Example sentences of "their [noun pl] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since then every Q.T. has received in their notes a red paper outlining the Grant Aid meeting also a letter containing a revised timetable in which you were asked to think about specific items . |
| 2 | As the number of these specialists increased , they tried to use the idea of evolution as a means of giving their disciplines a vague unity , thus creating the first science of ‘ biology ’ . |
| 3 | Non-cumulative preference shares , by their nature , give their shareholders a preferential interest in the company 's profits for the year , and on liquidation of the company , after settlement of all creditors , entitle the holder to repayment of the nominal value of the shares before the ordinary shareholders are repaid . |
| 4 | Many of these families carefully weighed the balance of pro-PLO and pro-Jordanian sympathy locally , and chose from their ranks a suitable candidate to reflect opinion in the voting population . |
| 5 | Some friends of mine have given their Oscars a ping-pong ball ( the plain white type — avoid the coloured ones as they seem to be painted ) . |
| 6 | More than 40 per cent of men give their cars a once-a-fortnight wash , compared to 22 per cent of women . |
| 7 | ‘ Some residents who were moved after the last round of home closures are now faced with losing their homes a second time , ’ said Mr Common . |
| 8 | Out of her mating with their books a small book of her own would be born . |
| 9 | Blay 's Guides , the financial information publishing company , has launched a new range of databases to help financial advisers offer their clients a wider range of advice . |
| 10 | Even with housed animals they normally gave their husbands a helping hand . |
| 11 | This had been quite difficult and the Gnomes had scratched their heads a good deal , because , although people did not openly refer to it , everyone knew that Flame 's father was Fael-Inis and it had meant a lot of worrisome discussions as to whether this fact ought to be openly acknowledged , or whether it might be discourteous to draw attention to it . |
| 12 | Whatever novelists may believe about the universe , they do not demand of their readers a formal belief in God or the Devil , or in the forces of history , and the tolerances they expect are wide . |
| 13 | At their feet a grassy bank shelved to white sand , and a river the colour of emeralds streamed by . |
| 14 | To raise the cash they need , managers give their bankers a three-year business plan . |
| 15 | It was a strong probability that the Guardian still retained in their archives a numbered copy of the minutes which would have told us immediately to whom that copy had been issued and therefore the name of the informant . |
| 16 | For a number of years after the war they were also expected to administer to their classes a daily dose of cod liver oil tablets and a spoonful of malt . |
| 17 | Far from hurling a newly laddered pair into the nearest rubbish bin in a rage , three-quarters of women give their stockings a second chance . |
| 18 | In defence , the dismounted men-at-arms and archers ( the archers being either in ‘ wedges ’ or set out before the men-at-arms ) provided density of resistance , giving each other support , the men-at-arms being all the better protected , since the archers were able to fire their weapons a considerable distance against an advancing enemy , thus disrupting them before they reached the defending men-at-arms who , with their own cavalry , could then mount a counter-attack . |
| 19 | Carers can be completely tied to their homes , their days a daily round of housework , laundry , dressing , feeding and toiletting which consumes a great deal of time and effort . |
| 20 | It would be far better if employers paid their workers a decent wage , says Tracey , 44 . |
| 21 | Staff at Watford Gap say they 're not looking for a place in the annals of high cuisine , just to continue making their customers a nice cup of tea in the morning or a nice cup of tea with their tea . |
| 22 | The scale and importance of the nationalized concerns are so great that ministers are not prepared to give their managers a free hand . |
| 23 | Kerr includes a table of estimates in which it is clear that the ceilings of servants will be several feet lower , the cost of their rooms a mere quarter , and their floor space — despite their larger numbers — less than two-thirds of that allowed to the family . |
| 24 | In any large firm the managers have considerable scope for indulging in actions which may not be in the best interests of the owners , or for allowing their subordinates a freer rein than might be in the owners ' interests . |
| 25 | The men also look very fine in their long curly wigs ( even if it takes their partners a little while to get used to them ) . |
| 26 | Not far behind this overall vision of justice came his anxious consideration that the particular saints of each church , for whom the present community was only the trustee , would demand from their trustees a full account of their stewardship down to the most minute particulars . |
| 27 | The ensuing doctrines of fraud , mistake , duress , undue influence and capacity reflect in their details a particular view of the appropriate operation of the market . |
| 28 | So wide does the Palace cast its net when it comes to official entertaining that some of the invitees can find their fellow-guests a real let-down . |
| 29 | They had as one of their objectives a broad attempt to provide efficient systems . |
| 30 | Trade unions will be placing with their lawyers a large amount of employment-related personal injury work and the lawyers already doing that work will be highly specialised . |