Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people from whom the trade protection associations of 1818 were protecting themselves , were smaller in number and simpler in their wants than their 1918 counterparts . |
| 2 | The old barges , who had once beaten their way up and down the East coast and the Channel ports , grumbled and heaved at their cables while their new owners sat back in peace . |
| 3 | Dogs are generally more expressive of their feelings than their feline protagonists . |
| 4 | For generations to come , nevertheless , most collections of this kind remained very patchy and incomplete , largely because ministers and diplomats tended to look on their papers as their personal property and to retain them when they gave up office . |
| 5 | At the same time , some women in the older generation believed that they were a less significant source of advice and support for their daughters than their own mothers had been for them , and all were concerned to ensure that their support did not amount to ‘ interference ’ ( Blaxter and Paterson , 1982 , especially pp. 174–9 ) . |
| 6 | ( e ) shareholders who paid a much higher price for their shares than their current market value may simply react emotionally to an offer which would involve them in a loss . |
| 7 | He reckons he needs between 50 and 100 people in the next few weeks , presumably all drawn from the 300 or so that lost their jobs when his first company closed its doors . |