Example sentences of "their [noun] because [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The criminal law sees only some types of property deprivation as robbery or theft ; it excludes , for example , the separation of consumers and part of their money that follows manufacturers ' malpractices or advertisers ' misrepresentations ; it excludes shareholders losing their money because managers behaved in ways which they thought would be to the advantage of shareholders even though the only tangible benefits accrued to the managers ( Hopkins 1980b ) ; it excludes the extra tax citizens , in this or other countries , have to pay because : ( i ) corporations and the very wealthy are able to employ financial experts at discovering legal loopholes through which money can be safely transported to tax havens ; ( ii ) Defence Department officials have been bribed to order more expensive weaponry systems or missiles in ‘ excess ’ of those ‘ needed ’ ; ( iii ) multinational drug companies charge our National Health Services prices which are estimated to be at least , £50 millions in excess of alternative supplies . |
| 2 | Thus American business executives are seen to deserve their rewards because members of society place a high value on their skills and achievements . |
| 3 | And when they picked us out they used to put the rubber on the ground pick the dirt out of their feet and put it into their manger , not throw it away , put it into their manger because horses love to lick mud . |
| 4 | I draw attention to their provenance because commentators have focused on the family-magazine question , on the attempt , that is , to get the chapter past Katkov in some shape or form , and I think this is only half the story . |
| 5 | The Santa Rosa basketball club in Barcelona could have doubled their winnings but had to return half their tickets because players and supporters would not buy them . |
| 6 | All consumer surveys undertaken in hospital could be restricted in their utility because patients , in a dependent position , may be reluctant to offer their ‘ true feelings or observations ’ . |
| 7 | Somebody er to whom the erm er er matters could be referred er whom er could remove trustees er who are er not acting in er the best interests er of the fund erm to whom er I understand that the erm beneficiaries could er appeal if they felt that their fund was being erm used i in the wrong way which is something that we have n't got at the moment erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees and the answer is that most of them are employed , and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going and redundancies are being made . |
| 8 | Erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees , and the answer that most of them are employed and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going , redundancies are being made , you 've got a pensioner employee er a pensioner trustee on there , and they 're not looking over their shoulder for their job , they are going to do the job of a trustee and watch the fund and they would then be able to go to the regulator if they saw something that was amiss , but if somebody is employed by the firm might be very worried about doing because they 're more bothered about keeping their job . |
| 9 | Muslim parents favoured it for their daughters because men were barred the premises . |