Example sentences of "[to-vb] their [noun] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usually they have few opportunities to check that their instructions are being pursued and almost none to supervise their execution at first hand . |
| 2 | True , it was but a small village , but the fact was maintained that the railway would have to establish their station at that point . |
| 3 | Peter was able to take his test a year earlier than most because the law allows disabled people to pass their test at 16 . |
| 4 | ‘ Danish farmers are also keen to try their hand at outdoor systems , which we have seen emerging in the UK over the past five years , and trials have already begun . ’ |
| 5 | Some 70 trade exhibitors were persuaded to pitch their tents at three levels on steep slopes which proved a testing but rewarding exercise for visitors from as fair afield as Scotland and the West Country . |
| 6 | Some 70 trade exhibitors were persuaded to pitch their tents at three levels on steep slopes which proved a testing but rewarding exercise for visitors from as fair afield as Scotland and the West Country . |
| 7 | Breathing can be affected : people suffer from shortness of breath or panic attacks in which they are unable to catch their breath at all ; stress may bring on asthma attacks if people are prone to them . |
| 8 | MORE than 50 workers are to lose their jobs at two Highland oil rig yards . |
| 9 | The girls insist that it is their fundamental right to wear their scarves at all times , just as some of their fellow students wear skullcaps or the cross . |
| 10 | One reason for the ubiquity of chants lies in the fact that a large number of fans move around the country to support their team at away games . |
| 11 | G. To be successful farmers need to be sure of being able to sell their outputs at reasonable prices . |
| 12 | They are looking only at aggregates and pig iron and other goods which can be trundled around the railways for many weeks and do not need to reach their destination at any particular time . |
| 13 | Vines , they 'd tell you , tend to mature their grapes at different times , and only an experienced eye can spot which to pick and which to leave behind . |
| 14 | She owed money at the site shop where the tenants were forced to buy their paraffin at inflated prices , and , though the Assistance Board was making her an allowance , she was so deeply in debt that there was no possibility of getting straight . |
| 15 | It would have been harder to conceal their happiness at another time , but now everyone was engrossed in weightier matters . |
| 16 | This gave MPs an opportunity to express their views at some length . |
| 17 | The 1975 Act contained various provisions to limit parental rights , the effects of which were to increase the likelihood of parents losing touch with their children and to encourage quasi-adoptive fostering exclusive of natural parents , while no extra community resources were provided to prevent children having to leave their parents at all . |
| 18 | Remember that a child can be just as upset by the death of a beloved animal as by a human so do your best not to trivialise their grief at such times . |
| 19 | Supporters had been split into regional groups throughout the country , and John and Joan Bohanna 's Merseyside Regional Group directly confronted Pilger , telling him that ‘ ultimate NoS editorial control rests not with the editor , or the Board of Directors , but the Founders ’ , and the editor would have to do their bidding at all times . |
| 20 | It can , however , be difficult for women to retain their self-confidence at this point . |
| 21 | Thousands of football fans have been queueing to book their seats at one of the biggest matches in their club 's history . |
| 22 | The Federation Against Software Theft ( FAST ) has issued a warning to deter would-be software pirates hoping to ply their wares at ever-popular car-boot sales . |
| 23 | The first of four complaints was that the trial judge exerted undue pressure by sending the jury out to consider their verdict at 5.28 p.m. after they had spent the day listening to the end of the prosecuting counsel 's closing address and the whole of the summing up , but their Lordships consider that this was a reasonable course to have taken . |
| 24 | The social worker regularly assigned to the case seemed to call when most of the children were at school , so he was unable to judge their progress at first hand . |
| 25 | To enable the wife to work , the couple have employed a nanny and have also decided to educate their children at private London day schools . |
| 26 | It is often the sudden availability of time that allows women to develop their talents at last — and then find that other people want to pay them for their work ! |
| 27 | Students are encouraged to present their data at scientific meetings both in Britain and abroad and are expected to contribute to a lively programme of intra-departmental seminars and journal clubs . |
| 28 | You must also understand the functions and inherent errors in the control and performance instruments and understand how to check their accuracy at recognised stages . |
| 29 | Stewart Hulse , team leader of the Langdale and Ambleside Mountain Rescue Team , has some harsh words for youth groups who set out onto the Lakeland Fells , determined to complete their objectives at all costs . |
| 30 | Little boys , in particular , are taught to suppress their tears and to maintain their composure at all costs . |