Example sentences of "their [noun] [prep] the [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1937 the Congregationalist Albert Peel reflected on the late Victorian and Edwardian periods : ‘ Ministers who began their pastorates in the twenty years before the war look back in amazement at sermons they then preached , with their acceptance of the inevitability of progress . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I would also like to thank Renault , Elf and the team 's sponsors for their support during the two years I have worked with them . |
| 3 | They demonstrate this partially by their support for the two nationalist parties , Sinn Fein and the Social Democratic and Labour Party , though support for the latter does not necessarily imply nationalism . |
| 4 | IAN RUTHERFORD Taking steps : marchers take part in the demonstration in Dundee at the weekend showing their support for the 340 strikers sacked by Timex |
| 5 | It was also announced on April 18 that some 108 persons arrested or imprisoned for their part in the 1990 demonstrations would be released from custody . |
| 6 | Halfway through their feeding by the two adult bluetits , a pair of blackbirds appeared on the scene … and began to provide second helpings to every meal ! |
| 7 | Many colleges were originally teachers ' colleges which diversified their provision in the 1970s to include broad-based arts , social science and science degrees . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , it would appear that several local gentlemen are rather shy of investing their money in the three per cent bonds . |
| 9 | There is no reason why schools should not include within their plans for the 1990s the full range of managerial and support roles which emerged from PNP during the 1980s . |
| 10 | Holland opened their defence of the under-18 and under-16 cups in impressive style , their skilful play producing 6–0 and 7–0 victories over Scotland and Belgium , while Germany were also in good form , winning 3–0 and 6–0 against France and Spain respectively . |
| 11 | Often they demonstrated a rigid belief in iron laws of political economy , and hence their defence of the 1834 Poor Law and their evangelical attitudes to the working class . |
| 12 | ANALYSTS have tended to be muted in their response to the 1992 figures from British Petroleum which is the most up-to-date yardstick available to measure the state of health , if not wealth , of the oil sector . |
| 13 | They had pled not guilty at their trial to the three charges . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In September 1982 the Secretary of State announced that grants of up to 90 per cent of the cost of remedying structural defects would be available to those who had bought their houses under the 1980 Act . |
| 16 | Burruchaga , who scored their winner in the 1986 final , is still there and Caniggia , who like Troglio plays for Verona , is very quick . |
| 17 | 341 companies changed their auditor during the four years the study covers ; 60% of these involved a change of tier . |
| 18 | Designed by Carlo Chiti , later to build some explosively temperamental F1 engines for Alfa Romeo , the ATS cars made their debut at the 1963 Belgian Grand Prix . |
| 19 | At a nod from his father , the undertaker beckoned towards a group of men who came forward with subdued eyes , eager to express their sympathy in the one manly way that was open to them . |
| 20 | Most of the farm weights and unofficial weights are of the crude variety ( compared to the loom weights ) but when you add their existence to the three bronze coin weights that also came from the same field something of a picture starts to build up . |
| 21 | But a few hundred enthusiasts were all that was needed to make these dirty little flying mice a protected species , free to flit and , well , leave droppings , wherever it takes their fancy under the 1981 Wildlife and Countryside Act . |
| 22 | The task , time pressure and members ' interests all have their effect on the four commonly cited stages in the process of group formation : forming , storming , norming , performing . |
| 23 | Gunter , Svennevig and Wober ( 1986 , p. 100 ) , in their study of the 1983 election , also found that the public rated television the most useful , followed by the press , and then by personal conversations and radio news . |
| 24 | In considering these figures it must be noted is that while the completion rates recorded for SEs in the 25 degree courses in the 5 institutions studied may well reflect overall completion rates for all SEs in these institutions , there is no evidence on this point , and Johnes and Taylor ( 1989 ) report considerably higher completion rates for the two universities involved in their study of the 1980 entry cohort ( Bradford 84% and Leeds 89.1 % ) . |
| 25 | Dudley and colleagues quote the proportions of patients managed by nurse practitioners in their department on the two days in question and annually , which were substantial ; our census showed , however , that such proportions were by no means typical but were at the top end of the range . |
| 26 | They 'd as soon relinquish their privileges as the Seven . ’ |
| 27 | Emma-Jane Mac had earlier given Coomes Bookmakers a chance to recoup money given in sponsorship when winning their contest on the 14-1 Everest Gringo . |
| 28 | Promises fulfilled — people standing on their heads by the dozen . |
| 29 | While early generations of the class 's radical wing had concentrated on problems of distribution , questions of production and organization came to preoccupy their successors in the 1870s and 80s . |
| 30 | Spanish children get their presents from the Three Kings . |