Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Sixth Plenum of the Twelfth Party Central Committee in September 1986 , the leading members of the Politbureau , such as Zhao Ziyang and Hu Yaobang , put forward their views about the effects of continuing to ‘ open up ’ intellectual debate and introduce political reforms . |
| 2 | Adults , however , have greater difficulty in accommodating their views to the miracles ' of modern technology . |
| 3 | FOR the first time in many years , anglers in the north west of the province are to have a strong and united voice to convey their views to the authorities on a wide range of matters . |
| 4 | As business people and newcomers to the NHS ( apart from one , Sir Brian Bailey , who was Chair of the Health Education Council ) , their views of the shortcomings of NHS management paralleled to a remarkable extent the findings of academic research as summarised by Harrison . |
| 5 | As most of us watched the Rodney King verdict and its horrifying aftermath on TV , journalist James Ryan and photographer Andrew Macpherson drove separately into South Central LA to record their views of the riots ; meanwhile , KRS-One , Heavy D , NWA and other rappers give their comments |
| 6 | I hope that many people will send their views on the proposals to the Inland Revenue . |
| 7 | Mr Lang said : ‘ If the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and the Office of Fair Trading change their views on the proposals , no one will be happier than me . |
| 8 | Pupils were asked for their views on the tests and their approach to taking practical tests was observed in some instances by members of the project team . |
| 9 | A questionnaire was recently sent to all students and trainees , asking for their views on the qualifications . |
| 10 | At first they climbed to the heights to look down on Nature or to survey the scene — encouraging the building of ‘ stations ’ such as the Windermere Octagon ; but after Thomas Gray 's Journal of a Tour in the Lakes ( written in 1769 ) artists began to take their views from the valleys . |
| 11 | During the period between the close of nominations and the date of the first ballot , it shall be the responsibility of the constituency associations , represented by Conservative Members of Parliament , to inform the Member of their views regarding the candidates . |
| 12 | You could n't keep bulls for long or the strain in your herd would have been weakened by in-breeding , so there was a regular turnover , and quite often farms would loan out their bulls around the Dales before selling them out of the area . |
| 13 | Territorial boundaries seem also to have been tacitly adhered to , and it was usual , especially in London , for funeral furnishers to limit their operations to the confines of the parish in which they were situated , and though many of the late eighteenth-century trade cards include the words ‘ Funerals performed to all parts of Great Britain' , it is doubtful that this offer was ever taken up . |
| 14 | Franchising is growing fast — and an increasing number of companies are expected to franchise their operations in the years ahead rather than expand in traditional ways . |
| 15 | The companies , which were ordered to close down their operations in the reserves , have been found by Friends of the Earth to trade with several British importers including James Latham and Richard Burbridge . |
| 16 | Built in the days when the knocker-up came to each house to wake the workers , miners could chalk the times of their shifts on the slates so that the knocker-up could let them sleep if they were not due for work when he came by . |
| 17 | " They become full wage-earners at a much earlier stage … than their contemporaries among the men . |
| 18 | When he smiles , he looks slightly goofy , the skin pulled right over his cheeks like the face children make by sticking their fingers in the corners of their mouths . |
| 19 | Together , by getting their fingers in the rat-holes , they managed to tug up a few feet of rotten chestnut boarding , tindery at the edges . |
| 20 | Their attitudes to teaching and their conceptions of the effects of classroom activities are taken into account . |
| 21 | In the middle of the crowd — people arriving , people leaving , lost children , tannoy announcements , people queueing at the cashiers ' grilles , checking the airport shops , lugging their cases into the restaurants … in the middle of all that , Culley looked for someone special . |
| 22 | When this failed , they took their cases to the courts . |
| 23 | The recently formed AD ( ANCIENT DYKES ) group hold their meetings in The Women 's Centre , Broughton Street , Edinburgh . |
| 24 | The girls plan to pitch their talents against the boys at the end of term , so they 're getting as much practice as possible . |
| 25 | And ethnicity turns into separatist nationalism for much the same reasons as colonial liberation movements establish their states within the frontiers of the preceding colonial empires . |
| 26 | BRACKNELL Tigers and Livingston are Britain 's survivors in Europe following their wins in the Champions Cup on Thursday night , but the week 's honours went to Oldham Broadway Celtics , who made a glorious exit from the Korac Cup with a 98-91 win over Monaco in France . |
| 27 | Nevertheless it is worth citing some instances where the continual use of one or a very few gestures can fully describe the feelings of some characters and convey their reactions to the circumstances of the plot or theme . |
| 28 | Other brat-pack designers , notably Michael Kors , Isaac Mizrahi and Marc Jacobs ( designing under the Perry Ellis label ) , take their notes from the clothes worn in the late Fifties and early Sixties by Audrey Hepburn , Jackie Kennedy and Doris Day ( as dressed by Norell in That Touch of Mink ) . |
| 29 | However , on her promotion last year as an executive consultant Laura had decided to concentrate more on her work in the office — analysing financial trends , and advising her private clients on their investments in the futures market . |
| 30 | The next two articles describe their inroads into the businesses of water and advertising |