Example sentences of "of their [noun] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also , they were perhaps inclined to adopt the world view of their respondents at the expense of other perspectives ( such as those of young women for example ) — something for which ethnographers are often criticised . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Yesterday , neighbours told of their shock at the murder in their quiet road in a pleasant part of the town . |
| 4 | They have been replaced by a Labour leadership keen to blame many of their problems at the Government 's door . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 : |
| 7 | Other writers also complained of their treatment at the hands of benefactors , even when this had nothing to do with dedications . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | That 's why they want to reassure them of their treatment at the Police station . |
| 10 | One of their tasks at the workshop will be to assess media education resources used on other continents and to select those that are relevant for Africa . |
| 11 | For more than half the road up you climb between more beech forests — the beech flourishes in these parts because it likes the moisture — and in spring or autumn you get that seasonal effect , whereby the trees that are only starting to turn brown at the foot of the pass are already losing many of their leaves at the top , or alternatively are still half-wintry at the top when already fully greened lower down . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Seven hundred children have been having the time of their lives at a special party . |
| 15 | They 're sure to have the time of their lives at the Pirates Club or Club 16 , enjoying hours of fun with newfound friends and leaving you with new-found freedom . |
| 16 | On the contrary , it is ironically their scrupulous separateness that is the chief instrument of their cooperation at the expense of the clients . |
| 17 | He listened intently as Helen Crummy , the founder of the Craigmillar Festival Society , told him that it was a group of mothers — determined to do something for their families because of their frustration at a lack of educational , cultural and employment opportunities — which had led to the start of the organisation in 1962 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Firstly , individual trade unions raise the real wages of their members at the expense of non-unionised workers — in practice wages obtained by collective bargaining tend on average to be about 20 per cent higher than other wages . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 … |
| 22 | From what I learned of their disappearance at the time , I never believed they would re-surface intact . |
| 23 | In 1851 Hoopers of Eastington were noted for the fine display of their products at the great Exhibition . |
| 24 | But taxpayers can improve the benefit of their subscription at no extra cost to themselves by making a covenant . |
| 25 | The use of the captions will need to be reasonably limited and , of course , the language level of their content at an appropriately low level . |
| 26 | Of these patients six underwent surgery at a median of 1.25 months ( range 0.5–7 ) from the procedure , four are awaiting surgery at a median of nine months ( range four to 14 ) , and three underwent endoscopic clearance of their ducts at a median of one month ( range 0.5–2 ) . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Once again hardware and software developers will be testing the portability and interoperability of their technologies at the eighth Connectathon event which SunSoft Inc is staging at between July 22–30 at the San Jose Convention centre in California . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The entire white watch crew at Wallasey fire station received a prestigious award in recognition of their bravery at the triple rescue . |