Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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1 | As the King s head was struck from his body there was a great groan from the crowd , who were dispersed by the cavalry ; some came back to dip their handkerchiefs in the King 's blood . |
2 | All three are the voices of the Tory grandees mourning the demise of their values under the shopkeeper 's daughter . |
3 | Adults , however , have greater difficulty in accommodating their views to the miracles ' of modern technology . |
4 | The Commissioners still believed that the Act applied and referred the statutory declaration , a certificate and counter-statement setting out their views on the taxpayer 's statutory declaration , to a tribunal which would decide whether there was a prima facie case for proceeding . |
5 | ( c.17 ) They should always be available to needy and oppressed persons " from whatever part of the realm " and of whatever rank , to bring their cases to the king 's ear . |
6 | The recently formed AD ( ANCIENT DYKES ) group hold their meetings in The Women 's Centre , Broughton Street , Edinburgh . |
7 | Five of the ladies have already given a public display , at a keep fit rally in Drayton , and Wendy anticipates that they 'll put their skills behind the association 's new fund-raising campaign to buy a Sunshine Coach for use in Hampshire . |
8 | Knowing an author 's homosexuality makes that decoding far easier ( if at the same time rather less triumphant there 's an undeniable pleasure in finding out that a favourite writer , actor or director you have admired for years turns out to be gay , as you always privately hoped and ‘ knew ’ ) but it returns us once again to the problem of biography , the danger of regressing to a simplistic reading of texts which simply locates their meanings in the author 's life story . |
9 | As well as asking readers for their opinions on the newspaper 's existing style and content , the survey also sought views on how it could be improved . |
10 | In the past there has been considerable dispute between teachers and their employers over the teachers ' role in the collecting of dinner money and the supervision of children during the mid-day break . |
11 | It is hard to believe that it intended to withhold that protection in all cases where a jury might think that the place in question was not necessary or desirable or where the authorities could not by evidence justify their policies to a jury 's satisfaction . |
12 | Certainly in the work that the Greater York er authorities did in preparing their proposals over the past er four or five years , er we have worked fairly closely with what was then the Yorkshire Water Authority and National Rivers Authorities on the questions of drainage erm and so forth which are our major problems around York . |
13 | Kevin Timms , 38 , and Graham Cooke , 35 , who each earned £27,500-a-year , took overseas holidays and refurbished their homes on the company 's expense , it was claimed . |
14 | When they tried to stop him from taking into the colony a youth from the Political Special Section of the Army First Reserves , he appealed over their heads to the Workers ' and Peasants ' Inspectorate ( Rabkrin ) , which came down on his side . |
15 | Now canals slap on either side , brimming with garbage and dead wood , an old man sleeps in an oilcan next to a garishly decorated lorry , men in vests and wide trousers , grouped playing cards by the light of oil lamps , raise their heads as the car 's headlights sweep into their precarious privacy , and stare at her . |
16 | Although there had been no evidence on their computers of the shapechangers ' craft being on the planet , it had been monitored heading towards this unwelcoming world . |
17 | Blessed are those that listen intently , yes even with their eyes on the president 's face , for they can be conned into volunteering . |
18 | Normally they held their offices during the King 's pleasure and could therefore be replaced when they were no longer fit for duty . |
19 | Table 2.2 highlights how oil exporters with cash surpluses have invested their funds in the world 's main money and capital markets . |
20 | Top managers try to win their loyalty , and co-opt their organizations to the firm 's ideals … ideologically . |
21 | Referring their readers to the HMI 's survey of teachers in their first year in the profession , they repeat the survey 's ‘ finding ’ that ‘ the personal qualities of the teachers were in many cases the decisive factor in their effectiveness ’ . |
22 | ln addition we used voters ' degree of preference for their first-choice party ( over their second choice ) as yet another potential influence upon their ratings of the media 's usefulness . |
23 | Near to this was a small pool designated by our guide as Lod an Suidhe [ Pool of the Sitting ] where the guga hunters sit on surrounding rocks to wash their feet after the day 's toil . |
24 | Having been groped by the Croatian National Guard , the friends parted company , the press to their pens on the platform 's left hand , Joshua to sit among the delegates of his local Party . |
25 | He wanted people to kneel during prayer ( as had once been done ) and ministers to close their sermons with the Gloria Patri . |
26 | The previous incumbents , Ion Kostash and Anatol Plugaru , among the fiercest advocates for continuing the anti-separatist conflict , had retained their posts after the government 's resignation in June [ see p. 38976 ] . |
27 | I think if debate had been continued then many backbench Tory MPs would have expressed their reservations and their concerns about the Government 's proposals . |
28 | Armed with their texts of the Lion 's own travel guide to the town , Our English Watering Place , The Lionisers were arrayed in their seaside appeared , no less excited at the beginning of their week 's holiday than had been Auguste 's pupils . |
29 | Three young actresses : Sally Longlands , Claire Newman and Elaine Wyatt , who delighted audiences with their antics in the society 's production of Daisy Pulls it Off , all take important roles in this production which is being directed by Andrew Day . |
30 | LANCASHIRE were facing an uphill battle as underdogs Leicestershire set their sights on a Lord 's return after putting in an excellent morning 's work at Grace Road . |