Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Has fertility changed mostly because successive cohorts each grow up with their own characteristic attitude to childbearing ( ‘ cohort ’ effects ) , or do families respond in a more opportunistic way to the economic and social opportunities or problems of the moment ( ‘ period ’ effects ) ? |
| 2 | ‘ Few human geographers seem willing to come out of their national shells and take the wider view which would enable them to understand what is going on within their own countries ’ ( Thrift , 1986 , 62 ) . |
| 3 | Some drive back in their own cars . |
| 4 | But you have n't seen how all this ties in with their long-term aims . |
| 5 | ‘ The clothes were fit to stand up on their own , they were that stiff with dust and grease . |
| 6 | In these respects , it can certainly be claimed that the polytechnics have by and large measured up to their original specification . |
| 7 | Not content with being obsessive about failed British pop performers like Belouis Some and Matt Fretton ( who , as they will always tell you , were ‘ big in Japan ’ ) , these star victims get all steamed up about their own home-grown talent-free singers , which the record companies churn out year after year . |
| 8 | While they all climb back into their ancient cars I take Rufus aside for a talk . |
| 9 | She will lunch with selected guests in the new council offices , and an hour beforehand they are all turned out in their best suits and dresses fidgeting in anticipation . |
| 10 | and they 're all going down with their little cards in their hands as they |
| 11 | In previous eras Ireland could depend upon longevity of service from its best players ; Mike Gibson , Syd Millar , Tom Kiernan , Willie-John McBride , Fergus Slattery all battled on into their mid-thirties . |
| 12 | It was a damning report on America 's VD service by her international peers and colleagues , many of whom , it might be added , had little better to offer back in their own countries . |
| 13 | Course , I 'm sat in the office like this , and they 're all sitting down to their lovely fo five course meal and of course great ! |
| 14 | Our large corporate donors are unable to come up with their usual contributions . |
| 15 | Women can form a communal bond quickly , but may be reluctant to stand up for their personal views . |
| 16 | Unemployment may mean that people have more leisure time available but lack of money restricts the kind of activities they are able to participate in during their spare time . |
| 17 | Later , after a deliberately nostalgic and painful visit to St Juliot in March 1913 , he was able to look back at their early days together in ‘ At Castle Boterel ’ , ‘ Beeny Cliff ’ , ‘ The phantom horsewoman ’ , and eventually to come to terms , however imperfectly , with his memories . |
| 18 | After their loss of Normandy in 1204 the king-dukes were all the more concerned to hold on to their southern lands . |
| 19 | These men — and overwhelmingly they were men — came from large , poor families , moved from job to job in catering and manual work and were unable to save out of their meagre earnings . |
| 20 | Yet ambitious and confident consultants , especially those good at business development and successful at winning shootouts , are still able to branch out on their own , and it would not be healthy for the industry if this were otherwise . |
| 21 | Villa were quite unable to get out of their own half after the interval , with Whelan 's precise , perceptive passing aways likely to unhinge them . |
| 22 | Many people wish to be left alone to get on with their own lives and they must be allowed to do so , and there must also be opportunities for different degrees and different kinds of involvement . |
| 23 | More than 40 children aged between three and five turned up as their favourite nursery rhyme or story book characters . |
| 24 | When the two partners first set up on their own — according to Byrne , with only $5000 capital and giving up a secure future — they did so under the guise of an employment agency , so that they would not appear to be in direct competition with their ex-employers . |
| 25 | Such clusters will provide support for teachers and for pupils and will create economies of scale which will allow schools to provide extra resources which they would find it difficult to fund out of their individual budget . |
| 26 | In the first week after the birth , she can safely leave her litter of up to six cubs , though more usually three , hidden in the den and helpless to move around on their own , while she hunts . |
| 27 | The rather tacky set , the lucklustre performances , the script from David Straun and Heather Williams that lurches from trite audience participation to over-the-head jokes ( would any primary-school child get the one about water privatisation ? ) , all did n't seem to matter as the company of four scampered around with their well-intentioned tale of how the white man destroyed the American Indians . |
| 28 | ‘ OUr UK distribution network have ensured that everyone has their ‘ kit ’ on time and are ready to go out into their local parks and streets to clean up . ’ |
| 29 | Her parents were both cut off by their wealthy families , following a clandestine marriage in the early 1750s . |
| 30 | Darlington will be eager to follow on from their encouraging performance at Peterborough United . |