Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problems faced by princes go a long way to explaining their activities during the lifetimes of their fathers , especially their hostility to their stepmothers . |
| 2 | Was he outgrowing his strength , she 'd wondered , as her other children had done , her vague fears of wasting fevers and rickety limbs vanishing to be replaced by incredulous horror as the soldiers on their tall horses had begun to charge . |
| 3 | The snowy owl assemblage has a deficit for the molars of their prey but an excess for the incisors , but this is considered to be an inconsistency due to small sample size for the incisors . |
| 4 | If he signals too much sympathy for the Danes in their problems in ratifying the Maastricht Treaty on European union , he will be under immediate attack from EC partners and pro-Europeans in his party . |
| 5 | Trobriand islanders use the tug-of-war , cricket , the collection of yams and great and freely expressed sexual enthusiasm as the planks of their complicated beliefs . |
| 6 | The published , external reports of such entities are largely designed to inform the equity shareholders about the returns on their investment . |
| 7 | ‘ Unable to find any resting-place for the soles of their feet ’ ; ‘ roaming about the watery world , compasses in hand , and discovering no rest for them ’ ; references to ‘ The dove found no rest for the sole of her foot ’ , Gen. 6 : 4 . |
| 8 | Christon Tembo and three other officers accused of high treason [ for start of trial in November 1989 see p. 37142 ] , an Army officer giving evidence as a state witness claimed that President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe had pledged support for the plotters before their planned coup attempt in October 1988 [ see p. 36264 ] . |
| 9 | The probable father-and-son relationship between Beornhaeth , who was associated with Ecgfrith in his defeat of the Picts in the early 670s , and Berht , who led the Northumbrian forces into Uí Néill territory in Ireland in 684 , even suggests Irish support for the Picts in their wars with the northern Angles . |
| 10 | Certainly the Chinese people have to discover or learn acceptable meanings for the symbols of their language when they are children . |
| 11 | This organization pays money to record companies and artists for the performances of their music on radio and television , unlike PRS which pays the writers . |
| 12 | On the swampy willow scrub of the Wealdmoors in Shropshire , the local rector described in 1673 how ‘ the inhabitants commonly hang 'd bells about the necks of their cows that they might the more easily find them ’ . |
| 13 | On March 28 as every year , ex-servicemen of the North will gather at Morrisons in Darlington to bowl for the Roland and George Bradford trophies for the honours of their Messes . |
| 14 | The law , he said , ‘ should reinforce the principle that parents have a responsibility for the actions of their children . ’ |
| 15 | As the next sections scan the literature , it is important to remember how few studies have given Black as well as white parents an opportunity to tell researchers about the realities of their lives . |
| 16 | In short , Storr 's latter-day fame rests upon two particulars : first , that he was fortunate in working alongside some of the most talented artists , designers , and craftsmen of his time ; and second , that the bulk of Rundell , Bridge & Rundell 's productions in silver during the years of their greatest success were made under his ( Storr & Co. 's ) management and thus bear his mark . |
| 17 | These fundamental differences in the explanations of Brown and Harris and those of Henderson and his colleagues about the role of social support in the aetiology of depression have prompted a search for the reasons for their discrepant findings . |
| 18 | ‘ Twelve women were driven to injure themselves out of fear for the lives of their husbands or loved ones . |
| 19 | And they make an attractive alternative to fencing for the boundaries of their confined plot , while a narrow , curving lawn helps to lead the eye down its length to the summerhouse , bog garden and pools at the bottom . |
| 20 | The cello concerto swelling through the house , the briny tang of the scallops in their marinade , doors opening and closing as he searched for the missing due . |
| 21 | A further interesting result was that individuals ' perception of the causes of their anxiety shifted significantly away from the belief that there was something physically wrong with them . |
| 22 | It is undoubtedly true that when a family member dies , other members of the family are often too upset themselves to recognize the distress of the children in their midst . |
| 23 | Under the menacing eyes of Edward 's Forest judges , juries in Essex , Hampshire , Gloucestershire , Derby , Staffordshire , Huntingdonshire and Northamptonshire restated the bounds of the forests in their counties at their widest extent . |
| 24 | We must suppose that the authorities through their agents actually created conspiratorial organisations and then instituted new capital offences ( such as that for oath-taking ) which existed only in the imagination or as a result of the provocations of their own spies . |
| 25 | By contrast to the barn owl , all the other species of owl showed some degree of digestion of the molars of their prey , even when clearly coming from adult birds only . |
| 26 | Behind the beautifully restored façades of the buildings with their smart paint and gabled roofs there was evidence of a rich and varied culture , Gina observed , walking down the crowded cobbled pathway where restaurants and cafés spilled out towards the water 's edge . |
| 27 | At W H Smith , where attempts are being made to disperse authority to the outer reaches of the organisation , the company is hedging its bets by devising a guide to decision-making , which gives managers and employees some indication of the limits of their newfound freedom of action . |
| 28 | The presence of women working at stations was by then a clearer indication of the changes in their status taking place throughout society . |
| 29 | What matters is the appraisal of the outcomes of their behaviour from the point of view of economic efficiency . |
| 30 | Until a Teachers ' Council is established , teachers will continue to lack the organisational structure through which to control the entry , training and practice of the members of their ‘ profession ’ . |