Example sentences of "[adv] of their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then of course not one would enter the gangway to go into the steamer , so they caught one and forced it through , then all the rest followed quite eagerly of their own accord . |
| 2 | As in nature , so in architecture : Hindu palaces seem to grow organically of their own will : a hall here , a shrine there , a sudden inexplicable curve in the curtain wall somewhere else . |
| 3 | Parents speak approvingly of their timid children , and adults are constantly at great pains to convince others of their own fearfulness . |
| 4 | In the 1990s there was only the hope that her fires , so vigorously stoked up by the dispossessed , would begin to burn down of their own accord . |
| 5 | The fire brigade declined to shed light on the matter , however , claiming that moggies always came down of their own accord . |
| 6 | It must be borne in mind that the majority of these data have been derived from subjects younger than 65 years ( Koch-Weser , 1978 ) so that the effect of hypotensive drugs in the older age-groups regardless of their blood-pressure status was largely unknown until the recent publication of the European Working Party Trial which did show significant benefits in the elderly ( Amery et al , 1985 ) . |
| 7 | Reducing waiting lists is at the top of all politicians ' political agendas , regardless of their political persuasion . |
| 8 | Reverse-transcriptase ( RT ) -based PCR of total lymphocyte RNA has been shown to amplify specific coding sequences regardless of their primary tissue of expression . |
| 9 | Some commentators are now claiming that the whole Green consumer wave was just a fashionable spasm , and that the vast majority of people have now reverted to their usual habits , regardless of their environmental impact . |
| 10 | This interchange of visual ideas permeates every facet of the weaver 's art , and is one of the prime reasons why all oriental rugs , regardless of their compositional differences , possess an underlying character that sets them apart from hand-made rugs produced in other areas of the world . |
| 11 | Now it is bestowed as a recognition of the great work people do on behalf of the church and society , regardless of their religious belief . |
| 12 | In a public survey , almost three out of four people thought that travel agents should give independent advice regardless of their financial links with any one operator , but only just over half , 54pc , thought this happened in practice . |
| 13 | In a public survey , almost three out of four people thought that travel agents should give independent advice regardless of their financial links with any one operator , but only just over half , 54pc , thought this happened in practice . |
| 14 | Again such taxes discriminate against the poor because everyone must pay the same regardless of their actual wealth . |
| 15 | Traditionally , all non-teaching staff had been grouped together regardless of their actual duties , but the concept of operational and support groups ( rather than teaching and non-teaching ) suggested that some of these staff who were directly involved with classroom activities ( eg workshop technicians ) could reasonably come under the control of the lecturing department heads , recognising their direct contribution to the delivery of courses and involvement in the operational side of the business . |
| 16 | It is sufficiently comprehensive to embrace all types of non-meanings regardless of their internal constitution or ontological status . |
| 17 | people learn at an early age ways of feeling and behaving that tend to become habitual regardless of their continued appropriateness . |
| 18 | Regardless of their sacerdotal status they , too , had to provide sufficient funds for their endowment but , as they were often as wealthy and powerful as the nobility , this was no hardship . |
| 19 | Discrimination against employing people started with those in their 40s , while over-50s were being pressed to take early retirement regardless of their individual ability or health , said the report , by Eurolink Age . |
| 20 | The second , related one is about the reasons for treating all people as if they were the same , regardless of their individual peculiarities of sex and gender . |
| 21 | It was also clear from the Saltley Gates confrontation that the police , regardless of their offensive tactics , were not capable of handling well-organized mass pickets . |
| 22 | This higher basic pension will be paid to every pensioner , regardless of their contributory record , to end the indignity of means testing . |
| 23 | This seemed a reasonable system to consider , as , although it was unlikely that a perfect balance between costs and income could ever be achieved , it provided a target to aim for , or a shared value for all staff engaged on activities concerned with cost control and income generation , regardless of their departmental position . |
| 24 | Also , the electric media ( by their nature , regardless of their commercial organization ) unify and at the same time decentralize the musical repertory and community , and make possible improvisatory musical styles . |
| 25 | But in fact readers can adapt to shortened spelling within minutes regardless of their own views or suspicions . |
| 26 | The hallmark of a good management information system is that it should be politically neutral ; that is , it should address the economic consequences of government policy regardless of their ideological viewpoint . |
| 27 | Regardless of their theoretical predilections , working definitions , and methods of obtaining data , all such approaches have the effect of hypostasizing something called ‘ aggression ’ . |
| 28 | Centralised records provide the means by which many people may have access to the same body of information , regardless of their physical situation . |
| 29 | Regardless of their initial intentions , their work has been understood and accepted as an open manifestation of political support . |
| 30 | Regardless of their peculiar labour law status , they too have a high degree of de facto employment security [ see Chapter 6 ] . |