Example sentences of "of their [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the Minister of the Legation , Captain ( later Sir ) Vyvyan Holt , was later to say that he would not have survived one of their many forced marches in intense cold had it not been for Blake 's courage and help . |
| 2 | But that wedding evidently did not take place , and in December 1753 it was Ann Bowden whom he rushed to the altar in Exeter , his bride being already heavily pregnant with the first of their many offspring . |
| 3 | Finally , the thoughts of the two poets tended towards a volume of another kind , which would reflect the poetic concerns of their many conversations since the beginning of the Alfoxden year . |
| 4 | All morning the world 's top cyclists will have been reconnoitring the course , selecting their gear ratios and the most suitable of their many bikes , looking at the route for the best way through corners , testing the strength and direction of the wind — looking for anything that will give them that little extra in this first trial of strength , which will be clocked in tenths and hundredths of a second . |
| 5 | With this in mind , he introduced Wolfgang to the public at a concert at Salzburg university in the autumn of 1761 , and then set about arranging the first of their many international tours . |
| 6 | Tethlis 's heart was filled with a terrible cold hatred for the children of Naggaroth , for they had slain his family in one of their many raids . |
| 7 | The majority of hotels now use the printed registration forms ( Fig. 3.8 ) because of their many advantages : |
| 8 | After the first men were made , it relates , the noise of their many children was so great that the god of the earth could not sleep . |
| 9 | The small North Wales town of Wrexham is one example of an authority that has taken a particularly active role in industrial promotion , and figure 3.4 shows one of their many eye-catching advertisements placed in the national press . |
| 10 | These monkeys produce alarm calls when one of their many predators approaches — thereby alerting other members of the group . |
| 11 | When Aubrey had accepted one of their many invitations to come on a lengthy visit , it did cross Harry 's mind that his resemblance to his sister might bring back painful memories , but although Aubrey had now been here over a week , he , Harry , had felt no desire to wish himself free of his engagement . |
| 12 | In the course of their many arguments , Amanda once asked him to consider the domestic condition of the Fergusson family , who lived together with strong bonds of affection , and declare whether they too were the consequence of chaos , hazard and malice . |
| 13 | Turns out — and I learned this not through Miguel but our second guide who has n't said much most of the trip — that thkarni is the Indians ' name — well , one of their many names , to be precise — for you-know-what . |
| 14 | On more than one occasion , Peter Webber FHCIMA , partner and managing director in My Kinda Town , was invited by close family friends , the Kaye brothers , to help them run one of their many successful high street restaurant chains . |
| 15 | The aminosalicylates are far less specific agents , and it is not known which of their many pharmacological actions explains their therapeutic effect in inflammatory bowel disease . |
| 16 | When many modes are involved , this phenomenon results in very short pulses — typically picoseconds — which have grabbed most of the attention because of their many applications . |
| 17 | OLD ASIA hands still talk nostalgically about the Good Old Days in many of the region 's cities and ports , which have since had much of their former life and glamour squeezed out of them by oppressive regimes , overcrowding or economic decline . |
| 18 | Delegates at the congress , in East Berlin 's Dynamo sports hall , last night called for a ‘ grassroots renewal ’ and said they were bitter and disappointed over the ‘ criminal acts ’ of their former leaders . |
| 19 | Other African countries find natural sponsors in the West , in the form of their former colonial masters . |
| 20 | Scores of weaker titles have been closed and the survivors are all too often shadows of their former selves . |
| 21 | The local Serbs have streamed out of Bosnia , across the River Drina , to escape the fighting , while thousands of their former Muslim neighbours are reportedly holed up with the Green Beret forces in an old hill fortress . |
| 22 | Again as has occurred in the developing countries , the reduction of their former isolation by modern transport and communications has brought new problems , most notably the outflow of young and active people , and the disruption of traditional cultures . |
| 23 | The bushes had recently been cut down ‘ to about a third of their former dimension ’ . |
| 24 | His collections in Bohemia and those of succeeding Habsburgs are now mere shadows of their former glory . |
| 25 | Yet , whilst the Burmese retain a grudging respect for the British , they exact a characteristic vengeance upon the sanctified edifice of their former masters . |
| 26 | The inhabitants made it clear that their commons had been reduced to between half and a third of their former size . |
| 27 | But eventually machine cutting and rival roofing materials reduced the workforce until the quarries became mere shadows of their former selves and made the area one of high unemployment . |
| 28 | Chapman jumped at the chance , but the Cobblers ' supporters were determined that Walden should stay , and a ‘ shilling fund ’ was set up to thwart the designs of their former manager . |
| 29 | These Permian and Triassic salts , well known in the Cheshire Basin and in the Irish Sea Basin ( Colter and Barr 1975 ) , have so far only been identified in Ireland in and around the Larne Basin , though it would be surprising if that was the limit of their former extent . |
| 30 | All three still retained the features of their former beauty . |