Example sentences of "[adv] their [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in August , as the selectors were putting together their plans for the winter , I started saying to Gatt : ‘ Why the bloody hell has he got that end , I want it . ’ |
| 2 | We have announced a number of job losses over the past 12 months which have arisen as a result of er an internal cost cutting exercise to make our research more er cost effective , and also as a result of decisions by the Government and the electricity supply industry who have cut down their funding for basic research into reactor technology . |
| 3 | But the great behind-the-scenes event of the Blackpool conference has been the secret series of meetings between Norman Lamont , the Chief Secretary to the Treasury , and spending ministers to whittle down their bids for spending next year . |
| 4 | Citizens who had the orthodox Soviet version of Ukrainian history rammed down their throats for decades are now being told a completely different version , arguably also coloured by the political prejudices of its authors . |
| 5 | The SSA would not normally condone betting , but for a good cause head office staff are positively encouraged to have a flutter by SSA chairman On February 5 around 8O people put down their stakes for four horse and four videoed greyhound races . |
| 6 | They had true grievances to settle and were ready to lay down their lives for vengeance . |
| 7 | To tradition and instinct , de Castelnau could add personal reasons for wanting to hit hard at the enemy ; three of his sons had already laid down their lives for France . |
| 8 | There appears no civilised pale where they can remove their armour and let down their guard for any length of time . |
| 9 | It 's an annual ritual for the National Trust , as they close down their properties for the winter break . |
| 10 | Remember here that some people do not like seeing you write down their words for it interrupts their flow of thought . |
| 11 | Early in 1987 , a memo was circulated to all Harvard staff assuring them that Harvard would still be in business that time the following year and that appeal options would be taken up , should the Stock Exchange turn down their application for membership . |
| 12 | They use only their fore-wings for flight . |
| 13 | The Old World tropical fruit bats have good vision , and most of them use only their eyes for finding their way around . |
| 14 | But they wo n't be able to deal with their main sources of production , as er Professor Bradshaw said there , they 're going to have absolutely you 've got no control over the track on on which they operate , and they ar going to have to hire their carriages from and rolling stock from a separate leasing company , so their room for manoeuvre is limited to say the least . |
| 15 | Even so their search for quality evidently needs some sharpening . |
| 16 | At the same time as the number of old people in the population is rising , several factors are operating that have tended to reduce the ability of the family to cater for the needs of old people , especially their needs for care and companionship . |
| 17 | Qualified Teachers are invited to send in their requests for next year 's programme by 20th July either to Jean Parmiter or the Office . |
| 18 | Choreographers who would like to produce an item for presentation on stage at the Festival are invited to send in their ideas for items with the following themes : |
| 19 | We hope that MP 's will express forcibly their concern for the impact these changes would have on their constituents , and that they will persuade the Lord chancellor to think again . ’ |
| 20 | They asked their countrymen to inform the authorities of their arrival and pass on their request for asylum , the report added . |
| 21 | It creates space within the Church from which they can carry on their ministry for up to 20 years . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ If the IRA think they can pass on their responsibility for this terrible act by issuing such a nonsensical statement , then they have sadly underestimated the understanding of the British public . ’ |
| 23 | Former Arsenal players , notably Joe Mercer and , today , Terry Neill , have carried on their taste for forward play into the realms of management . |
| 24 | Sentences take on their meaning for an individual in relation to the situations in which they are used . |
| 25 | Finally their need for continued learning need to be acknowledged and provided for . |
| 26 | Male trade unionists also felt that the employment of married women depressed their wages ; and thus their struggle for a family wage also entailed opposition to married women as workers . |
| 27 | Soviet officials have considered it necessary , however , to gloss over their search for naval facilities in the Mediterranean to encourage neutralism and maintain pressure on Western bases in other countries in the region . |
| 28 | Barry Stewart , defending , said Watson and Paul Cocker had had the offences hanging over their heads for a long time , adding : ‘ It was Darren Cocker 's godfather who was the tragic victim of crime . ’ |
| 29 | Perhaps , then , men find women 's conversation difficult to follow , and since they are the powerful group , they can deal with their incomprehension by defining women 's behaviour as deviant and wrong — ‘ illogical ’ is just their word for that . |
| 30 | Actually , as far as I can gather , it 's just their jargon for a bedsit house . |