Example sentences of "their [noun pl] on [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Gitsham said a survey of bereaved families was being carried out asking for their views on various issues including how best to provide a permanent memorials . |
| 2 | Mr. Downham asked the public their views on two subjects currently under discussion . |
| 3 | Their views on such issues as our management and financial information systems , our approach to planning , the revaluation of our land and buildings and our marketing strategy were particularly helpful . ’ |
| 4 | 3 But it also makes sense to say that the British constitution is what the authorities say it should be because their views on these matters help to police everyday political practice , pulling it into line with the constitutional theory which they themselves advance as the proper way to conduct politics . |
| 5 | There is a full agenda and the clerk to the council is optimistic that a large number of villagers will attend to give their views on local issues . |
| 6 | A great deal of work is done by members of local authorities by serving as representatives of their authorities on outside bodies . |
| 7 | Designers Jeff Banks and David Emanuel are both eager to put their signatures on new collections that offer flexibility , wearability and style |
| 8 | Try to get teachers to voice their opinions on important subjects . |
| 9 | Rational , economic analysis is far too static to capture this dynamic ; governments are left to choose their policies on political grounds . |
| 10 | It is not so much that the Conservatives have deliberately introduced racist policies as that they have ignored the harmful impact of their policies on ethnic minorities . |
| 11 | Services should also affirm their policies on equal opportunities by ensuring that they monitor the use of their services by specific ethnic groups , test that the information they make available for the public is comprehensible and accessible , canvass users ' views of the current services , recruit staff of different ethnic backgrounds , at all levels in the organization ( although , in the case of Afro-Caribbeans in particular , this can be difficult due to the lower educational opportunities of this group and , in consequence , a paucity of suitable candidates for posts ) , and institute a programme of training for staff of all grades and backgrounds to understand their own conscious and unconscious prejudices about race and culture . |
| 12 | The District Council of course do have their policies on conservation matters , er and er I I accept your point er erm |
| 13 | Today economically more powerful contracting parties can impose their wishes on weaker parties by using standard form contracts . |
| 14 | Prudent homeowners build their houses on continuous foundations rather than rest them on pier blocks from which they can be bucked when the big shake comes . |
| 15 | By Edward I 's reign ( 1272–1307 ) the continental possessions of his house had shrunk to a fraction of their former vast extent — by 1290 they consisted solely of the duchy of Aquitaine and comté of Ponthieu — but the notion that the Plantagenets had a continental role to play remained firmly embedded in their minds and in those of their subjects on both sides of the Channel . |
| 16 | ‘ So we have now got Pluto and Saturn pressing their attentions on those areas of the Royal Family 's charts . |
| 17 | There were chop-houses with fine cooked sirloins of beef , and lobsters , black as coal and swivelling their eyes on sinuous stalks , or still as Sunday and red all over . |
| 18 | Surapee ( Su ) Karnasuta , a young Thai who helped Moira run the shop , had several Thai friends who were happy to train their eyes on potential shoplifters and were not afraid of speaking authoritatively to anyone they suspected of helping themselves . |
| 19 | As Dulé had never heard his mother tongue , he and his new companions could only surmise , from the similar flare of their nostrils , the high broad set of their shoulders on slender frames , and the deep oval plunge of their chins on thin , round necks , that he came from the same part of the hinterland of West Africa , was of the Iqbo people in his origins . |
| 20 | For the historian , then , the problem becomes one of discovering the contours of Victorian sexual mores without surrendering to facile generalisations , for despite a plethora of studies we are still woefully ignorant of general trends in the development of sexual attitudes , of their effects on individual lives , and of the particular meanings given to their activities by the sexual subjects in all their variety — by class , by gender , by generation and by region . |
| 21 | The aim of this study is to determine the economic and political factors which cause prices and incomes controls to be imposed and to determine their effects on economic variables taking into acount the possibility that decision-makers make informed guesses about the probability of the onset of controls and thus alter their behaviour from what it would otherwise have been . |
| 22 | Oceanic drift-nets can be enormous , up to 56 km ( 35 miles ) long , and are causing considerable concern because of their effects on marine mammals , sea birds , and fish stocks . |
| 23 | These innovations are leading to an increasing diversity in the public sector and are posing a whole set of research questions concerning their effects on local authorities and tenants . |
| 24 | Despite the growing sensitivity about sexual and racial stereotypes and their effects on shaping attitudes , the role of and reference to weapons in advertising continues to be marginalised . |
| 25 | Perrier 's competitors have had to put their plants on 24-hour shifts to cope with added demand from the unaccustomed absence of the once ubiquitous green bottles . |
| 26 | This committee would have ( a ) encouraged trust and co-operation between unionists and nationalists , developing a practical basis on which north and south could implement joint action on issues of common interest ; ( b ) initiated studies on matters of mutual interest or misunderstanding and ( c ) consulted with heads of departments and their officials on such matters . |
| 27 | These are the contenders , the hardy perennials of quality skiing for discerning Brits , the so-called top resorts which tour operators will tell you they could sell twenty times over if only they could get their mitts on more beds . |
| 28 | Already , though , some STM makers have their sights on other markets . |
| 29 | We also give a round-up of opportunities for those setting their sights on distant horizons Clare Keen finds you need music and a sense of humour for the jungle |
| 30 | It is interesting to note that these German demands for greater centrally-imposed discipline , together with their attacks on British plans for currency competition , came in spite of increasing interest in the proposal in France . |