Example sentences of "their [noun pl] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This states that other non-monetary effects on aggregate demand ( such as private investment expenditure ) are determined by their values in the previous period plus a random or surprise term . |
| 2 | In order of importance in discriminating between them and the respondents , they differed in their views in the following ways : |
| 3 | Credit reference agencies from Scandinavia , Austria and the EC have formed an association to represent their views in the single market . |
| 4 | If any of the three MP 's mentioned in this article would like to dispute the truth of the comments , we will gladly print their views in the next Ulster Dawn . |
| 5 | In 1937 the Congregationalist Albert Peel reflected on the late Victorian and Edwardian periods : ‘ Ministers who began their pastorates in the twenty years before the war look back in amazement at sermons they then preached , with their acceptance of the inevitability of progress . ’ |
| 6 | The Somerset commoners succeeded in fighting off most attempts at drainage where their contemporaries in the eastern counties had failed . |
| 7 | Now to many people community arts is a red rag to a bull because there is the feeling that a lot of these things start off quite splendidly as voluntary organizations , and suddenly they 've got their fingers in the public purse . |
| 8 | There is some kind of conspiracy of bureaucrats : they all have their fingers in the same profitable pie . |
| 9 | Stuck their fingers in the old jam pot , |
| 10 | Golfers can store their clubs in the latest in luxury — multi-coloured golf bags from Sun Mountain Sports ( 0622-820519 ) for £70 . |
| 11 | We teach beginners safely to sail their Wayfarers in the open seas around Paxos . |
| 12 | In the evenings the poorly organized social activities were shunned in favour of a practical study of the aliphatic alcohols and their reactions in the digestive tract . |
| 13 | In this business , you 're on dodgy ground trying to attach the words ‘ courage ’ and ‘ integrity ’ to anything ; certainly the Heavenly EP is for a good cause , and those involved are doing a lot for their profiles in the worthiest possible way , blah blah , charidee , blah blah AIDS , but Sinead has done too ( see following letter ) and in any case , she 's on another planet to these people . |
| 14 | The elements of language are relatively arbitrary in regard to their referents in the real world , whereas images signify through their ‘ iconicity ’ , through their resemblance to referents in the real world ( Eco 1976 , pp. 191ff ) . |
| 15 | Many top speedway riders will be pitting their skills in the National motor cycle grass track meeting . |
| 16 | Besides the more obvious areas for employment , actuaries are to be found applying their skills in the academic world , in computer development , operational research and as business consultants . |
| 17 | We can not close our eyes to the fact that if the arguments advanced on behalf of the appellant in relation to this ground of appeal are soundly based , then there is , not a small lacuna , but a yawning gap in the protection for the public afforded by section 16 of the Act of 1968 through which a large number of dishonest persons can — by arranging matters so that they come within the definition of ‘ self-employed ’ — escape conviction and punishment for the kind of deceitful conduct of which the jury , by their verdicts in the instant case , found this appellant to be guilty . |
| 18 | Even before Branshaw is let to an American , to whom his tenants do not raise their hats in the same way , the house has already begun to alter : |
| 19 | The greater landowners would also employ other gentlemen servants in the management of their estates in the early eighteenth century , some of whom might be freeholders , and all of whom would have connections with the voting freeholders , and while it is true that some of these appointments were poorly paid , one has to bear in mind the comparative poverty of so many of the Scottish gentry in terms of money income . |
| 20 | As the Turks moved out , their estates in the rural areas were bought by Serbs and their houses in the towns were occupied by diverse groups of immigrants , who also took over their occupations . |
| 21 | Analysts , particularly in the advertising world , ceaselessly try to unravel it , to help clients sell their products in the best markets . |
| 22 | But the role of the TCR genes or their products in the earlier DN to DP transition is uncertain . |
| 23 | Because they do not have the sublime sensations of princes , they do not express their passions in the same dignified tone ; but that contrast , in itself , should make more truly pathetic the fate of their superiors . |
| 24 | Since 1962 they have had very few opportunities to express their opinions in the national press , and even less on radio and television . |
| 25 | If our tea and lunch breaks could be structured on the lines of the ancient Egyptians I am sure that by 10.30am each day there would be a smile on the face of each and every member of staff ; and if we could ensure that all our members were treated by their employers in the same way , our membership figures would double instantly . |
| 26 | Now Akarnania was neighbour to Ambracia , and Ambracia , in north-west Greece , was a Corinthian colony which kept close links with the mother city : the Ambraciots put the winged horse Pegasus , the emblem of Corinth , on their coins in the fifth century . |
| 27 | As Norton Taylor points out , ‘ administrations have always attempted to present their policies in the best possible light ; to avoid public relations pitfalls ; to coordinate information policy ; and to counter bad news they can do little about … ’ . |
| 28 | However ScotRail have now identified funds which would enable them to contribute a much larger sum than they had previously promised , provided the money can go through their accounts in the current financial year . |
| 29 | I would have preferred to see its replacement with a fixed housing allowance of limited term , and possibly on a more generous scale , for first time buyers only and those who have bought their houses in the last few years ; that should be coupled with the extension of housing benefit , which is limited to the rented sector , to low income home owners who have difficulty in meeting their mortgage payments . |
| 30 | I would have preferred to see its replacement with a fixed housing allowance of limited term , and possibly on a more generous scale , for first time buyers only and those who have bought their houses in the last few years ; that should be coupled with the extension of housing benefit , which is limited to the rented sector , to low-income home owners who have difficulty in meeting their mortgage payments . |