Example sentences of "their [noun pl] be [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ours were , in general , rather less well qualified than students in the established departments , but their attainments were in every way comparable . |
| 2 | Just when their creditors were on the point of issuing writs the Tecks left England for the continent , insolvent and heavily in debt . |
| 3 | But I think , are n't they always , their timetables are at the same time are n't they , the topics ? |
| 4 | Their debts were on the verge of managing them . |
| 5 | Students who do n't know who half their lecturers are at the best of times ca n't be in a position to decide on their pay packets . |
| 6 | Equally predictable is the fact that the vast majority of council tenants who have bought their houses are among the better-paid and live in the better housing estates . |
| 7 | One of their proposals is for the appointment of up to three bishops as ‘ provincial visitors ’ , outside the traditional structure of diocesan bishops . |
| 8 | Their proposals are for a traffic-calming ramp or similar device , or even just a sign reminding drivers of the speed limit . |
| 9 | ‘ For example , What are their affiliations is in the grammar , but no other sentences starting with What are their are possible . |
| 10 | Curates in deacons ' orders did not ask evangelical Bishops how many of their clergy were of the catholic persuasion at half-past nine on August evenings , or indeed at any other time . |
| 11 | ‘ They say they will set most of the passengers free when their brothers are on the plane . |
| 12 | If their shells are near the Julies , then it might be politic to shuffle them gradually to the other end . |
| 13 | As they walked along , their heads were in the sun while their feet were in the shadow of the hedge . |
| 14 | One of their demands was for a phased release of internees . |
| 15 | Their eyes are on the side of their heads so they have an all-round view . |
| 16 | Their eyes were on the Miracle-Worker , the Angel Gabriel , perched in motionless splendour on a silver-gilded cloud , his hair awash with sunlight and his magical face worn like a mask that concealed some greater magic . |
| 17 | The movement 's unofficial leader , Akilisi Pohive , and his ally , Laki Niu , were among the four commoners re-elected to the Legislative Assembly , and their supporters were among the five new members elected to the nine seats reserved for commoners . |
| 18 | Their designs are on the huge non-Sparc market and the glass house on which IBM Corp has loosened its grip . |
| 19 | Next , if you want to try to get sponsorship then write to the importers or dealers in this country — their addresses are in the ads of this magazine — do n't try writing direct to the USA , they wo n't want to know . |
| 20 | Their addresses are in the phone book . |
| 21 | If the source direction makes an angle θ with the baseline , which is of length d , then the path difference to the two dishes is d cos θ and the phase lag between their signals is at a wavelength λ , and in terms of frequency v this becomes . |
| 22 | Inside their families , too , their roles are in a state of flux , with the past , the peasant past , the tribal past , the colonial past each with its own particular prescription for the woman 's role constantly intruding into the present . |
| 23 | Connect all the wire leads required , and finally insert the i.c.s into their sockets ensuring that their notches are towards the top . |
| 24 | Thus , some pupils in bottom mathematics sets in their schools are in the middle or even top third attainment bands in the results given here . |
| 25 | As they walked along , their heads were in the sun while their feet were in the shadow of the hedge . |
| 26 | And that they let those beliefs shape their lives — as if their lives were of no account . ’ |
| 27 | Even when their offences are of the ultimate gravity , some people are getting off far too lightly . |
| 28 | If their origins were in an academic discipline , they are often no longer able to identify themselves with it — or are discouraged from doing so by their more specialised fellows . |
| 29 | They are the first tribe in human history of wilful solitaries since the dissolution of the monasteries , but their motives are in no way God-directed . |
| 30 | Will their concerns be at the forefront of people 's minds once the powerbroking bloodletting starts , and blood will be spilt you know . |