Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] family " in BNC.
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| 1 | I started on the full golf tour , but it soon became a choice of golf or my family . |
| 2 | I did n't think I 'd be able to keep my sanity or my family if it happened again , but there was no way I was going to let him make me sign for a loan I did n't want . |
| 3 | ‘ Are you accusing me , Sir Edmund , or my family or servants ? |
| 4 | Assistance in dealing with Pensions , Legal Problems , Housing , Employment Grants and General Welfare to ex RAF men , women & their families irrespective of membership |
| 5 | ‘ But before the payment could be made the owner of The Mail on Sunday , Lord Rothermere , issued a directive that no money should be paid to criminals or their families . |
| 6 | They , or their families , can not afford to do so . |
| 7 | None of the children , many now over 18 , or their families , has formally claimed compensation or approached the steering group of 18 solicitors which is handling claims . |
| 8 | Some of these targets are similar to those identified in primary prevention , but the purpose of the intervention differs ; in secondary level work , the focus is on identified clients or their families , schools , doctors , employers , not on structures indirectly related to clients . |
| 9 | In 1988 , according to the 25-year-old headmistress , textbooks had to be rented by the students , and in 1989 the students , or their families , had to buy them . |
| 10 | In state schools , shortage of funds has meant that pupils or their families have to pay for materials and equipment . |
| 11 | In addition , the hours of the ‘ school technician ’ have increased and a ‘ mini-supply budget ’ has been created in case of illness ( theirs or their families ) and an ‘ overtime budget ’ has been included in case of crises . |
| 12 | Students were to be taken in as boarders , having been recommended by a respectable person who knew them or their families . |
| 13 | A confidential individual and group counselling and psychotherapy service is available for use by all students and staff members or their families . |
| 14 | A confidential individual and group counselling and psychotherapy service is available for use by all students and staff members or their families . |
| 15 | Louisiana has a ‘ shoot the burglar ’ law , which allows householders to kill intruders if they think they are a threat to themselves or their families . |
| 16 | In the United Kingdom , as elsewhere , continuity of support for disabled individuals or their families through transition is rarely available . |
| 17 | In this view , the fault does not lie with black children or their families but with white teachers who label black children as educational failures . |
| 18 | Pindar knew ( none better ) how to celebrate a victorious horse in the literal sense , but rarely backed a political winner : clients of his , or their families or their states , came to misfortune in Athens , Sicily , Aigina and Cyrene . |
| 19 | The competition is not open to employees of Holmes Knight Ritchie/WRG Ltd , Seagram 's UK Ltd and their Agents , or Argus Specialist Publications , or their families . |
| 20 | If the bride or groom or their families or ancestors are famous , it might be worth your while looking them up in Who 's Who , and similar reference works , of which there are many editions covering authors , scientists , theatrical personages , and royalty . |
| 21 | Other humorous and serious anecdotes can be obtained by speaking to the subjects of your speech or their families and colleagues . |
| 22 | Then again , too many young people have been through the finals course , often at considerable financial hardship to themselves or their families , only to find that they can not be absorbed into a recession-hit profession . |
| 23 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health what remedies are available to NHS patients or their families to use if they are dissatisfied with the treatment given in NHS hospitals . |
| 24 | The boycott had begun on Sept. 6 , with monks in Yangon , Monyma and elsewhere joining those in Mandalay in refusing to accept alms from soldiers , or to perform religious services for them or their families . |
| 25 | With the exception of an occasional haemorrhoid , findings were negative for all types of colorectal pathology , and none of the control patients or their families had histories of either colorectal malignancy or inflammatory bowel disease . |
| 26 | Set aside the question of law , whether the corporation is guilty of a crime or legally responsible to compensate victims or their families . |
| 27 | It may also bring security and improvement in their lifestyle , if they or their family have n't been able to care for them properly . |
| 28 | The AFC was issued un-named ; however , examples are often found which have been privately engraved by the recipients or their family . |
| 29 | In Howard 's time , the main problem in respect of remuneration was that the gaoler was expected to generate his own income , by what often amounted to extortion from those in his charge or their family and friends . |
| 30 | The term coined by Banfield for this ethic is ‘ amoral familism ’ ; that it is ‘ amoral ’ is implicit in the exclusive pursuit of short-run material advantage ascribed to individuals in such societies , so that they lack any capacity to sacrifice immediate gains in favour of long-term advantage , and they are unable to associate any good to society as a whole with possible good to themselves or their family . |