Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] they [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | While increasingly businesses claim to fulfil social purposes as well , they will not survive unless they satisfy their customers profitably in the market place . |
| 2 | One view is that the expertise of the managers will ensure that they use their broad discretionary power to maximize the profits of the company in the interests of the shareholders . |
| 3 | HIV prevention workers must ensure that they prioritise their work according to epidemiologically demonstrable need if the alarming trends in surveillance data on sexually transmitted diseases and HIV infection are to be arrested or reversed . |
| 4 | Now , of course , it is taught in schools along with English — which most children do n't speak until they start their education . |
| 5 | But what should parents do if they believe their children 's friends are having a bad influence on them ? |
| 6 | Marshall does not believe they can succeed unless they adapt their approach . |
| 7 | We did n't even realize that they organized their labour collectively , until Panic Buying ( a great '70s pastime , Panic Buying — of salt , sugar and so on ) set in at the beginning of November . |
| 8 | This is a Labour amendment it is up to them now to implement it implement it within existing budgets is what it says and we shall see whether they take their responsibilities as seriously as they should . |
| 9 | Owners are aware of the capital losses they must incur if they redeploy their assets , and people with whom they are transacting know that nowhere else can they find assets as suitable to their needs as those already committed . |
| 10 | Similarly , although Wilde ( 1988 ) claims that a potentially variable level of subjective risk is necessary for RHT , a prediction of RHT is that subjects would modify their behaviour in order to actually experience constant levels of subjective risk which would only alter if they changed their ‘ target level of risk ’ . |
| 11 | The authorities may contend that they demonstrate their determination to find extremists in the ranks . |
| 12 | But when the immigration people came I got a letter , and they said that I could stay while they finished their inquiries . |
| 13 | This does not mean that they conduct their audits negligently or sacrifice their independence by condoning accounting treatments that are demonstrably wrong . |
| 14 | Once attached , the cappers would not let their victims go until they handed their purses across . |
| 15 | Even I would n't realise until they opened their mouths — which was only to sing the malai national anthem . |
| 16 | It 's an amusing game however , as you struggle for a seat out of the wind at the cairn to eat your peanut butter sandwiches , trying to guess which way everyone will go when they smack their lips , wipe their hands on their breeches and get up to leave . |
| 17 | Charles the Cheesemonger had signed his marriage certificate with a cross — a common enough occurrence , in the event , even among those who could read and write if they put their minds to it . |
| 18 | Their value in battle , as shields behind which the knights could shelter before they launched their charge , ensured their continued employment by those who could afford them — notably Henry II of England . |
| 19 | Top marks for the scheme so far , but the project 's real test will come when they choose their careers . |
| 20 | I believe anyone can slim if they set their mind to it . |
| 21 | When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another . |
| 22 | They can unwind before they have their visit |
| 23 | In terms of local authorities as suppliers of courses , use made of central training units is wide : only 22 authorities did not say that they used their central training department for some courses , though extent of use ( and availability of courses on offer ) varied widely , from : |
| 24 | They can argue that they make their position on these things perfectly clear , and that if people vote for them then they know what they are going to get and have no right to claim that sabbatarianism is being forced on them . |
| 25 | Hull , with three successive defeats behind them and 12th in the First Division , face Hull KR on Friday and Castleford on Monday in their final two games which will determine whether they continue their 13-year run in the division . |
| 26 | ‘ You two spend time together ? ’ she heard Jenny say as they sipped their coffees . |