Example sentences of "[to-vb] [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both boards and bath seats assist many people in being able to continue using their baths . |
| 2 | The ordinary shares held by management , which may confer control of Newco , will be a small proportion of the total share and loan capital of Newco , so that the amount management needs to borrow to acquire their stake in Newco is affordable , and can be serviced by dividends and earnings , with , it is to be hoped , the additional benefit of interest relief on their borrowings ( see 4.4 above ) . |
| 3 | and whenever they wanted to go to see their children they could . |
| 4 | According to Mikoian himself , the USSR insisted that the Cubans buy Soviet goods if they wanted Moscow to continue purchasing their sugar , and adamantly refused to pay more than the world market price for Cuban produce ( Mikoian in Cuba ( Crosscurrents press , New York , 1960 ) , in Boughton : 1974 , p. 450 ) . |
| 5 | As stated above , the samples of dementia sufferers were to be generated over a period of one year ( 1 April 1984–31 March 1985 ) ; and the development officers were to continue to provide their service for one further year ( until 31 March 1986 ) though no further sample members ( project clients in the case of the action sample ) were to be generated during the second year . |
| 6 | Canada was valued because it would bring peace and security to the American colonies and would allow them to continue to increase their imports of British goods in a much more tranquil continent . |
| 7 | He , along with the artists , masons , carpenters and other craftsmen frequently permeate their work with signs of a love of the task they have undertaken , which leaves the beholder in no doubt that they have given something of themselves over and above the requirements of loyalty to the paymaster and the desire to enjoy applying their crafts . |
| 8 | The Presidents of the six republics formerly comprising Yugoslavia agreed to work to restore their economic links . |
| 9 | it is your duty as a manager or supervisor to tell your subordinates all that they need to know to perform their work to the best of their ability |
| 10 | It is a great disservice to the dedicated Scottish work force at Dounreay to try to tarnish their reputation by spreading alarmist claims with misinformation . |
| 11 | Herod and all bullies everywhere are basically very weak people who get tough partly to try to hide their weakness . |
| 12 | The Polish Solidarity leader , Lech Walesa , had called for their release and had been due to arrive in Chile on Oct. 26 at the invitation of the Central Unitaria de Trabajadores ( CUT ) to try to obtain their release . |
| 13 | SCOTVEC is taking an active role in discussions with a variety of funding bodies to try to secure their commitment to general SVQs and Skillstart . |
| 14 | Foxes and other hunting animals need to know how far to pounce to catch their prey . |
| 15 | European producers , denied sales across the Atlantic , may then be forced to try to sell their products to other countries within the EC , forcing prices down and driving companies already operating on tiny margins of profit into yet more serious trouble . |
| 16 | It 's just incredible to try to create their vibrato and note choice on guitar . |
| 17 | Where the ego ideal is more highly separated , the process of identification with others in the group will be necessary for the leader to come to replace their ego ideal . |
| 18 | They suggest that the environment within which local authorities have to work affects their organisational structure and budgeting procedures . |
| 19 | So instead of waiting indefinitely for a buyer , they have decided to try selling their house by auction . |
| 20 | Halifax are pulling out all the stops to try to strengthen their squad and want a sponsor to help fund a deal for Aussie Test forward Bob Lindner . |
| 21 | They were accused of threatening MPs , bullying one to such an extent he was reduced to tears , and bringing pressure to bear on constituency officials to try to persuade their man to change his mind . |
| 22 | In the United States government support for organised labour came at a later date than in Europe ( only in the mid-1930s ) , and even then it still remained open to employers to try to persuade their own workers ( short of using overt coercion ) not to vote for union bargaining rights ( i.e. they still maintained ‘ an ethical mandate to continue with their belligerent behaviour towards unions ’ ( Adams , 1981 , p. 287 ) ) . |
| 23 | The porters , known as ‘ Skycaps ’ , staged a 24-hour walkout on Sunday to try to persuade their employers to recognise the Transport and General Workers Union . |
| 24 | The reaction of the man who finds what are apparently signs etched in a stone in the middle of a desert is to try to decipher their meaning . |
| 25 | To allow capable men and women who are eager to work to dissipate their active years in unemployment means that the actual workers in the country are earning not only their own living , but that of a growing number of others who are idle , while also having to accept steadily falling conditions of health care , education , and communications infrastructure . |
| 26 | Feminists also use psychoanalysis to try to understand their links with lesbian and gay , black , and white working-class resistance , about which psychoanalysis itself says little . |
| 27 | Ace , Benny and Petion had to struggle to keep their places in the line , and the young soldiers all looked both eager and scared . |
| 28 | It is also becoming a more common practice for sellers to try to qualify their liability by reference to matters revealed in the disclosure letter . |
| 29 | A large contingent of police from Yorkshire will mingle with the 1,200 Leeds supporters to try to ensure their trouble-free re-entry into Europe . |
| 30 | A special committee was set up by the Supreme Council to register deserters in order to try to ensure their legal protection . |