Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] their [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though in theory taking life was contrary to the tenets of Buddhism , it was considered more shocking to kill animals for other persons , or for their hides , than to kill for a meal . |
| 2 | Yet even peasants , bounded through their lives mostly by their immediate vicinity , could sometimes travel further afield , whether pursuing a legal claim , like the Mitry group , or about their lords ' business , like the men of St-Germain-des- Prés who owned transport-services between Anjou and the Paris neighbourhood . |
| 3 | The guilt that girls feel about eating , being fat , or about their bodies in general , and in particular their guilt about what they think of as their ‘ vanity ’ if they are obsessed with their bodies , came up over and over again . |
| 4 | Now , perhaps because I 've had a baby , friends talk to me about sex , or about their relationships with their boyfriends , where before they would n't . |
| 5 | Each of the group members presents one of the units , and takes it in turn to entertain their fellow travellers by talking about their interests in life or about their travels . |
| 6 | Many left bequests to educational establishments ‘ to the maintenance of Christ 's holy gospel ’ ; others gave financial support , either during their lifetimes or through their wills , for the endowment of lectureships or the payment of stipends to preachers . |
| 7 | Common safeguards If companies in Europe are to deal across national boundaries , it is important that investors , customers and creditors are able to deal with confidence with enterprises from other member states , whether directly , or through their subsidiaries and agencies . |
| 8 | All public services are paid for by individual citizens , either directly or through their taxes . |
| 9 | How many had been beggared while the war between the royal cousins had swept across their fields or through their towns , while the barons who should have protected them looked only to their own gain , shifting loyalties so often that the ordinary common man found himself constantly besieged and attacked by both sides ? |
| 10 | ‘ It is tiny , only about two inches , and very narrow , and it parasitises larger fish by entering through their gill openings , or through their cloacas . |
| 11 | ( ii ) In redrafting their work they should be encouraged to think of the first draft as tentative so that they are prepared to rethink their whole approach in the light of their own critical appraisal or of their discussions with their peers or teacher . |
| 12 | There are little data on the nutrition of abyssal ophiuroids ( Litvinova & Sokolova 1971 , Litvinova , 1980 ) or of their predators or parasites . |
| 13 | ( b ) We accept responsibility for death , bodily injury or illness caused to your or others named on your booking form by the negligent act or omission of our employees , agents , suppliers or sub-contractors or of their employees or agent acting within the course or scope of their employment ( other than that of air , sea and land carriers performing any domestic internal or international carriage whatsoever where we limit our liability to that provided for by the relevant international conventions in respect of such carriage ) . |
| 14 | Four episodes seem to have attracted the attention of the artists — or of their patrons . |
| 15 | But no serious systematic analysis has ever been made of the recruits , or of their careers as policemen . |
| 16 | A sizable minority , however , had experienced some degree of negative discrimination as a result either of work structures or of their colleagues ' attitudes and lack of understanding . |
| 17 | The doctor , universally known as ‘ Hubert ’ , was rotund , but it was a jolly bouncing roundness , not like the disgusting pot-bellied men who do n't know whether to wear their trousers above or below their pots . |
| 18 | Many local caciques or large landowners expect to have sexual access to campesina women , particularly young girls , living on or near their estates . |
| 19 | The other is by what you say , either to them directly or behind their backs . |
| 20 | now possible to deprive many a patient of a fulfilment of the wish to have a death of one 's own , the scene Dr. Rynearson ( whose work he is discussing ) describes is one of patients with an ‘ untreatable ’ disease being kept alive indefinitely by means of tubes inserted into their stomachs , or into their veins , or into their bladders , or into their rectums — and the whole sad scene thus created encompassed within a cocoon of oxygen which is the next thing to a shroud . |
| 21 | now possible to deprive many a patient of a fulfilment of the wish to have a death of one 's own , the scene Dr. Rynearson ( whose work he is discussing ) describes is one of patients with an ‘ untreatable ’ disease being kept alive indefinitely by means of tubes inserted into their stomachs , or into their veins , or into their bladders , or into their rectums — and the whole sad scene thus created encompassed within a cocoon of oxygen which is the next thing to a shroud . |
| 22 | now possible to deprive many a patient of a fulfilment of the wish to have a death of one 's own , the scene Dr. Rynearson ( whose work he is discussing ) describes is one of patients with an ‘ untreatable ’ disease being kept alive indefinitely by means of tubes inserted into their stomachs , or into their veins , or into their bladders , or into their rectums — and the whole sad scene thus created encompassed within a cocoon of oxygen which is the next thing to a shroud . |
| 23 | It seems likely that the trend towards the establishment of separate households will continue , and this will result in more older people living alone or with their spouses . |
| 24 | Amnesty said that it had evidence of children being detained , either on suspicion of illegal political activities , or with their fathers , some of whom were serving heavy sentences for their alleged involvement in the attempted coup of 1981 [ see pp. 31353-54 ; 31563 ] . |
| 25 | Finch , in a study of preschool playgroups , found that for working class women self help was illusory , because taking turns in looking after other people 's children did not fit in with their life styles or with their aspirations . |
| 26 | Academic staff may use appropriate systems for the development of their computing expertise ; for research projects ; for the support of teaching ; for the exchange of academic information with their peers or with their students throughout the Janet linked institutions in the UK or elsewhere ; and for related access to public domain facilities . |
| 27 | They come into a Home because they ca n't live on their own or with their families any longer . |
| 28 | They underlined the pain inflicted on the conquered Gauls and their courage in facing death — alone or with their families . |
| 29 | Or with their sisters , or their sweethearts . ’ |
| 30 | As part of the internal assessment process , some self-assessment should be involved , through children 's discussing a piece of writing with the teacher or with their peers , and then redrafting it . |