Example sentences of "[vb pp] their [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hecataeus ended his excursus by noticing , in conformity with a well-known pattern of Greek ethnography , that the Jews had modified their customs under the influence of Persian and Macedonian rule . |
| 2 | Under President Lee Teng-hui 's political reform programme , all " senior " members had resigned their seats by the end of 1991 [ see p. 38679 ] . |
| 3 | All these rulers , however , with the exception of the King of Bavaria , confined their greetings to the minimum demanded by courtesy , indicating how far anti-French attitudes had developed since 1860 . |
| 4 | They were both excused their debts by the creditor . |
| 5 | But this support evaporated once deputies had won their seats in the Majlis ( parliament ) on a pro-Rafsanjani platform . |
| 6 | Having won their votes from the gullible , as well as the dedicated , the republicans now show their utter contempt for democracy . |
| 7 | In 1793 the first Republican French ambassador received a rapturous welcome when he arrived off Seraglio Point , his ship flying the Ottoman , Republican French and American colours , ‘ and those of a few other powers that had not sullied their arms in the impious league of tyrants ’ . |
| 8 | Yet the time may come when the unions will have expiated their follies of the sixties and seventies , partly through the rationalisation and mergers of the past decade , partly through reforms forced on them by changes in the law during the eighties , partly by a public rediscovery that trade unions are a necessary part of a free society . |
| 9 | The couple worked at the same tasks as their staff , they dressed in the same way , educated their children at the same schools and ate in the same canteen . |
| 10 | Where had they all gone , those extraordinary skinny left-wing men , who had bullied their girl-friends into the Women 's Movement and been surprised when the hand with which they had so kindly offered freedom had been bitten so damn hard ? |
| 11 | No word had come from Rose , and surely she would have cancelled their arrangements at the least hint of scandal ? |
| 12 | He and his partner , Gary Armstrong , playing together in a major international for the 25th time , plus a few other Scots , must have booked their places on the forthcoming British Lions tour to New Zealand . |
| 13 | Often this was easier after they had severed their links with the movement . |
| 14 | That Anna Moore and Bobby Corry have severed their links with the paramilitaries and have decided to marry each other is a cause for rejoicing not condemnation . |
| 15 | Even in St Petersburg , where the proportion of hereditary proletarians was greatest , only a narrow majority of workers had severed their ties with the countryside . |
| 16 | ‘ Word came that the reivers had hidden their galleys in the sea lochan at Arivegaig . ’ |
| 17 | For thousands of years a few men have searched for these human fruits ; they have filled their minds with the lovely ideas and have taken up their long search and watch on the lonely shore of the other world . |
| 18 | What is certain is that the Egyptian goldsmiths had developed their skills to the point at which they were able to mount amethyst , lapis lazuli and turquoise in the gold bracelets buried with King Zer of the first dynasty in his tomb at Abydos . |
| 19 | But the caution of other princes may not have blinded their followers to the possible propaganda value of the Laudes . |
| 20 | In outline the modern rules are as follows : Mortgagees , whether legal or equitable , of a legal estate , rank according to the date at which they have registered their charges under the Land Charges Act 1972 . |
| 21 | Can I say first of all that er I support the general approach which has been adopted by Yorkshire County Council and the the other local authorities in the Greater York area , on the way in which they 've formulated their proposals for the York greenbelt after a fairly long erm and exhausting process , the question to which I want to address my comments first of all is whether the new settlement is an appropriate and justified planning response , and what I would like to do if I may is look at some of the reasons that have been raised erm in objection to the new settlement as a strategy , erm these issues have been raised by Hambledon District , York City Council , the C P R E , Montague Evans , in their written submissions to the examination of the . |
| 22 | It speculated that some 20,000 deaths might have come about during the forced evacuations from Moslem villages , and estimated that the Bosnian Serbs had already largely completed their plans for the creation of homogenous Serb-populated areas . |
| 23 | The average cost per square foot provided here are national averages based on actual costs incurred by clients of leading package supplier Design and Materials Ltd , all of whom have completed their homes in the past six months . |
| 24 | J. N. M. Smith put out pastry ‘ caterpillars ’ for thrushes , and watched how the birds adjusted their movements to the arrangement of prey . |
| 25 | European Community foreign ministers have recalled their ambassadors from the Yugoslav capital , Belgrade and demanded the withdrawal of their occupying forces in Bosnia-Herzogovina . |
| 26 | Croatia and Slovenia had recalled their representatives from the Presidency and the representatives of Bosnia-Hercegovina and Macedonia had not attended since October [ see p. 38513 ] . |
| 27 | In one participating practice one general practitioner declined to take part in the study and a further three were excluded — two because they had joined their practices within the previous six months and one because he left the practice during the study . |
| 28 | Does he agree that that is a pretty poor way in which to treat people who have given their lives to the service of their country ? |
| 29 | In nineteen eighty six treat people as if their labour is worth nothing you know those men have given their lives to the quarry industry and there 's no doubt that there is money to be made from slate at the moment and people are people that have the money to invest are making a lot of money okay they 're inves they 're risking the money but er people are risking their lives as well and giving their lives . |
| 30 | Weak or not , in her opinion men should be given their rights as the dominant sex . |