Example sentences of "[vb pp] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | RUGBY UNION : Scotland have delayed naming their team for Saturday 's international against world champions Australia amid continuing doubts over the fitness of full back Gavin Hastings . |
| 2 | The senior magistrate was a large and imposing man with a round face and a bald head ; the man and woman on either side of him seemed dried-out and lifeless by comparison , as if most of their energy had been diverted to sustain their companion . |
| 3 | These aspects have been touched upon throughout this chapter , but are now highlighted to emphasise their importance . |
| 4 | Public transport timetables should be examined to estimate their adequacy for staff travel in the light of the knowledge gained on where staff are domiciled and the early and late evening shift changes . |
| 5 | For instance in use at Edinburgh Zoo there is a cement ant hill for chimpanzees which was developed to enrich their environment . |
| 6 | Usually very very pessimistic and always look always look on the on the pessimistic side of things you know all that sort of stuff but you know they are a very important part of the group , you know given given their space to be like they are you know do n't take them too seriously remember their job is to criticise and their job is to pull things to pieces . |
| 7 | The kids who have experienced the problems of occupational discrimination and believe their opportunities are limited make their beliefs public to those with whom they most identify — in this case , other blacks . |
| 8 | Overseas suppliers will hold their prices to try and keep as much of their UK market as possible , manufacturers , distributors and retailers will be pressed to contain their price rises as far as possible , and to pass the belt tightening on to their employees . |
| 9 | A recent study has shown that with very careful training over the course of five months , babies between 8½ and 10½ months of age can be taught to indicate their need to defecate or pass urine ( Sweets et al . |
| 10 | A survey by Spectrum Communication Group showed that 70 per cent of the companies questioned intended to increase their budget allocation to conferences for 1985/86 , whereas only 19 per cent estimated that their budgets would be decreased . |
| 11 | The ghillie dhu is kind to children and will help those who are lost or frightened to find their way home , and show the hungry which berries and nuts are safe to eat . |
| 12 | Therefore , anybody interested in the wildlife of the seashore , especially the small fish , crabs , prawns , and other attractive creatures found when the tide is out , is recommended to plan their trips to the coast , taking special account of the following factors . |
| 13 | Students will be expected to monitor their own performance throughout the module and to analyse and evaluate the contribution of enterprise activity to their own personal and social development . |
| 14 | You know as well as I do that the Wharfmasters are living off the fat of the land on their company profits , but how are the dockers expected to support their wives and kids on seventy-two shillings and sixpence a week ? ’ |
| 15 | Everything presented to the court is designed to support their basic argument of either guilt or innocence . |
| 16 | For in the real world the Tories were never expected to lose their immense majority in one go . |
| 17 | In higher education an estimated 400,000 students were expected to lose their grants as a result of a proposal to target the federal student grant fund of $5,800 million , a rise of 7 per cent , at students from families with incomes lower than $10,000 . |
| 18 | Apparently fearing that an increasingly angry president might try to disband the legislature , deputies also voted to continue their session into a fourth day today , ‘ to watch attentively that the executive observes the constitution ’ , in the words of the parliamentary chairman , Ruslan Khasbulatov . |
| 19 | The two systems have been carefully designed to enable their joint use both for local issues , such as individual branch manning , and for broader events such as participation in production of projections and sensitivity analysis during the banks ' annual corporate planning and budget cycles . |
| 20 | Will he reassure representatives of women 's institutes and townswomen 's guilds and other voluntary workers that the implementation of the Act is not designed to target their fund-raising activities in the preparation of food in village halls and elsewhere ? |
| 21 | The chairs are in the middle of the set , and the audience sits all around us , which may be a bit disconcerting for the people who 've come to see their heroes , and spend the evening studying the backs of their necks . |
| 22 | I , I said well is it alright if I take them because I 've not actually come to see their work |
| 23 | 200 hospital clerical workers from all over Oxfordshire , who are working to rule , have voted to suspend their action . |
| 24 | In an eight to one decision on June 25 the Supreme Court ruled that a person had the right to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment , but that such treatment could only be withheld from a comatose person if there were convincing evidence that they would not have wished to continue their life in a debilitated state . |
| 25 | The Imperial ambassador reported that the willing lenders never expected to see their money again : their pessimism was justified , since Parliament remitted all obligation on the King to repay , just as it had done in 1529 . |
| 26 | Hundreds more Herefordians are expected to risk their morals at the first show in the city early next month . |
| 27 | Every morning and every afternoon after siestas , the children and young people were expected to greet their mothers , grandmothers and aunts with a kiss in the centre of the forehead . |
| 28 | As a result of an innovation introduced in 1969 , this is now more formally recognized : candidates are permitted to include their party designation on the ballot paper . |
| 29 | Clients with panic attacks , phobic anxiety , and generalized anxiety appear particularly suitable , because the programme has been designed to meet their needs . |
| 30 | The estate 's extensive grounds offer excellent opportunities for many pleasant walks and include a small lake where guests are permitted to try their hand at a little fishing . |