Example sentences of "[subord] [prep] their [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | One way of considering broad based beliefs about health was to ask , ‘ Are people more healthy now than in their parents ' time ? ’ |
| 2 | The majority , 78 per cent of males and 75 per cent of females aged 65 + , thought that people were healthier than in their parents ' time . |
| 3 | The proportion reporting that they thought people were healthier now than in their parents ' time decreased with age , from 78 per cent of those aged 65 — 74 years to 67 per cent of those aged 85 years and over ( Victor 1990a ) . |
| 4 | Rumour and uncertainty abound , suggesting , this week , that pupils ' achievements will be measured by formal test rather than by their teachers ' assessment . |
| 5 | The only contraception that was on offer ( though sporadically ) was for use by men , whose interests were arguably better served by the birth of another son than by their wives ' good health . |
| 6 | Because of their players ' League commitments in England , the Republic of Ireland have cancelled their friendly international against Yugoslavia on 14 December . |
| 7 | The children were taken into care in mid-1987 because of their parents ' inability to look after them properly and following suspicions of sexual abuse against the girl . |
| 8 | More than 8,000 babies die each year in Britain because of their parents ' tobacco smoking habit , says a recent report published by the Association for Nonsmokers ' Rights ( ANSR ) . |
| 9 | I would also I think put in a word for the work of the joint po policy panel erm which is shared between this committee and the social services committee because it seems to me that it is not for us to be thinking that there is a group of children for who nursery education is necessary er or desirable and a different group of children for whom something else erm is necessary and desirable , largely because of their parents ' position . |
| 10 | Millions of workers have been sacked from plantations and mines because of their companies ' losses ; farmers cultivating export crops on their own have suffered severe cuts in living standards . |
| 11 | The Greek champions , AEK Athens , have been banned from European competition for a year because of their fans ' misbehaviour in a European Cup match at home to Marseille this month . |