Example sentences of "[prep] their [noun pl] ' [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | its officials are adequately trained to look after their members ' interests in an efficient and responsible way . |
| 2 | It is interesting that both Mrs Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett only entered public life as feminists after their husbands ' deaths . |
| 3 | of business men were less optimistic about their companies ' prospects . |
| 4 | However , half of the chief executives polled were optimistic about their companies ' prospects , while only 35 per cent voiced concern . |
| 5 | AIRCRAFT unions will today seek assurances about their members ' futures when they meet American buyers of the 125 business jet . |
| 6 | In the past they have been made implicitly by the providers , although general practitioners may have adjusted their referral patterns based on knowledge about their patients ' preferences and clinical practice in given hospitals . |
| 7 | Countries newly unsure about their neighbours ' capabilities would find themselves ever more tempted to try to get a bomb themselves . |
| 8 | If I chose not to reap the benefits of this scheme then I might consider the fate of a few ungrateful citizens who had thought likewise and then seen their homes repossessed , had been inflicted with uncanny storms that ripped tiles from roof and threw chimney stacks into the street , had undergone torment at the hands of timeshare salespeople , had been billed for new and exorbitant taxes and had been struck off their doctors ' registers . |
| 9 | Governors , parents , teachers and heads themselves can not now take their eye — for too long — off their pupils ' achievements in the basic curriculum . |
| 10 | In fact the Jag is just about the only one that can really wipe the smiles off their drivers ' faces , unless you 're talking Rolls-Royce or Bentley . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly princes were concerned to build up a position of strength during their fathers ' lifetimes . |
| 12 | It is also worth saying that spouses provide invaluable support during their partners ' periods of office and , in some cases , are very much involved in district society affairs . |
| 13 | In the early afternoon , Allied reserve divisions and tanks passed through their comrades ' lines and by about 15.10 the ridge in its entirety was securely held and all objectives taken . |
| 14 | Through their brokers ' offices , the shareholders , as leading cultural establishments , will be able to offer tours , pictures , rights to hold exhibitions , scripts or even ideas . |
| 15 | Directors of limited companies are not personally liable for their companies ' debts unless you get a guarantee from them . |
| 16 | In 1971 the Industrial Relations Act was passed , which made trade union privileges conditional upon registering and satisfying the Registrar that their internal rules contained minimum safeguards for their members ' rights . |
| 17 | The campesinos kept enough for their families ' needs over the year and handed the rest of the harvest in to the Supplies Team . |
| 18 | The Great War and those more recent conflicts were put together and ‘ paid-for ’ on behalf of politicians who could not make up their minds or bring the problems to the debating-table ; who preferred the shouting and smearing , the innuendo and hate for their opponents ' parties , to the welfare and the good of their people . |
| 19 | Reform of the law which makes businesses still liable for their successors ' defaults even after they have assigned the lease . |
| 20 | In fact , ‘ public notice ’ comprised for many years a small insertion in the classified advertisement section of two national daily papers and one local paper , jammed between husbands who were no longer responsible for their wives ' debts and the liquidation of bankrupt companies . |
| 21 | ‘ And we also have one or two gentlemen who just like the convenience of being able to place a ‘ standing order ’ , as it were , for their wives ' anniversaries and birthdays . |
| 22 | Authors should never be held responsible for their publishers ' blurbs , and so one is spared the embarrassment of assessing the claim that Hugh Trevor-Roper is ‘ Britain 's greatest living historian ’ . |
| 23 | There has also , theoretically at least , been a shift from ministerial to civil service accountability , arguably mirroring the fact that ministers today rarely accept personal responsibility for their officials ' mistakes ( see Chapter 14 ) . |
| 24 | The final whistle brought an anxious time while the players waited for their rivals ' results . |
| 25 | Perhaps they assume that if they are the customer they will be liable for their clients ' obligations as principal . |
| 26 | They faced prosecution under a presidential ordinance , passed hurriedly on Feb. 17 , which made organizers of demonstrations criminally and civilly liable for their supporters ' actions . |
| 27 | Not only does the 24-hour delivery time achieved week in week out put most publishers to shame , but if it were not for their buyers ' notes and regular representative visits , we as a small bookshop all too often ignored by publishers — The Bookseller apart , whose efforts are also appreciated — would not be made aware of new titles and promotions . |
| 28 | For those who like to make comparisons between their pets ' ages and their own , bearing in mind that the figures are only a rough guide , the following table may be of interest . |
| 29 | If that is the prime source of their professional motivation , then the more their research is oriented towards their students ' courses , the more likely is their commitment to those students . |
| 30 | Hibernators can be recognised by frequent , short illnesses ; by regular hold-ups on their morning train ; and by the frequency of their grandmothers ' funerals . |