Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [vb infin] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , oddly enough , Harriet had never held it against Tom who , after all , could easily have elected to cancel or postpone their plans . |
| 2 | In contrast , in this case , what is involved is not discriminatory treatment on grounds of nationality but a condition for the grant of nationality , and the member states are free to determine to whom they will grant or refuse their nationality , in the case of natural persons and ships alike . |
| 3 | With little access to trade outlets , early Inuit had neither the power nor the will to over-exploit or destroy their few resources . |
| 4 | I understand Tennant , an American , met Wimbledon owner Sam Hammam 10 days ago but he refuses to confirm or deny their rendezvous . |
| 5 | Sabine is not here to confirm or deny their conversation , and neither can she confirm or deny how much of her work went into the Durances . |
| 6 | No executions had been carried out since 1984 , and there were currently 287 people in prison waiting for parliament to confirm or commute their death sentences ( mostly handed down in the early 1980s ) . |
| 7 | The banks normally could not restrict or avoid their liability for breach of their duty of care towards their customers , the plaintiffs in the case , but their lawyers suggested that the deed of release did just that . |
| 8 | Similarly , firms may devote large quantities of resources trying to influence the government in order to obtain favourable judgements which will enhance or preserve their monopoly power . |
| 9 | All sites should be protected from damage or development , managed so as to conserve or increase their wildlife value , and monitored . |
| 10 | In this service the middle classes — who might be able to afford private care — are admitted , and the burden of care falls on those least able to cope or argue their case . |
| 11 | Now , with varying degrees of enthusiasm , all these councils have begun preparations to draft or update their plans . |
| 12 | Nonetheless , the Conservatives are still pressing on with their plans to stand in all 17 constituencies in Northern Ireland and to give the electorate the chance to accept or reject their programme for governing the country . |
| 13 | With sin and corruption , doom and catastrophe , threatening on every side , the only danger from the clergy came if they failed to know or do their job . |
| 14 | All too often , individuals do not recognise or understand their risk management responsibilities . |
| 15 | It is also possible that Grb2 or Sos proteins are modified by other signals emitted from activated receptors to compromise or increase their ability to couple . |
| 16 | Their inability to concentrate or order their thoughts means that they generally do not learn much at school , even though they may be quite intelligent . |
| 17 | WITH THE new season now only a few weeks away , clubs will be assessing how they can best update or improve their facilities . |
| 18 | I agree with my honourable friend er one of the er satisfactory features of the C B I er survey last week , one of the many , was that eighty four percent of firms er in the U K intend to increase or maintain their spending on training and of course she 's absolutely right , they will be the firms that will benefit most from that investment in training as we continue through recovery into growth in the longer term . |
| 19 | The image of the ‘ press baron ’ partly reflects literal reality : politicians continually courted publishers with peerages to secure or reward their support in case the intangible ‘ power of the press ’ turned out to be real . |
| 20 | The linguists were allowed to diminish or extinguish their study of the sciences : the scientists , if they were to maintain a full programme in three separate sciences , had no time to waste on languages . |
| 21 | Agency services such as ‘ Staying Put ’ or ‘ Care and Repair ’ give advice and practical assistance to older home owners who need to repair or improve their home . |
| 22 | These vital distinctions protect children from experiences which might compromise or abuse their childhood . |
| 23 | She attested in September 1939 that ‘ universally , householders have been shocked at the disgraceful and disgusting conditions in which a certain portion of the population lives ’ , and that ‘ the low slum type form the majority of the mothers , some out for what they can get , most of them dirty , many of them idle and unwilling to work or pull their weight ’ . |
| 24 | We shall see later that the power of the occupiers to exclude or restrict their liability towards visitors has to a considerable extent been eroded by s. 2 Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 25 | However , to achieve these it is necessary to modify and amplify their proposals . |
| 26 | We need to catch and hold their attention . |
| 27 | I would hate to think that some children at home now are going to try and make their pet cat jump through a hoop of fire . |
| 28 | In addition to the points of law the case also shows that directors of companies in receivership may raise all sorts of legal questions to try and protect their interests . |
| 29 | The aim will then be to encourage the family to try and modify their interactions within the therapy session , before practising this at home . |
| 30 | Many companies er were making fabulous profits and what reason was there to prevent a good shop stewards ' committee from going in to try and enhance their members conditions ? |