Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] [verb] that their " in BNC.

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1 So generally clear perceptions of strong press bias were overlaid by a tendency for readers to claim that their paper was relatively sympathetic to their own political viewpoint .
2 Drugs : What parents can do DM.2 16 pages of guidance for parents worried that their teenage children are — or may be — using drugs .
3 Not surprisingly , 68% of owner-directors said that their financial or material rewards had not increased over the past 12 months ; 65% now work over 50 hours a week , 38% have considered disposal over the past year , and over half have injected extra funds .
4 It remains to be seen what effect this case will have on copyright litigation in the United States ( the judges in the Court of Appeals recognized that their test would be difficult to apply and would need further case law before its application could be predicted with any certainty ) .
5 The CBI survey revealed that the majority of distributors feel that their stock levels are at an uncomfortably high level .
6 The CBI survey revealed that the majority of distributors feel that their stock levels are at an uncomfortably high level .
7 That itself should n't er impose er any greater cost on auditors , but it should , and this is the crucial point I think , it should bolster the ability of auditors to insist that their client companies er are forthcoming and open and where necessary correct if they can er problems which might otherwise bring their authorised status er into question and therefore it is a welcome enhancement of the law , it toughens up the law without imp imposing the costs about which he 's rightly concerned .
8 No programme is valid if continuous assessment programmes have not been approved : it is the responsibility of centres to ensure that their programmes have been approved .
9 Sadly , however , 95% of respondents thought that their clients had not perceived any benefits , with one or two adding the comment ‘ except higher fees ’ .
10 From our interviews and observations it was apparent that many members were experiencing frustration through a lack of sense of direction or achievement in this field ( in the survey 25% of respondents felt that their board had achieved little in any field of activity ) , although they were not clear how this might be improved .
11 A survey of leading US businesses sponsored by Stratus Computer Inc of Marlborough , Massachusetts , which has an interest in spreading alarm and despondency about these things , suggests that computer downtime cost the country at least $4,000m in lost productivity and revenue last year ; and with 75% of respondents indicating that their businesses are becoming increasingly reliant on computing systems this figure looks set to grow .
12 Over a quarter of respondents claimed that their organisation was either implementing and operating an Open Systems strategy .
13 The effects of girls perceiving that their sex does not figure in a large part of school knowledge is immeasurable .
14 Perhaps as a consequence of this , few seemed to find having to submit a report a threatening prospect , only a fifth of teachers believing that their school had felt threatened in any way .
15 ‘ There was some resistance in the early days , ’ says Mr Bristow , ‘ with booksellers believing that their jobs would be eroded .
16 Anecdotal evidence from exporters suggests that their sales in Europe have slipped as weaker demand more than offsets the benefit of a cheaper pound .
17 The investigators suggested that the combination of communication deviance and critical , intrusive or guilt-inducing affect from parents meant that their adolescent child had ‘ little recourse through communication with them for exploring , clarifying , or correcting his feelings of unworthiness , rejection , or isolation ’ .
18 Moreover , during the badal diet breath CH 4 concentrations increased in responders duggesting that their usual diet contained enough sulphate for sulphate reducing bacteria to reduce the amount of hydrogen available to methanogens , whilst on the sulphate depleted basal diet more hydrogen could be used for methanogenesis .
19 Elsewhere , the burden of proof will be on reformists to show that their policies offer the best chance of avoiding internal instability .
20 It is doubtful how many of those who bestow gifts of coral on infants appreciate that their forebears did so to protect them from bewitchment .
21 It abandons any attempt to design market or internal controls over managers to ensure that their discretion is only exercised in the interests of shareholders .
22 This gives guidance for IFAC member bodies on ways to ensure that their members have an adequate continuing understanding of professional values and ethics , so that they can operate effectively and with integrity in a constantly changing environment .
23 A number of misleading claims are made by companies suggesting that their products are environmentally friendly when clearly they are not .
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