Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] can [verb] their " in BNC.

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1 The Kunsthalle , a space ( usually municipally funded ) in which artists can exhibit their works outside academic and museum constraints , is largely unknown in the United States , even though every small city in the country seems to have built a ‘ contemporary art space ’ over the last ten years .
2 In the last section we saw three ways in which speakers can miss their target of JC .
3 Formal links , such as parents ' evenings , can be useful but more informal occasions often provide a relaxed atmosphere in which parents can ask their own questions .
4 There are ways in which parents can encourage their growing children to make right choices in life .
5 Planners in Sweden and India think their countries can meet their energy needs , cut emissions of greenhouse gases and get richer by the end of the century Debora MacKenzie
6 Planners in Sweden and India think their countries can meet their energy needs , cut emissions of greenhouse gases — and get richer — by the end of the century
7 Money or government bonds provide alternative stores of value , a means by which individuals can hold their savings .
8 If all profits from corporations were distributed to shareholders , then on the integrationist view all that is required is a mechanism by which individuals can pay their tax on this income source at their personal marginal rate .
9 Of course , this does not resolve the issue of inequality , but it does provide a mechanism through which individuals can focus their view of an acceptable ‘ trade-off ’ between redistribution ( equity ) and efficiency .
10 The report concludes with a discussion on the health effects of organochlorines and suggests ways in which individuals can limit their intake of dioxin-like compounds .
11 Social studies teachers and departments have been placed in the vanguard of progressive teaching , ostensibly because social studies is seen as a context in which individuals can develop their consciousness and understanding of society .
12 Statutes are only one of the means by which governments can achieve their policy objectives and there are , surprisingly , relatively few things which governments can do only with the approval of Parliament as expressed in the passing of a statute .
13 My veterinary colleagues tell me one of the main dangers with such large dogs is not that they injure themselves ( through overexercising before their skeletons can carry their weight ) but that their diets are over-supplemented , particularly with excessive calcium , which damages bone growth and hinders development .
14 Both films seem to ask if their heroes can get their innocence back .
15 These implement ANSI/CCITT standards and will enable public network operators and service providers to have end-to-end control of their networks while their customers can control their wide area network resources , even across the public network .
16 Through project work , English becomes a window on the culture of the English speaking world , and a means through which learners can express their own culture .
17 Telecommunication standards significantly affect the ability of manufacturers and operators to access the telecommunication/information market , the size of the market and determine the extent to which users can have their needs met .
18 There 's also a monthly egg and fish listing in which members can advertise their sales , wants and swaps .
19 Nevertheless , there are various ways by which scientists can detect their presence .
20 In some cases it is appropriate to choose other rewards that are more motivating to children , like a surprise bag with little gifts in it into which children can place their hands and find a surprise .
21 It is by no means certain that material rewards are the only means by which societies can induce their members to fill social positions as the theory seems to suggest .
22 The skilful teacher sets up a training situation in which pupils can solve their own problems and draw their own conclusions .
23 For the same reason they have been known to treat surrounding farmland as though it were a vast municipal park across which their dogs can roam or their children can ride their ponies without much thought for the consequences .
24 Poovey describes the silenced female body as a site upon which men can inscribe their anxieties about their sexuality and that of women .
25 Since Postan wrote in 1950 , the figures on which historians can base their opinions have been made conveniently available with the compilation of the Phelps Brown and Hopkins indices of the cost of consumable goods , and of building wage-rates in southern England , expressed in terms of these goods [ A.1 ] .
26 It should provide a starting-point from which students can formulate their own , more individual strategies .
27 One way in which adults can test their interest in some novel subject matter is to watch television programmes , or read books .
28 For your lips can have their smile , and your flute ,
29 Buying a house and arranging a mortgage is complicated enough — but by coming straight to us customers can keep their financial affairs as simple and convenient as possible . ’
30 Buying a house and arranging a mortgage is complicated enough — but by coming straight to us customers can keep their financial affairs as simple and convenient as possible . ’
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