Example sentences of "in [noun sg] to their [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such staff are spread throughout UK departments , and hence their borrowings and consultations may be in proportion to their own numbers , rather than to the numbers of successful Scottish geology Ph D students they supervise . |
| 2 | Let me begin by stating more fully the view I have already intimated , that political activities — that is to say , struggles for power among individuals and groups in relation to their own interests and to the general regulation and orientation of collective life — occur in every human society . |
| 3 | It is , however , likely that the pornographic film was a potent stimulus for both groups of young men , yet the effect it had on their dreams was only explicable in terms of their ideology — in particular , in terms of how they saw sexuality in relation to their own lives . |
| 4 | What worried him most , apart from the meretricious glitter of the whole charade , was the erosion of the proper role of Cabinet Ministers , both in relation to their own departments and in their right to be fully consulted on matters of collective responsibility ; the Prime Minister 's indifference to the processes and opinions of the House of Commons , provided a majority would sustain him in office ; and the disarray and poor morale which coalition under a dynamic chief of another party was creating in the headquarters and local organizations of the Conservative Party . |
| 5 | Our report emphasised the rationality of workers ' behaviour in relation to their own goals and working situation . |
| 6 | Blaxter and Paterson 's more recent study , undertaken in Scotland , suggests that mothers remain an important source of advice to , and support for , young women who are concerned about health matters in relation to their own children — at least for working-class women , with whom their study was concerned . |