Example sentences of "their [noun sg] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that radicals both inside and outside parliament were often divided among themselves and had no uniform political views or remedies was emphasized by their ineffectiveness in the Economic Advisory Committee in the 1930s . |
| 2 | Some thought that far too many opulent and now half-empty movie palaces had been built for the elusive fashionable trade whilst others detected a more general dulling of the palate as the masses lost their enthusiasm for the old stories and seemed all too ready for something new . |
| 3 | More frequently they try to manipulate the media to their advantage by the selective release of carefully timed and adjusted information and by threatening , punishing , and intimidating media staff . |
| 4 | In the United Kingdom the Roman Catholic and Republican minority of Northern Ireland took to the streets in protest against the injustices meted out to their kind by the Provincial Government and condoned in Whitehall ( see Cameron Report 1969 Cmd 532 ) . |
| 5 | To reduce these figures , two major national screening programmes have been introduced — the first of their kind in the European Community . |
| 6 | To reduce these figures , two major national screening programmes have been introduced — the first of their kind in the European Community . |
| 7 | We thank all our customers for their support over the past year . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | In conclusion , may I take this opportunity of thanking the Chief Executive and Directors of Plantsbrook Group , the National Secretary , the Officers , Administration Secretary and the Staff at the National Office and , last but not least , my colleagues at work for all their support during the past twelve months . |
| 10 | We in Britain owe so much to our American allies , not only for their support during the last war , but also today . |
| 11 | Nothing in the South Ronaldsay community would approach normality for a very long time , and most people from the village and the surrounding community had turned out to discover for themselves what was happening , and then to lend their support to the stricken families . |
| 12 | Some people in the liberal Free Democratic party , the junior partner in the government , had been toying with the idea of switching their support to the Social Democrats after December . |
| 13 | EUROPEAN Community leaders will move quickly this week to reassure the Soviet Union that their support for the future ‘ unity ’ of the German people at the weekend EC summit is conditional on the maintenance of peace and stability in Europe . |
| 14 | Jeanette and Simon Edwards , who lost two babies in three years , want to show their support for the new group by giving it a cash boost . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | But miners in Russia 's biggest coalfield , Kuzbass in western Siberia , declared their support for the embattled president and threatened to strike . |
| 17 | Knowles ( 1952 ) and Newton ( 1969 ) also illustrate differences between mining areas in both their strike-proneness and their support for the Communist Party . |
| 18 | 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 |
| 19 | While condemning " the Iraqi regime 's aggression " , however , the signatories underlined " their support for the Iraqi people " . |
| 20 | As the contribution of Britain to the UNHCR is very much greater than that of France or Germany , will my right hon. Friend encourage our European partners to increase their support for the vital work of refugee relief ? |
| 21 | Japanese members of Unix International , whose opinions on the merger were canvassed at the Tokyo announcement of Unix International 's Roadmap on Tuesday last week , were in various minds in their support of the new ownership of Unix Labs . |
| 22 | As for government parties , they are seldom if ever single-minded in their support of the political executive and altogether subservient to it . |
| 23 | They reasserted their support of the American Anti-Slavery Society , sought links between their local groups and accepted the logic of being a minor adjunct of a movement whose dynamic lay in another country . |
| 24 | Another successful project had been their support of the National Woodland Trust Appeal , which had raised over £400 . |
| 25 | In spite of their support of the Conservative Party , the leaders of British industry have made it plain that there are limits to the extent to which they are prepared to sacrifice profitability in giving support to the government 's inner city policies . |
| 26 | Alternative fishing and help came from a most unexpected quarter , in the shape of a book by Anya Seaton called Devil Water ; a marvellous historical novel by a master story-teller , describing the tragic , romantic life of James Radcliffe , Earl of Derwentwater , and his younger brother Charles , both executed for their support of the Jacobite cause during the revolutions of 1715 and 1745 . |
| 27 | Chamberlain told MacDonald that , in such circumstances , the financial crash would come before Parliament met , and it was therefore his duty to avoid it ; for which purpose the Conservatives ( and Samuel endorsed this for the Liberals ) would give him all their support in the present government or in a " reconstructed " government . |
| 28 | Senior Tories are attempting to highlight the dangers posed by a hung Parliament to boost their support in the final days of the election campaign . |
| 29 | Betty and George found their support in the local day centre , Jill from a relative 's support group and Gladys through a care attendant scheme that relieved her responsibilities for a few hours each day . |
| 30 | This new industrial bourgeoisie then threw their support behind the anti- slavery measures , not out of altruism , but out of their own economic self-interest , and this , asserted Williams , was THE decisive factor in the emancipation of the slaves . |