Example sentences of "[modal v] their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet Soviet diplomats had to consider that should their collective security fail to gain acceptance neutrality would be preferable to them to a series of regional alliances in which the Western powers play even a marginal role . |
| 2 | Why should their modern-day counterparts be any different ? |
| 3 | And , if they do , how should their organisational structure be incorporated into the managerial hierarchy of the hospital ? |
| 4 | Yet should their own government , run by fellow noblemen and dedicated to their security , conclude that serfdom was too dangerous to perpetuate , they would bow to the inevitable . |
| 5 | First , came the Secondary Heart which would sustain them should their original heart be destroyed in combat . |
| 6 | Might their biggest advantage , however , lie in their most inscrutable institution of all , the Tokyo stockmarket ? |
| 7 | How long could their own obstruction permit the slave-owners to claim the slaves were unfit for freedom ? |
| 8 | But could their dramatic re-building have been done much more cheaply ? |
| 9 | If production and exchange were henceforth to be determined by those who produce and consume , what functions would their former controllers then perform ? |
| 10 | What are the main ethical problems of church-owned media , and what would their own codes of ethics look like ? |
| 11 | Teachers , it was felt , were the guardians of a politically free curriculum : if they lost their entitlement to control the learning experiences of pupils , not only would their own professionalism be undermined , but , worse , schools could easily become the agents for transmitting ‘ state-approved knowledge ’ . |
| 12 | Would their sexual fiasco last night influence his attitudes to the company ? |
| 13 | And , having held off longer in the vain hope that the negative economic signals would prove false , IBM 's European and Japanese customers will be obligated to make more drastic cutbacks in mainframe expenditures than will their American counterparts . |
| 14 | No , M' lud , it portrays a vile and hopeless marriage so that others may learn that only by following Christian instructions will their own marriages be happy . |