Example sentences of "and [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | As discussed earlier , this requires schools to prepare pupils for the ‘ experiences and opportunities of adult life ’ and to promote their spiritual , moral , cultural , mental and physical development . |
| 2 | The aims of this project are to document those employee development strategies where they exist ; and to promote their articulation , where they do not . |
| 3 | Designed to preserve regional languages and to promote their use in education , government , administration , the courts , the media and cultural activities , the convention defined a minority language as one " traditionally spoken " by a group of people " numerically inferior " within the population of any state . |
| 4 | The hens moved carefully about , picking their way on their spindly yellow legs , muttering comfortably to each other and darting their heads to the ground every so often in pursuit of something delicious . |
| 5 | Investors are risk averse and maximize their return ( as measured by the rate of return ) over a one period time horizon . |
| 6 | This was a real lady The girls were suddenly self-conscious , smoothing down their tattered skirts and tucking their dirty feet out of sight . |
| 7 | Their lack of involvement on any deep level with men was , in its way , a liberation and perhaps explains why so many women , too , admired them , copied their looks and envied their freedom of behaviour . |
| 8 | As warmth will cause potatoes to sprout and light will turn them green , they should be kept in a cool , frost free , dry , dark place , well away from strong smelling foods or substances which might taint and affect their flavour . |
| 9 | VASECTOMY operations , once regarded as an irrevocable form of male sterilisation , are increasingly being reversed as more men remarry and change their minds about wanting children . |
| 10 | They may adopt clothes and hairstyles that belong to one group of contemporaries or another , and change their political or religious views several times . |
| 11 | Women marry and change their names , he thought , there was no point in pursuing that one . |
| 12 | Sadoon Hamadi , the new prime minister , said at a press conference : ‘ What is intended to starve the Iraqi people so that they revolt and change their leader Saddam Hussein . ’ |
| 13 | They spent millions trying to get us out , to wipe our records clean , then they go and change their minds . |
| 14 | ‘ I would like the public to have a crusade against crime and change their attitude from being forgiving of crime to being considerate of the victim , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Erm you know but he 's saying the developments of the peasant movement has resulted in the rapid rise in their cultural level erm you know so on the one hand he 's , I mean in a way he 's , he 's trying to re-educate the whole peasant class erm and , and change their way of thinking which previously has obviously been going on , you know , since Confucian |
| 16 | In the case of computer-assisted learning , pupils who engaged in tasks only when directed to do so by their teacher and limited their responses only to those specifically indicated by the teacher would be functioning at this level . |
| 17 | Not all shipowners found it equally easy to collect non-union crews , while the requirements of the merchant service and differences between the trade undertaken by various shipowners led to variations in willingness or pressing need to resist union demands and to sink their differences against what they regarded as unwarranted union attacks upon their commercial interests . |
| 18 | Since the carriers risked their ships , it was assumed that they would select and supervise their crews with enough care to prevent the damages that could result from improper management and navigation of the ship . |
| 19 | And pitching their dead bodies into the woods . |
| 20 | In the thirteenth century the King of france , abetted by a weak Pope , very brutally suppressed the Order of Templars and appropriated their enormous wealth . |
| 21 | Entrants had to pick one of the four sections and develop their design from the abstract ideas that they found there . |
| 22 | Genetically-engineered organisms mutate and develop their own new lifestyles . |
| 23 | The steps we outline in this paper are necessary to create a fair , democratic and prosperous society , in which individuals are able to make their voice heard and develop their talents and skills to the full . |
| 24 | The first and second years of the course give students a thorough grounding in basic musicianship and develop their practical skills . |
| 25 | In using them in classrooms and in discussing them with colleagues , teachers will change them , replace them , and develop their own , more immediate to their own teaching circumstances . |
| 26 | The peoples of France , England , Germany , Scandinavia and the Netherlands — which had previously been barbarous regions — had begun to catch the Greeks , Latins and Spaniards up and develop their own religious insights . |
| 27 | You will need to have an impressive knowledge of research techniques linked with outstanding management skills to manage a young , dynamic team , and develop their work within the organisation 's changing structure . |
| 28 | Connections in Reading A & B encourage pre-intermediate students to read for pleasure and develop their reading skills . |
| 29 | These six activity books provide children who are beginning to learn English with a wide range of activities through which they can practise English grammar and vocabulary , and develop their reading and writing skills . |
| 30 | At the primary level , the mathematics curriculum should , therefore , equip children with the skills and language of number , enrich their aesthetic and linguistic experience , provide them with the means of exploring and commenting upon their environment , and develop their powers of logical thought . |