Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [prep] their [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An amnesty to benefit 2,268 prisoners by annulling all or part of their sentences was announced on March 1 as part of the anniversary celebrations . |
| 2 | Most owner-managers expected to finance all or part of their purchases from within the firm . |
| 3 | Firstly , ‘ participating policyholders ’ who have all or part of their policies invested in the with-profits ( the ‘ participating ’ ) fund . |
| 4 | Nearly half of these had their contributions paid in whole or part by their employers , a third having them paid in full . |
| 5 | In other places farms on the edges of high moorland are being abandoned , or the land is being used for water reservoirs , or for recreation , where tourists can picnic or camp with their caravans and tents . |
| 6 | Up to about 1730 family portraits are formally posed groups ; increasingly , however , after 1730 children are shown playing or reading or sketching or fishing or picnicking with their parents — family scenes of mutual pleasure and enjoyment , and ones which the parents wanted recorded . |
| 7 | When folk harbour ill feeling , intolerance , criticism or prejudice in their minds against anyone , these vibrations emanate from them , impinging — mostly unconsciously — upon the minds of those against whom they feel mentally at odds . |
| 8 | Perhaps Dogs Today could stimulate a similar interest among children by including a special page and possibly offer a badge or medallion for their dogs . |
| 9 | The local children used to play in the cutting and had for a long time fancied the hut as a den or HQ for their games , but the hut was always locked by a large padlock securing a hasp that was red with rust but still secured the door . |
| 10 | On the inland side of the broken city stood a humpy line of green mounds , perhaps with old treasures or masonry in their innards . |
| 11 | The authorities in Beijing realised that ‘ many college students … suffered serious mental problems because of loneliness or anxiety over their studies or love lives ’ ( CD 23. 2. 1988 ) and several major institutions were talking of the possibility of setting up advisory bodies for students with emotional problems , but few actually existed . |
| 12 | Some women are afraid of physical violence or abuse from their partners , if they try to make changes in their relationship . |
| 13 | The writers go on to say that the younger the children , the less difficulty they have in admitting a step-parent or step-sibling into their lives . |
| 14 | Through gossip we learn from other people 's lives without undergoing the pain or danger of their experiences . |
| 15 | The Institute will be again offering an introductory course in Pastoral Caring , to help those with some experience of pastoral caring or counselling in their churches or fellowships to develop their gifts further . |
| 16 | The standards today give preference to a rich red with white lineback , tail and underline , though yellow dun , plum and red-eared white ( with or without red , dun or plum on their sides ) are acceptable as long as they have the white finching . |
| 17 | A number have special protection because of the rarity or delicacy of their occupants . |
| 18 | Until recently very few Europeans and hardly anyone from England had visited this area and they did not appear to have had any previous requests from foreign visitors for information , visits to courts or access to their prisons . |
| 19 | The young intellectuals , i.e. those still in full-time study or newly-appointed to their posts , were worse off than their seniors and saw going abroad as a way out . |
| 20 | Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche has been in England since 1975 and most ordained people take either Kelsang or Gyatso in their names . |
| 21 | Sometimes they want wine or beer with their lunches . |
| 22 | No one can shift responsibility on to others or trade off their resources . |
| 23 | This creates the appropriate incentives for sellers to increase their efficiency ( and reduce cost ) and improve the quality or attractiveness of their products to buyers . |
| 24 | Non-terrestrial animals , such as fish and birds , must work almost constantly to move , using their muscles to accelerate water or air past their bodies and to overcome drag . |
| 25 | The city has few modern buildings in the central area which do not conform to the height or style of their surroundings . |
| 26 | Although most Tillers were spendthrifts and never had a ha'penny or cent to their names , Florence was a financial wizard . |
| 27 | The price they paid for admission was the sacrifice of industrial democracy : Co-operation by largely foregoing the promotion of Industrial Co-operation , trade unionism by making the maintenance or improvement of their members ' working conditions the prime object . |
| 28 | So we were surprised when a local entomologist advised us to put sacking around our fruit trees or straw round their bases to encourage the insect . |
| 29 | On nationalisation around a quarter of households in Britain still lacked a supply of electricity , most of them in urban slums ( which had been uneconomic to connect either because of their short expected life or the inability of the occupants or unwillingness of their landlords to pay for internal wiring ) . |
| 30 | But of course he was right about the trouser bit because Nan had a gay disposition and a very pretty face ; what he would n't admit to was that she brought in a lot of custom at the week-end , especially when there was a boat in and some of the sailors would make their way up from the quayside and spend freely on chocolate or toffee for their girls . |