Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their knowledge is likely to be based on their memories of their own parenting . |
| 2 | All research groups will continue to be based in their present locations . |
| 3 | Built as a rival to the parish church at Lavenham , Long Melford was financed by local parishioners , some of whose names were carved in stone around the clerestory in an inscription which called for prayers to be said for their souls . |
| 4 | When foreign-language teachers are nowadays being encouraged to ‘ play the role of a sympathetic native speaker ’ , there must be something to be said for their actually being ‘ sympathetic native speakers ’ . |
| 5 | With mature fish displaying as much colour as juveniles , and adult sizes remaining at manageable levels for most marine aquariums , there is so much to be said in their favour . |
| 6 | Now they wait amid property speculators and TV celebrities who went out with them but stayed somewhere smarter , and negligent Seychellois airport operatives , for a new engine to be fixed to their Airbus . |
| 7 | Some , for example , would argue that if the well -established indigenous white population are taught in their mother tongue , English , those originating from the New Commonwealth deserve a similar right to be taught in their mother tongue — Urdu , Punjabi , Bengali and so on . |
| 8 | They were to be prepared for their maternal duties and given material assistance to maintain a higher standard of motherhood . |
| 9 | On 15 June , after further demonstrations , the Armenian Supreme Soviet voted unanimously for the disputed region to be transferred to their republic ; the Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet , meeting two days later , was equally unanimous in holding this vote to be in violation of the Soviet Constitution . |
| 10 | They were suspended for not complying with an instruction to be transferred from their normal centres to handle emergency calls at the Waterloo control centre , said the London Ambulance Service . |
| 11 | The reason for this is to avoid those who appointed the administrative receiver being treated as mortgagees in possession or being held liable for the receiver 's acts which would be the case were the receiver to be treated as their agent . |
| 12 | They may not be significant — they may not even be there — but , if they are , the danger of overlooking them is not to be ignored in their effects on others also . |
| 13 | at present good recruits often have to be chased to Bramshill [ on the lengthy command courses ] , because chief constables are not anxious to spare able men , and officers themselves are reluctant to be separated from their families and homes , as well as having a fear that they might lose from being ‘ out of sight , out of mind ’ for promotion . |
| 14 | The chips have to be separated from their sockets without bending any of the pins and once removed they must be stored in an anti-static environment . |
| 15 | ’ You know , ’ he went on , ’ I often wonder what it must have been like before people 's working lives began to be separated from their personal lives . |
| 16 | Otherwise , a long-term plan involving the natural parents and foster parents needs to be conceived with their cooperation as soon as possible ( Rutter , 1982 ) . |
| 17 | Tchaikovsky is without doubt one of these , and Francesca and Marche Slave ( both composed incidentally in 1876 ) require an approach bordering on the hysterical if they are to be heard to their best advantage . |
| 18 | The main cause of these differences is the hotel guests who come and go according to their own personal arrangements and who quite rightly expect high standards and quality service to be maintained throughout their stay . |
| 19 | In the gut , as in the skin , the properties of the stem cells seem to be maintained by their basal position . |
| 20 | And though some knights might be supplied free by feudal service , household ones had to be maintained by their lords , mercenary ones needed pay , and those with money-fiefs constituted a regular charge on the treasury . |
| 21 | Concentration camp prisoners dressed in German uniforms had been collected near the Polish border and were waiting , drugged , to be shot by their fellow German soldiers , real ones . |
| 22 | Demonstrators are called to the microphone to be presented with their prizes and there 's lots of hugging and kissing . |
| 23 | Consequently , the answer to question ( 1 ) must be that , as Community law stands at present , it is for the member states to determine , in accordance with the general rules of international law , the conditions which must be fulfilled in order for a vessel to be registered in their registers and granted the right to fly their flag , but , in exercising that power , the member states must comply with the rules of Community law . |
| 24 | ( 1 ) As Community law stands at present , it is for the member states to determine , in accordance with the general rules of international law , the conditions which must be fulfilled in order for a vessel to be registered in their registers and granted the right to fly their flag , but , in exercising that power , the member states must comply with the rules of Community law . |
| 25 | Bus managers were expecting to be rushed off their feet . |
| 26 | The noble land-owners ' outlook was that of passive rentiers who made it a point of pride to be cheated by their bailiffs ; even if entail had not put technical difficulties in the way of raising capital it is hard to believe that Spanish aristocrats would have conceived of higher rents as a reward of investment . |
| 27 | Throughout the century , moreover , the Basque provinces retained a remarkable degree of autonomy ( notably the right not to be taxed without their consent ) while the cortes ( provincial estates ) of Castile and Navarre continued to meet , though infrequently and ineffectively . |
| 28 | After 1322 the king dropped the offending phrases and recognized that the clergy would have to be taxed in their own assemblies , initiated by , but otherwise independent of , himself . |
| 29 | If the clergy had gained — and continuing practice had yet to confirm this — the right to be taxed in their own assemblies rather than in parliament , they had exposed those gatherings to royal attention , intervention and considerable control . |
| 30 | This approach will also be suitable for many of the courses and units in the second phase but , where colleges are developing courses in the same occupational area , there is much to be gained from their collaboration . |