Example sentences of "their [noun pl] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lincolnshire ones lost all their sons in the first World War , except one invalid one , and became rather impoverished , and the Norfolk Baileys hung on to a lot of the money . |
| 2 | Some others , however , like the earl of Sandwich , sent their sons in the first instance to the local grammar school . |
| 3 | Graham Stamper and Mick Jones scored their goals in the first half , after Dean Ashton had given the home side an early lead . |
| 4 | World At One and PM increased their ratings in the first week of the campaign and Today maintained its 1.3 million audience . |
| 5 | The clock was installed in 1920 with money raised by the parishioners with the intention of creating a long-lasting memorial to those who served and gave their lives in the First World War . |
| 6 | At least ninety-three people lost their lives in the first days of fighting . |
| 7 | More disasters followed , when it was found that the track had been laid slightly out-of-gauge , and all of the new cars 27–41 broke their axles in the first two weeks . |
| 8 | Either through this , or through their exercise of coercive powers , the great landed nobility were able to minimize damage to their incomes in the first twenty years or so after the first onset of the plague . |
| 9 | This had forced general managers of the second wave into the reactive mould characteristic of their predecessors in the first wave . |
| 10 | This study extends the work of a pilot study funded by ESRC ( C/00/23/2220 ) which examined the interaction between dear parents and their infants in the first 12 months of life . |
| 11 | In fact Manawatu shattered the Irish with their 58–24 win , and the tourists were in no mood to outwit a rampant All Black side stung by their faults in the First Test . |
| 12 | From April 1992 , there has been a tax concession on both college fees and the cost of study material which leads to Vocational Qualifications , consequently those financing themselves on HCIMA programmes do not have to pay the tax element of their fees in the first place . |
| 13 | Voters left two dominant impressions as they queued in the hot sun — their determination to cast their ballots in the first free election since Germany began the European conquest of Namibia more than a century ago , and their orderly , disciplined behaviour in the searing heat . |
| 14 | With the gale and hail at his back , Bradford and Bingley 's flyhalf Peter Rutledge scored all their points in the first half , converting his own try and succeeding with four penalty goals . |
| 15 | With the gale and hail at his back , Bradford and Bingley 's flyhalf Peter Rutledge scored all their points in the first half , converting his own try and succeeding with four penalty goals . |
| 16 | Harrogate scored all their points in the first half with a try by their Yorkshire scrum half , Guy Easterby , from a blind side scrum move , Steve Baker touching down a try following a tap penalty move . |
| 17 | For nearly 70 minutes , Ireland were in contention , but their inability to convert pressure into points when playing with the wind behind their backs in the first half cost them dearly in the end . |