Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [v-ing] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hong Kong companies are not well-known moralists : their main interest lies in staunching their own losses of trained workers , and preserving the machinery of government . |
| 2 | Now that these two companies are offering both domestic and export credit insurance , they will both seek to protect and consolidate their position with their good quality policyholders by ousting their competitor . |
| 3 | Not tranquillisers — no one benefits from making their life into a cotton wool ball . |
| 4 | Car-sharing has received a recent boost since the petrol price increases ; owners are able to share petrol costs without endangering their insurance policies as long as sharing is on a non-profit basis . |
| 5 | It might be argued that violation of the treaty by its parties constitutes a fundamental change of circumstances justifying Protocol States in terminating their commitments . |
| 6 | In suggesting the rule is an inalienable part of the language , Dale Spender ironically assists those she criticises in making their sexism look natural , when she ought to be exposing it as a cultural construct . |
| 7 | These latter are exceedingly demanding ; treatment consists of discovering their requirements and agreeing to them on condition that the human victim is released from their power . |
| 8 | Their long slender beak also assists in capturing their prey . |
| 9 | It goes without saying their effectiveness is dependent on the co-operation of all the parties involved , in particular local industrialists . |
| 10 | I 'd like to take up your point about is it that erm after revolution and so on and break downs , governments er countries , say like Russian , China er some of these eastern European countries , they 're motivation goes to building their country up to resist occupation . |
| 11 | The fact that in the lower orders the convex or concave condition is constant for individual veins helps in determining their homologies . |
| 12 | When it is relevant , great sensitivity is required in eliciting such information and telling patients how it helps in planning their nursing . |
| 13 | Whether they are made implicitly or explicitly , the problem still remains of clarifying their meaning . |
| 14 | Although farm workers may love the job itself , when it comes to advising their sons about employment , they pay more heed to the poor pay and lack of prospects . |
| 15 | The fact is most parents seen to be a little unsure about what it is best to do when it comes to letting their children out in the sun . |
| 16 | ‘ Most people in the health service suffer from the feeling there are far too many layers of authority above them and far too many constraints about what people can do when it comes to running their own unit better . |
| 17 | Just check their influences and you get an idea as to how open-minded they are when it comes to plying their act , as Rob offers . |
| 18 | Well are you suggesting that the gipsies are their own worst enemies when it comes to advertising their cause . |
| 19 | Composers are notoriously fickle when it comes to performing their own music , but with a few exceptions ( the first part of the Diptyque being the most obvious , where the innumerable pauses , rallentandos and general changes of speed , not to mention more than a few smudges and slips , have no basis in the printed score ) Messiaen not only fulfils his own written requirements , but does so with utter conviction and persuasiveness . |
| 20 | Our Royals , I am afraid , are arrogant , uncharitable , greedy and downright un-Christian when it comes to preserving their own privileges and image . |