Example sentences of "of their [noun sg] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from Emergency Debates which , because of their rarity will command widespread coverage in the media , such debates have limited value . |
| 2 | But the institute 's researchers think that the results of their work could hold equally in other areas of the world where fewer obstacles are in the way of mining companies . |
| 3 | And virtually all contracts of employment where anybody is required to drive during the course of their work should contain that clause from an employers point of view . |
| 4 | Much of their work will consist of assessing how much impact the measures are having . |
| 5 | Nearly sixty examples of their work will go on display at a new cultural museum in Taiwan . |
| 6 | Mr Thornberry , who comes from Belfast , expressed two anxieties about the election : first , whether the technical arrangements made for the election would proceed smoothly ; second , whether the use of symbols on ballot papers to enable illiterate voters to identify the party of their choice would work satisfactorily . |
| 7 | Neither has the commanding influence in the air that guys of their size should have . |
| 8 | The reason that some have thought that psychoanalysis operates as a closed belief system is , no doubt , a result of the fact that Freud made the point that people usually reject psychoanalytic ideas at first , and the vehemence of their rejection may mask deep repression of material . |
| 9 | For all those who work in the production of audio and video programmes , that the fruits of their creativity will promote sound moral values in the new civilization which is being created by modern communications . |
| 10 | For all those who work in the production of audio and video programmes , that the fruits of their creativity will promote sound moral values in the audiovisual culture . |
| 11 | As she put down the phone , Melissa wondered what garbled version of their conversation would appear in the columns of the Gazette that evening . |
| 12 | This was not altruism on the part of the brewers , but was born out of a realisation that preserving the best of their heritage could make them money . |
| 13 | But within the coincidence of their malaise may lie a solution . |
| 14 | For a modest sum , a family sitting in the comfort of their home could listen for a whole year to one performance nightly from a selection of theatres , music halls and concert halls with a choice of a dozen church services on Sundays . |
| 15 | Babies who are born normal , but encounter some form of birth trauma or injury are brain damaged , and the nature of their handicap will depend on the part of the brain affected . |
| 16 | Naturally they were anxious to fire this destructive load before it was too late ; the angle of the chase was depressed to such an extent that they were afraid that in spite of the wadding the contents of their canister might dribble out … already a fountain of glass marbles commandeered from the children had cascaded about the ears of the defenders . |
| 17 | Work like the Peplos kore ( fig. 39 ) , Exekias 's neck-amphora ( fig. 55 ) or the Vix krater ( fig. 58 ) show archaic Greek art in its assured prime : craftsmen who are masters of their craft can develop their styles and express what they want happily within the general limitations of inherited convention . |
| 18 | News of their ill-luck may have dampened the post-match celebrations at Branch Road last night after Derry rattled up the highest score of the round , 61–17 against north west neighbours Omagh . |
| 19 | It was the time when her mother took to the couch because she could n't stand the sight and sound of the hordes of women and children with their buckets , and the arranged fights among the urchins so that one or two of their gang could get away with some lumps of coal , which would make all the difference between having a fried meal or freezing both inside and out . |
| 20 | For them if one young person thinks twice before driving wrecklessly and endangering life … the competition in memory of their daughter will have served its purpose |
| 21 | Understanding individuals in the context of their past can help us understand the present-day person . |
| 22 | In the meantime , those who view the bus as a feature of their past should read this report . |
| 23 | The sweet murmur of their water can provide balm for troubled spirits and their banks offer sweet shelter to nurture true love . |
| 24 | Here in Cheshire business men are nervously waiting to meet the business angels is whom hands the future of their company might rest . |
| 25 | Disappearance of their dominance would lead to a unified Ireland or else the restructuring of a new statelet with smaller geographical boundaries in which their dominance was again reassured . |
| 26 | Nor does the evidence of a renewed upsurge of potentially revolutionary protest from below in the immediate pre-war years suggest that this source of their inhibition would fade with time . |
| 27 | The Royal College of Nursing , COHSE and NUPE told their Pay Review Body that ‘ any further erosion ’ of their position would confirm the low-pay image of nursing . |
| 28 | However , most of the cases which arose for decision were concerned with payments extracted ultra vires by persons who in virtue of their position could insist on the wrongful payment as a precondition to affording the payer his legal rights i.e. they were payments colore officii . |
| 29 | The most important thing for any parent who suspects that the father or mother of their child will try to take them , is to make sure they give them no opportunity . |
| 30 | Mr. Pannick submits that the only justification for section 9(4) in terms of the Convention is that it is addressed to avoiding prejudice to the sovereignty of the Crown since the states party to the Convention can never have contemplated that one of their number could limit the scope of its own obligations simply by refraining from giving the judiciary power to execute letters of request in particular circumstances . |