Example sentences of "of their [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Students are not eligible under this scheme if they : have not been ordinarily resident within the European Community for the three years preceding the start of their course at the University ; or are on an exchange programme where fees are waived ; or have attended a course normally lasting more than two years and have received a UK statutory award for this study . |
| 2 | Yesterday , neighbours told of their shock at the murder in their quiet road in a pleasant part of the town . |
| 3 | The group of Principals and Heads of Department attending the workshop worked extremely hard and enthusiastically on some of the key issues relating to change in the context of their work at the University . |
| 4 | Within this trade unions , because of their location at the point of production , have a greater potential for oppositional action than an integrative Labour Party : |
| 5 | Other writers also complained of their treatment at the hands of benefactors , even when this had nothing to do with dedications . |
| 6 | Anyone who watched the drubbing poor Neil Lyndon received for his attack on extreme feminism , No More Sex War , and has a taste for more of the same will relish Not Guilty : In Defence of the Modern Man ( Weidenfeld , February , £8.99 , 0 297 81216 5 ) , in which David Thomas reveals the fruits of his researches into how The Guys have been Really Hurting because of their treatment at the hands of women lately . |
| 7 | That 's why they want to reassure them of their treatment at the Police station . |
| 8 | It was so clear in his mind , he could hear his nan 's voice , even smell that strangely comforting smell of scorched linen as she pressed down on the iron , and yet he had understood little of their conversation at the time , had n't understood , in fact , until years later . |
| 9 | On the contrary , it is ironically their scrupulous separateness that is the chief instrument of their cooperation at the expense of the clients . |
| 10 | Golf on the Continent in the 1920s was very much a pastime for the rich , whereas in Britain professionals were employed by clubs as low-paid servants : across the Channel they were regarded as the social equals of the members they served , by virtue of their skill at the game . |
| 11 | Kuwaitis left stranded in Britain following the invasion of their country at the beginning of August are helping to form a national resistance movement ; in some cases , small groups of men have gained access to Kuwait to fight the occupying Iraqi forces . |
| 12 | The powerboat world has been left high and dry this summer by a big red boat named Flippin Shytalk … its call sign is P69 … the only number that reads the same upside down … but the Oxfordshire crew that run and race her are on the very top of their sport at the moment … |
| 13 | From what I learned of their disappearance at the time , I never believed they would re-surface intact . |
| 14 | Even if he was less transgressive than the more notorious Ranters Coppe and Laurence Clarkson [ q.v. ] , he was associated with them and expressed a form of their Antinomianism at the height of Ranter activity . |
| 15 | DEFENDING Britannic Assurance County Champions Essex were saved by the rain from losing their second match in a row in the defence of their title at The Oval yesterday . |
| 16 | The entire white watch crew at Wallasey fire station received a prestigious award in recognition of their bravery at the triple rescue . |
| 17 | Their Oxford home is crammed full with the spoils of their success at the chessboard . |
| 18 | Paul Moriarty , Jonathan Griffiths and Ian Marlow in particular are outstanding players at the top of their form at the moment . ’ |
| 19 | We will introduce ‘ Commonhold ’ legislation , giving residential leaseholders living in blocks of flats the right to acquire the freehold of their block at the market rate . |
| 20 | Detectives spoke of their disgust at the brutal attack . |
| 21 | We were reminded of their plight at the opening service of the assembly . |
| 22 | Consequently , it was argued , the police were not acting in the execution of their duty at the time of the arrests . |
| 23 | The investigators knew that within an hour or so of their arrival at the accident site , but they had to work for another year and a half to find out why : |
| 24 | The various local and international fluctuations in market forces make it impossible to fix the price of oriental rugs in terms of cash amounts ; regardless of their accuracy at the time of writing , they would soon become out of date . |
| 25 | Customers of Tamworth can now dispose of their rubbish at the same time as doing their shopping , as there are now recycling facilities in the car park . |
| 26 | Karen had watched , wide-eyed , as this woman like a chainsaw had cut a swathe through the young men of their department at the university , apparently unconcerned with looks , or wit , or age . |
| 27 | While , of course , it is necessary to become sensitive to the needs of others , even if this means taking on a little of their pain at the time , it is not good to allow this negativity to linger ( remember my experience with Charlotte ? — Chapter 3 ) . |
| 28 | In all such cases the agisters received a writ of Allocate for the purposes of their account at the Exchequer . |
| 29 | A survey was commissioned to cover both raw data such as the proportion of women barristers at each stage of their career at the Bar , and also qualitative data such as attitudes towards careers for women barristers . |
| 30 | They are Alexander the Great ; the Silver Shields ( a Macedonian corps d'élite of the early hellenistic period ) ; and the Spartans up to the date of their defeat at the hands of the Thebans at Leuktra in 371 . |