Example sentences of "their [noun] [adv] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members of the Company put their money down on a separate basis for a distinct and limited series of enterprises ; profits from the voyage would be divided in proportion to capital invested , but capital as well as dividends could be withdrawn when the enterprises were complete and all the goods brought back had been sold off . |
| 2 | They had proceeded through childhood and into their adolescence just like a thousand and one other families in the community . |
| 3 | With a side-look at the American inner cities , he argues that collective provision must be linked not just with the needs of the have-nots , but ‘ with all people who are able to exercise their freedom only within a cooperative society imbued with a sense of fairness ’ . |
| 4 | Mr Major and Mr Lamont did not eat their words out of a cavalier regard for the truth and a penchant for duplicity at election times . |
| 5 | Suffocated and uninspired by their hometown , Shake shook themselves up , hopped over to London , grabbed themselves a new moniker and , like , got their heads together in a chaotic kinda way . |
| 6 | " They 're always like that , gassing their heads off in a public shop . |
| 7 | On the other hand , poorer residents , in spite of their organisation and activity , could often do very little to press their demands through to a successful policy outcome . |
| 8 | TWO CCG staff were put through their paces recently on a testing weekend with the 52nd Lowland Volunteers of the Territorial Army . |
| 9 | An almost remarkable achievement , even though you feel as though you 've been in their bedroom before in a different life . |
| 10 | Inconsistent HULL finally got their act together with a seven-try 42–10 demolition of SALFORD . |
| 11 | Most accountants would be only too happy to go home and put their feet up after a long day at the office . |
| 12 | Soaked golfers can dry their shoes overnight on a convenient low-wattage , electronically-heated rack that is gentle enough to dry leather without making it crack . |
| 13 | After all , they have their stake already through a 1-for-1 free basis for every ICI share held . |
| 14 | Erm , you , a lot of people now talk as though it 's erm , plain sailing or flying for B Sky B and it 's gon na be er , hunky-dory , whereas Anglia Television have just written their stake down to a prenominal amount because they do n't think it 's gon na make , stand a chance of making a profit before the turn of the millennium . |
| 15 | The British squad members may not be fully rested after their return yesterday from a 2½-week training trip to the United States , but their presence will serve as a psychological boost to their teams . |
| 16 | Describing the liberal- minded students as " rowdies and trouble-makers " , he treated their concerns not as a social , political or even intellectual matter of significance , but as a short-term problem of public order . |
| 17 | They win their parents over with a rose-tinted vision of the world which is decidedly reassuring . |
| 18 | BOOKIES ' favourites Arsenal can climb to within a point of the Premier League leaders and set their sights firmly on a third title triumph in five seasons by winning at Crystal Palace tonight . |
| 19 | Many women need extra financial help from the state in order to bring their incomes up to a minimum figure and to help with their rent and rates . |
| 20 | It is extremely difficult for workers in Community Mental Health Centres to focus their efforts effectively for a dispersed community of people with long-term problems if their work is constantly being interrupted by crises and emergency work . |
| 21 | In the same vein , Winter explains that ‘ [ i ] fconsumers prefer yellow widgets to blue ones or widgets with safety features to plain ones , and if they will pay the true cost of such improvements , the monopolist ignores their tastes only at a financial cost . |
| 22 | Their meeting will probably be nothing more than a courteous request from your boyfriend for your parents ' blessing and approval and it should get their relationship off to a good start ! |
| 23 | If the poor in model lodging-houses ‘ are kept in bondage , and made to feel that bondage ’ , a more enlightened view in relation to art wishes to persuade them ‘ to adorn their rooms plentifully with a better class of pictures ’ . |
| 24 | And some bidders are expected to buy 2 tractors , so they can get their collection off to a good start . |
| 25 | WEDGWOOD Cricket Club have hit their rivals for six by getting their season off to a blistering start . |
| 26 | I bet it does n't relate to an actual operation in a general hospital because you 've got so many people wanting their rake off in a private one surely ? |
| 27 | So you could have paid a company five hundred , six hundred pounds , and have no surrender value whatsoever , in the first two years , cos they 'll take their charges out on a twenty year , a twenty five year contract . |
| 28 | Like Ride and TFC , Five Thirty have bypassed this year 's indie/dance revolution , basing their success instead on a new guitar-dominated sound that lies somewhere between the caustic experimentation of My Bloody Valentine or Sonic Youth and the more accessible pop sound of the '60s bands like The Byrds and The Who . |
| 29 | Like Ride and TFC , Five Thirty have bypassed this year 's indie/dance revolution , basing their success instead on a new guitar-dominated sound that lies somewhere between the caustic experimentation of My Bloody Valentine or Sonic Youth and the more accessible pop sound of the '60s bands like The Byrds and The Who . |
| 30 | If hundreds of thousands of Mickey Mouse fans choose to celebrate their preference together in a small area set aside for them in the north of France , then the rest of the country can breathe a sigh of relief and head somewhere else . |