Example sentences of "their [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of the volume Henry Jones published in 1749 nearly half the poems have in their titles the name of some eminent person , while the volume as a whole is dedicated to Chesterfield and five individual pieces to him or his wife . |
| 2 | ( They also do this when they bring their owners dead birds from the garden , an action normally done only as part of the food-training routine when mother cats show their kittens the kind of prey they must later attack . ) |
| 3 | Ansel Key 's subjects knew they were not going to be starved to death , being part of a controlled experiment under constant medical supervision , so in their cases the implications of hunger were not life-threatening . |
| 4 | 24–9– " The Session desires to record in their minutes the following resolution annent the Church question , viz. that they resolve unanimously to adhere to the union of 1900 . |
| 5 | In their discussions the fundamental differences between the two sides slowly emerged : the legal position of the king-duke and the lands held by him ; and , secondly , the problem of which lands the French were to control . |
| 6 | Setting clear boundaries for the child 's behaviour is essential as once the child realizes that the parents are being consistent and firm in their reactions the problem behaviour will disappear . |
| 7 | IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have placed their signatures the day and year first before written |
| 8 | IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have placed their signatures the day and year first before written |
| 9 | IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have placed their signatures the day and year first before written |
| 10 | IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have placed their signatures the day and year first before written |
| 11 | All 12 winners having met up the evening before for an Italian meal at The Campana in London 's West End , followed by a night at The Regent Crest Hotel , the second half of the group arrived bright and early at the studio , ready for their transformations the next day . |
| 12 | As officials began their investigations the board of directors of Pearl , led by chairman Einion Holland , said AMP 's takeover bid ‘ is unacceptable and totally inadequate because it fails to reflect the group 's financial strength and prospects ’ . |
| 13 | More significantly , perhaps , it also means that no attempt may be made in the course of a prosecution to determine that in their investigations the authorities have committed one or more criminal offences . |
| 14 | In the result the justices on the second day of the hearing , the evidence having been taken the day before and the justices having indicated that they had reached a decision but would give their reasons the next day , made not an interim care order but two prohibited steps orders . |
| 15 | By their reasons the justices stated that the girl would continue to be liable to sexual abuse if allowed to return to her family as the mother refused to recognise the responsibility of the father for that abuse and that the mother would not protect the girl from the father on whom the mother was emotionally dependent ; that they had considered that the girl might be cared for by her half-sister but had concluded that it would be difficult to prevent contact between the girl and her father ; that they had formed the view that contact between the girl and her father would be harmful at the present time and therefore the local authority should refuse such contact until the review by the local authority in six months time ; and that there should be supervised reasonable contact between the girl and her mother and between the girl and her half-sister . |
| 16 | If the directors do state their reasons the court will investigate them to the extent of seeing whether they have acted on the right principles and will overrule their decision if they have acted on considerations which should not have weighed with them , but not merely because the court would have come to a different conclusion . |
| 17 | By cheating on their taxes the rich are not only exploiting the system themselves but increasing the pressure on those that ca n't afford alternatives |
| 18 | With such quality in their ranks the Baa-Baas refused to be humiliated even when Darren Garforth thundered over to make it 24-3 . |
| 19 | When a shaft of sunlight crossed their ranks the steel heads of the lances glittered and defined them clearly . |
| 20 | Both painters take slight liberties with conventional perspective ; that is to say , in their canvases the angles of vision are no longer completely consistent . |
| 21 | The issue of principle in 1328 was whether women were excluded from ruling , and , if so , whether they were also excluded from transmitting to their sons the title to rule . |
| 22 | As soon as they finished with their books the two girls made him tea . |
| 23 | As a result evidence … clearly showed that the two Constables had been idling and gossiping together at a place where one of them had no right to be … [ and ] that the Acting Sergeant , on his round of inspection , met these two Constables together , failed to note in his book , as was required in the regulations , the place where and the time where he met them , and to see that the Constables then noted in their books the time and place of his visit … |
| 24 | Boswell 's counterpoint to this recitative divulges that among their books the Mackinnons had the shorter version of Johnson 's own Dictionary , and that , notwithstanding the merry and warm respect they received from the household , the place began to feel like a prison on account of the adverse weather . |
| 25 | If they do n't want to do that they can still practise as unregistered practitioners , using an adjective that might offer their clients the same frisson as ‘ alternative . ’ |
| 26 | No they 're not the realities , because what we 're saying is that we have to modernize the policies of the Labour Party , but the policies are absolutely based in our traditional concerns , I mean , let me give you an example , when Beveridge was talking about unemployment , and the life long need for people to work , he was talking about a male workforce , where it was a man supported by a non-working wife , now we still have at the absolute heart of our concerns in the Labour Party peoples need to work , but we 're now talking about a situation , where women are sharing with their husbands the role of bed breadwinner , and in many families the woman is the sole breadwinner , and therefore our policies about employment and the economy recognize that the world has changed , our principles are the same , but the world to which we 're applying it is very different , and , again , on that you see there would be no distinction between the so-called traditionalists and the so-called modernizers . |
| 27 | Many convey in the physical appearance of their subjects the traditional Roman virtues of austerity and respect for authority . |
| 28 | And above their heads the monitors showed captions rolling , and the faint tinny music entwined itself into the noise , and the screens blacked . |
| 29 | Above their heads the clock ticked away the last thirty minutes of the old year . |
| 30 | He promised that the resistance would not lay down its arms until the last Soviet soldier had left Afghanistan and that if a deal was made over their heads the guerrillas would continue fighting even if foreign help were withdrawn . |