Example sentences of "their [noun pl] be a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Belief in its importance is in fact a consequence of the recognition that people , including priests , are fallible , so that the right to challenge their views is a necessary condition of arriving at valid opinions . |
| 2 | ‘ I went to several used car dealers and found that the way most of them described their cars was a far cry from the actual condition they were in , ’ he recalls . |
| 3 | The co-operation between the UK and Australian clearinghouses in the area of their databases is a good example , and current support by the UK clearinghouse for several continental European clearinghouses , shows the potential . |
| 4 | Their methods are a far cry from the widely held ( and largely inaccurate ) image of anti-poaching units as bunches of trigger-happy paramilitaries . |
| 5 | For them , losing their tails as a way of saving their heads is a common event , and is a specialised process known as autotomy , which literally means ‘ self-cutting ’ . |
| 6 | Barbed wire boundaries patrolled by khaki-clad policemen with guns Second World War Lee Enfield 303s lazily slung over their shoulders are a common sight on cricket grounds in India . |
| 7 | Corydoras losing their whiskers is a common problem |
| 8 | These producer 's lives are not easy though : not only is there a constant pressure on TV bosses to axe unprofitable baby programmes , but their lives are a constant struggle to be simple without being simple-minded , to give information without being dull , and to work in one of the most sophisticated media ever invented without losing that childlike sense of wonder . |
| 9 | Our response to their lives was a greater part disbelief than compassion . |
| 10 | Ponyboy constantly reminisces about those ‘ golden times ’ when his parents were alive and how , now , their lives were a daily struggle to survive and keep the remaining family together without the love , warmth and security that their parents would have provided . |
| 11 | Protection is needed for the disabled — their needs are a good reason for a code of conduct to exist — and it should be statutorily enforceable . |
| 12 | To expand the circle of their fideles was a regular objective of both Louis VI and his son . |
| 13 | Bonnie Prince Charlie had a price of thirty thousand pounds on his head when he was being ferried hither and yon across many isles and sea-lochs of the Hebrides , and yet , and yet — the people of the west , such as Flora Macdonald and Malcolm Macleod of Raasay , risked their lives for a man they must have known in their hearts was a lost cause . |
| 14 | How they face their problems is a moving study of the confidence of youth and the perfection of simple love . ’ |
| 15 | Patients poorly controlled in clinic are referred to the Unit as outpatients and only if this fails to resolve their problems is a short admission considered . |
| 16 | Lack of opportunities to express their feelings is a common factor in the history of cancer patients and the illness may be a response to that . |
| 17 | The frosts and lack of plant growth will serve to make molehills stand out more , and as moles thrive in light soils , their mounds are a good source of clean local earth for potting up a floral arrangement or a small tree . |
| 18 | Now their lunches were a regular event to which Hugh looked forward with a certain amount of trepidation . |
| 19 | Adult wild pigs ( bottom ) can defend themselves but their piglets are a favourite leopard snack . |
| 20 | At least two of his wives and three of his principal ministers paid the price , not to mention a legion of others whose only reward for speaking their minds was a short journey to the executioner 's block on Tower Hill . ) |
| 21 | Nurse-maids with their children were a common sight but as yet there were a few hotels and most visitors took ‘ rooms ’ with the local inhabitants who cooked the food which their guests bought at local shops . |
| 22 | Financing the training and providing cover during their absences was a simple matter with such a financial structure supporting them . |
| 23 | These are not just talking heads : their testimonies are a fascinating mix of anecdote and analysis that are a real credit to the film-makers ' skills . |
| 24 | The branch-tusks from their mouths were a silvery grey . |
| 25 | Their faces were a complete blank . |
| 26 | It occurred to us that either the gap between the rich and the poor had become much wider than anyone had ever imagined and that these people had not a clue about our reality or else their campaigns were a deliberate conspiracy to cover up the real cause of our appalling health record . |
| 27 | Their instincts are a tight binding of mental or subtle structure and they are constrained to act accordingly . |
| 28 | The representatives of a printing company told dealers of one firm that their shares were a five year hold . |
| 29 | Their intentions are a far cry from DEC which is also trying to position its competitive Alpha chip as a mainstream merchant part but whose internal documents reportedly project a total of only around 200,000 to 300,000 Alpha being built next year . |
| 30 | Their intentions are a far cry from those of Digital Equipment Corp , which is also trying to position its competing Alpha chip as a mainstream merchant part but whose internal documents are said to project a total of only around 200,000 to 300,000 Alphas being made next year . |