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‘Persons may hone skills.’

[⟨det (plur person.n)⟩ hone.v ⟨det (plur skill.n)⟩]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And we have honed our skills for over 150 years.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

By taking on Paul, we hone our skills for the final confrontation.
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In the British National Corpus:

They have honed their skills as developers and operators in privatisations elsewhere.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Talented on their own, these young aspiring detectives truly shine as they hone their skills through teamwork and mutual support.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

They went to Trinidad with a huge mission, to show Trinidadians what basketball is all about, to make their citizens more interested in basketball and to help them hone their skills and move the sport further along in their country.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Inform your junior bowlers about the Coaching program you have to help them hone their skills over the summer for next year’s school bowling team.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It helped us hone our skills and we got to meet some great people.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

And you know where they might better hone their debating skills?
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Coordinated through The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars, the program allows students to learn about, discuss and analyze our nation’s presidential nominating process, to witness firsthand the enormous efffort that goes into the organization of a major party’s national convention and to take on special assignments that help them hone their skills as journalists.
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In Wikipedia:

Rival lords seem to be continually skirmishing, and when they are not, they are holding tournaments during which they hone the skills used for skirmishing.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Before scientists can explore caves on Mars, they must hone their skills here on Earth.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Over the years they had honed their skills, until now they could achieve exactly what they wanted every time without fail.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

For older kids, involving them in the planning process helps them hone their organizational skills, and also helps them to realize what’s involved in planning around their many commitments.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Dancing has never been my thing, but I know we’ll have to do it at the wedding, so we’re honing our skills for the big day.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

On the contrary, they will hone their skills in the harassment and intimidation and terrorization of those from whose wealth they could earn their sustenance without having to endure the tedium and demands of actual production of wealth.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In this, we can better hone our skills and better adapt the international standard of play and probably prepare for the 2028 Olympics.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

True, the arm wore out in the end but that is something that will improve as we hone our skills.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Although we do need to help them hone those skills, it still remains our primary job as English teachers to expose them to the rigors, the complexity, the challenge, and, yes, the beauty of literature – to the’ ’ best that has been thought or said in the world’ ’ (to quote Matthew Arnold) – where they will develop and exercise their powers of analysis, critical thinking, and empathy.”
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In Wikipedia:

“’Timber Rattlers Field Pass ’” – Follow the Milwaukee Brewers Class – A affiliate, the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers as they hone their skills to make it to the big leagues.
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Queried on 2013-05-25.