged . ’ |
| 13 | A similar situation exists in some Latin American countries — for example , in Brazil , Argentina and Chile — where industrialization is well advanced and political life is now dominated by a struggle between classes , the outcome of which will decide whether their regimes remain autocratic , sometimes regressing into military and repressive forms , or become more democratic and eventually social democratic . |
| 14 | Even where an undertaking does fall within the exemption , the competition rules will apply if their application does not obstruct the performance of the specific functions of the undertaking concerned . |
| 15 | Boy , I 'll bet they got ta surprise when their lunch turned round an ’ kicked 'em all over the forest . ’ |
| 16 | What would happen when their father died ? |
| 17 | They 're always so scared I ca n't cope after their father died . |
| 18 | And then these formidable Christian missionaries will rejoice as their churches fill to overflowing with fearful born-agains . |
| 19 | He had seen the pressure army wives were under , had seen their faces crumple when their men went out on a mission . |
| 20 | Sir Geoffrey said that at Labour 's Brighton conference last week , hope had been nurtured that the Thatcher generation of voters , ‘ like youngsters offered a sickly-smelling cigarette at a party , will experiment as their elders did with the notion that Labour knows best . |
| 21 | ‘ However , they are also concerned that others do not suffer as their family has done with such an error being made about health care . |
| 22 | As far as consumerism is concerned , discrimination against older people will only disappear as their cash flowing through the tills influences change . |
| 23 | The authors do not state whether their patients received an oxytocic agent or document its time of administration . |
| 24 | Chinese students in Beijing did not march as their counterparts did in several provincial cities . |
| 25 | And the tendency towards appointing natives rather than Iranians as satraps after 400 gave a chance to humbler men who could rise as their masters rose ; Mausolus M 9 shows the satrap appointing two Karians to office in Xanthos . |
| 26 | Collectively , older people need to exploit the full potential of their influence , which will only increase as their numbers grow , in order both to maintain responsibility for their own lives , and to demand their full social , political and economic rights . |