Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thereafter , she became a statutory tenant under section 2(1) ( a ) , and giving the words of that subsection their natural meaning , it would appear that she was by the Act to remain a statutory tenant so long as she continued in occupation of the dwelling-house . |
| 2 | In this low undergrowth their disorganized progress and uneven , differing rhythms of movement delayed them still more than in the wood . |
| 3 | They decided to make piezonuclear fusion their primary aim with detection of gamma rays ( by a sodium iodide detector ) and neutrons both on the menu . |
| 4 | But this season their combined artillery has hardly made an explosive impact . |
| 5 | Hence in addition to being counts they are also Electors , and for this reason their full title is more properly Elector Counts . |
| 6 | One month after completion of this treatment their C-urea breath test was repeated to assess the H pylori state . |
| 7 | In this way their organisational structures reflected and incorporated the shifting focus of trade union activity from national , regional and local interests down to the plant ( Albeda , 1977 ) . |
| 8 | In this way their organisational structures reflected and incorporated the shifting focus of trade union activity from national , regional and local interests down to the plant ( Albeda , 1977 ) . |
| 9 | This year their new year 's dinner was not the traditional pig , but 12 ounces of frozen chicken a head and three bottles of rum to a family . |
| 10 | Take Gmurzynska from Cologne , who in past years have offered outstanding works by Kandinsky ; this year their best effort was a small Schlemmer from 1928 priced at SF365,000 ( $137,200 ; $250,400 ) . |
| 11 | Such companies , and to a lesser extent their Western competitors , are now treating workers not as units of labour power but as people with distinct personal and social needs . |
| 12 | The stoicism with which the Masai endured the harsh circumstances of their lives made a deep impression on the British , and the opportunity to share that hard life and thus to display to some extent their own possession of this admirable quality was part of Masailand 's attraction for many Englishmen . |
| 13 | But six minutes into the second half their central defender Vickers , who appeared to be standing several yards offside , received a pass from Bishop and his close-range shot levelled the score . |
| 14 | While this does not prove that the first group of subjects were using their left hemisphere and the second group their right hemisphere the results are at least consistent with such a supposition . |
| 15 | JULIAN O'NEILL 's 62nd minute try denied Trinity their first victory at Naughton Park for 16 years . |
| 16 | I must revive in the listening public their own sense of moving about in worlds unrealized … . |
| 17 | Parents strive to ensure that their children are placed in the best possible schools , follow with avid interest their educational attainments , often placing the children under great pressure if they are relatively unsuccessful . |
| 18 | And at that moment their mutual adoration seemed beyond question . |
| 19 | But at that moment their creaking conveyance gave a sudden fearsome jerk and came to a dead stop . |
| 20 | The two Longner men who rode one on either side their borrowed minstrel brought him as far as the gatehouse , waiting in silence as he dismounted . |
| 21 | For much of the nineteenth century this strategy was attractive to local government because it enabled localities to maintain to a large degree their prized autonomy . |
| 22 | K-Swiss use their five strip lacing system for constant lateral support , combined with a D-ring cinch system to hold the laces firmly in place and so stabilise the foot . |
| 23 | Fine Print their latest release is for all those knitters with standard gauge machines who bought Ebony and Ivory and liked the patterns . |
| 24 | ‘ Under my economic programme , we will build an America where even the most privileged pay their fair share , not because we want to soak the rich , but because we want to stop soaking the middle class and ask everybody to bear their fair share , ’ he said . |
| 25 | They uttered unfamiliar words , exchanging for their long-held tenderness their new-found passion . |
| 26 | The Times made the suggested link their front-page headline — Porn videos turned ‘ Fox ’ into rapist — while the Daily Mail used this theme in their editorial of the day , as part of their continuing campaign against porn videos . |
| 27 | Contemporarily the state , through administrative and financial controls , has lessened that autonomy while allowing the universities to reshape with comparative ease their governing statutes . |
| 28 | It took just five days for ‘ Meat Is Murder ’ to give Rough Trade their first number one album . |
| 29 | One of the restaurants they visited was Don Leone 's — a stone 's throw from the marina in Puerto Banus where the rich and famous moor their luxury yachts . |
| 30 | Since FIFA accepted South Africa back on to the international stage their top players have become available for transfer at cheap prices . |