Example sentences of "[pers pn] in their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alternatively , you can turn your back on nature entirely , using sculptural shapes and textures , which appeal to you in their own right . |
| 2 | Once you have let anybody in they 'd chop you up and put you in their next stew |
| 3 | All who have taught you in their different ways . |
| 4 | ‘ Go home , dear girl , you will die of heat on your bicycle , ’ the women under the arcades would say to me in their strange Parmigiano dialect ( which I soon learned to understand but never to speak ) as I rode past . |
| 5 | The grooms on the train were all younger , thinner and from what I 'd seen of them in their uniform T-shirts less positive . |
| 6 | As has been seen , while the Napier Commission favoured the enlargement of the crofts to improve their economic viability , the legislation passed only a few years later tended instead to perpetuate them in their existing form . |
| 7 | By remaining intensely , almost pleasurably absorbed by their intractability , woman-centred psychology often helps sustain them in their present state . |
| 8 | The poise and capability of these young women was impressive , as was the revelation of the varied opportunities available to them in their VI forms . |
| 9 | Once this extensive consultation process was over the government circulated amended versions of the draft statutory instruments for a second more limited round before setting them in their final form . |
| 10 | Appointees have to fill in monstrous forms providing full details of their financial affairs , listing all their jobs , addresses and trips abroad in the past 15 years , and supplying the names of at least one person who knew them in their various abodes . |
| 11 | Most media professionals appear to know what is expected of them in their various organisations , each of which has different political backers , and the media product tends to be created accordingly . |
| 12 | ‘ My ‘ faculty , ’ such as it is , inclines me to advise that we withdraw all our funds from the centre and spread them in their due proportion among the banks nearest to each contract . ’ |
| 13 | We invite you to join us as we join them in their endless search for peace . |
| 14 | I washed them , then dressed them in their best clothes , but never new ones . |
| 15 | I have a pair of brown suede brogues that are really worn and I prefer them in their frazzled state ! |
| 16 | Bombay boys Kambli , Amre and Sachin Tendulkar totalled 359 runs between them in their first Test appearances on their home ground . |
| 17 | Most humans have emigrated to a colony on Mars and those who still remain on Earth are encouraged to leave by the inducement of a free purpose-built robot , or android , to help them in their new life . |
| 18 | I allowed a couple of hours for this to mix with the original water then netted the goldfish and placed them in their new environment . |
| 19 | ‘ So the folk of the village capitalized on this gift from the gods , that had come to them in their darkest hour . |
| 20 | I certainly preferred them in their stamping days . ’ |
| 21 | The old tight links between banks and firms related to them in their industrial groups have gone . |
| 22 | It also provided an opportunity for Course Leaders to discuss some of the crucial problems and issues facing them in their pivotal role as course leaders . |
| 23 | To fulfil a positive role for a profession , its education and training programme should equip candidates for what will be demanded of them in their future careers . |
| 24 | DAVID CAMPESE , whose genius inspired Australia to the world title 12 months ago , is on course to help them in their 1995 defence . |
| 25 | Students take units from three of these courses in their first year , and from two of them in their second year . |
| 26 | Alert them to the fact that we 're on to something , if they know we 've out-guessed them in their stupid game , then we do n't know what they might do . |
| 27 | Doctors also marched : they knew that the new [ unemployment benefit ] scales meant increased difficulties for them in their desperate efforts to protect the health standards of the people against the ravages of poverty . |
| 28 | This does not make them invalid : one should merely put them in their appropriate context . |
| 29 | It 's a long-term strategy for the future of Scotland and everyone who is dedicated to quality and has the nation 's interest at heart is invited to join them in their important work . |
| 30 | HERE for Christmas are some lighter offerings , only one of them seasonal but all of them in their different ways highly recommendable . |