Example sentences of "of their [noun] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Ian Thomson and the current editor of The Ley Hunter , Paul Devereux were doing fieldwork for their book The Ley Hunter 's Companion , they visited the crypt and found that the needle of their compass maintained a strange rhythmic ‘ jigging ’ motion . |
| 2 | Well my free kick , he actually got a touch on that as well , he tipped it onto the post for the free kick yes , but I mean even when he bounced out to Mickey Lewis , one of their defenders got a great block from about two yards out to send it out for the corner , which luckily we scored from the corner , so that we got away with it then . |
| 3 | The Wolff Olins authors commented that the publication of their work represented a ‘ profound cultural change ’ . |
| 4 | Sociologists who lend their names or their work to a particular social policy are engaging in a political act ; they can not escape by saying that the use of their work to justify a particular social policy ( even if they did not advocate that policy ) is not their concern . |
| 5 | Full time finished with the score at 1–1 and sudden death extra time began with Woodmill seemingly well in control until one of their players conceded a foul off the ball . |
| 6 | The Boards ' own contracting services and the customer canvassing activities of their salesmen played a part in remedying this situation ; and in most new houses ‘ ring ’ mains , with a range of socket outlets and the new standard 13 amp fused plugs , became the norm . |
| 7 | In March 1958 , after seven years of marriage , the Shah and Queen Soraya were divorced , largely because of their inability to have a child together . |
| 8 | A study of their history reveals a wonderfully varied past during which almost every imaginable trade and profession seems to have been carried out within their walls , from shoe-mender to motorcycle dealer . |
| 9 | None of their farmers have a |
| 10 | The intensity of their relationship created a partnership of seemingly unstoppable solidity . |
| 11 | Failure of heirs , or the survival only of heiresses , was exploited by the king himself for the benefit of his own sons , who expected endowments and titles as befitted their rank and who by virtue of their birth played a leading part in aristocratic society . |
| 12 | For villages already deprived of their public house , general store , pharmacy , and the bus service , the loss of their school represents a final blow to the village fabric . |
| 13 | The pattern of change of many of the houses built before 1700 , and the fluctuating fortunes of their owners provide a pretty good history lesson . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Some people may wish to try their luck in using part of the capital value of their benefits to finance a business venture . |
| 16 | The former part of their duties aroused a protest from Libya 's Colonel Qaddafi during the pilgrimage to Mecca that year : unbelievers were traditionally forbidden from overflying the Holy Places in Saudi Arabia 's Western Province , the Hedjaz . |
| 17 | It gives a clear and very welcome signal to all the people in Northern Ireland of their determination to find a political solution . |
| 18 | The variety of their occupations gives a sense of the remarkably diverse bases for economic independence still open at the beginning of this century . |
| 19 | BRICKS AND MORTGAGES Homebuyers should make the most of their freedom to tailor a mortgage to suit their needs |
| 20 | If they are placed in secondary roles , or it is assumed that women 's identity is to be found in mothering , then the fact of their presence reinforces a certain understanding of the feminine . |
| 21 | In a sense Spanish clerical conservatives were correct in thinking that there was no such thing as a ‘ safe ’ Enlightenment ; however respectable the proponents of luces appeared , at the root of their creed lay a rationalism that denied Divine Providence and that must lead to an attack on the position of the Church in society , even if they professed to respect dogma . |
| 22 | For many Australians the desert which covers much of their country means a vast emptiness solitude and the struggle to survive in hostile surroundings . |
| 23 | When working with mice in an isolator they may be picked up by the base of their tail using a pair of large forceps with rubber sleeves on their tips . |
| 24 | It 's all part of their efforts to build a better and more rewarding career for themselves . |
| 25 | These are remarkably tough ; for instance , the recorder manufacturers must demonstrate the ability of their products to withstand a temperature of 1100°C for thirty minutes and a dynamic load of 1000 g for five milliseconds . |
| 26 | He also seems to have donated his belt and hose , as a twelfth-century account of their treasures lists a girdle made from the one and an alb decorated with gold thread from the other . |
| 27 | The fighting and horror stories from Bosnia seem a world away as fifteen refugee children and six of their mothers watch a video in Oxfordshire . |
| 28 | On 4 December , several hundred students at Fang 's university in Hefei held a demonstration as part of their campaign to organise a boycott of the campus canteens . |
| 29 | I think my first encounter with Carvin amplifiers was around 1983 , when one of their adverts featured a very young and fresh-faced Steve Vai , announcing the fact that he was using Carvin X100B amps in Frank Zappa 's band and was , basically , chuffed to bits with them . |
| 30 | The men of the Old World were determined mariners and eventually some of their ships found a route to Ulthuan . |