Example sentences of "of their [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two of them , John Dean and Jeb Magruder , told of their part in a cover-up , implicating each other and further members of Nixon 's intimate White House circle . |
| 2 | WHO SPENDS ALL OR ANY PART OF THE LAST YEAR OF THEIR LIFE IN A RESIDENTIAL HOME ? |
| 3 | Most of the people , just over two thirds , who spent all the last year of their life in a residential or nursing home were 85 or more , and it is this age group which is predicted to increase most rapidly in the next twenty years ( Central Statistical Office ( CSO ) , 1989 ) so it is likely that increasing numbers will spend the last year of their lives in such homes . |
| 4 | Livebearers breed continuously and the females spend most of their life in a state of pregnancy . |
| 5 | So how selfish then of Charles and Diana to make the official announcement of their separation in a week when the nation was celebrating the coffee couple 's romance . |
| 6 | So although they also may submit it to us as part of their assessment for a project , I mean we 're at least as interested in the work being useful to the schools and to the students involved . |
| 7 | In England George I and George II devoted their energies to the organization and discipline of their army in a way that no Stuart king had ever done . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , like lemmings who have smelt the sea , the noble lords streamed out of their chamber in a body to appear , as if summoned by telepathy , when Dungannon 's speech drew to its close . |
| 9 | But qualified privilege exempts the person who made or published the statement without malice in the course of their work to a person with a duty or interest to receive it . |
| 10 | All of them , however , speak of their work with a sincere and passionate commitment . |
| 11 | Women who were inspired neither by feminism nor revulsion against the prescribed role of the middle class wife and mother , but who nevertheless found a sense of purpose in philanthropy , often wrote of their work with a cloying sentimentality and in terms that reveal a strange mixture of humility ( expressed in religious terms ) ; insecurity , class superiority and a grim determination to do God 's will . |
| 12 | Some people pointed out the advantages of their work from a personal point of view . |
| 13 | This month Pippa Greenwood shows the results of their work in a special feature with some great tips of her own . |
| 14 | The AIAS guidelines codify this general principle , adding however that grant applicants must provide a summary and appraisal of their work in a form appropriate for submission to an Aboriginal group ( AIAS 1980 : 5 ) . |
| 15 | This can not have been the intention of Parliament when it prevented drivers from contracting out of their liability to a passenger . |
| 16 | Options will normally only be exercisable after the expiry of three years from the date of their grant by a person who remains a director or employee . |
| 17 | Women , though at one time excluded from most public functions , were never by reason merely of their sex in a substantially different position from men as regards criminal liability , property and contract , if we except the rule ( now nearly obsolete ) which prefers males to females in the succession to real estate on intestacy . |
| 18 | At high rates of interest , people may feel it worthwhile to put some of their income in a savings account on pay day and draw it out again as they need it later in the month . |
| 19 | VICARS are to lose their right to stay in the parish of their choice in a radical shake-up in the Durham diocese . |
| 20 | By the end of their honours course , students are able to read , write and speak the language with sufficient fluency and with the necessary cultural background to make practical use of their Russian in a future career , if they so wish . |
| 21 | He and the House will be pleased to know that , in the 10 months to January , 1,607 people were placed in work as a result of their experience in a job club in his constituency . |
| 22 | The new communion ceremony was designed to dispel the belief that each individual mass was a re-enactment of Christ 's sacrifice , or that the bread and wine were physically changed as a result of their consecration by a priest . |
| 23 | By the close of a wearying second day , England were 19 for nought at the start of their quest for a draw . |
| 24 | The monks have turned part of their Abbey into a guest house , and all their visitors agree that the brothers are very good hosts . |
| 25 | In a few minutes , we 'll be joining the monks who 've turned part of their abbey into a guest house . |
| 26 | They decided to set up an exhibition showing all aspects of their hobby at a venue where thousands of people would be able to see their exhibits . |
| 27 | Fourth year pupils were the principal subjects of the study as they would be members of their school for a full school year and were likely to have a lower absentee rate than the fifth year . |
| 28 | This is a play for two characters , Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen , the World War One poets , and it would obviously be a good thing to read some of their poetry as a background to performing this piece . |
| 29 | The planners have , however , finally been shaken out of their complacency by a fall in orders from the Soviet Union . |
| 30 | There are several very sound reasons for couples , laying a foundation for marriage , to keep physical expressions of their love to a minimum . |