Example sentences of "their [noun] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we are to explore the actual and perceived experiences of students , it may be better to work from their views rather than to try to squeeze them into some predetermined mould through questionnaires and attitude Inventories . |
| 2 | The ribs will move back to their resting-place again as you allow yourself to breathe out . |
| 3 | If any further evidence is needed to underline the growing possibility of a US-British rift over Northern Ireland , Clinton emphasises his support for the ‘ MacBride Principles ’ , which would require American firms based in Northern Ireland to abandon their operations there unless they complied with strict anti-discrimination criteria . |
| 4 | At such moments they are reversing the usual relationship and treating the humans as their kittens rather than as their mothers . |
| 5 | If it looks and feels good they should n't drastically change their hair just because everyone else has . |
| 6 | Who are we to judge and belittle the nature of their experience merely because the profit-motive has made it possible . |
| 7 | The committee of the Canine Supporters Charity crossed their fingers tightly when they took the brave step of hiring the Wembley Exhibition Centre . |
| 8 | Complaints have been made in the past that the trustees are all too often content to act as passive recipients of their remuneration rather than as active watchdogs . |
| 9 | May we respect those who give of their time , their friendship and their talents rather than those who strive always to gain more for themselves Amen |
| 10 | Students of literature , traditionally resentful as they often are to be told they might be engaged in anything severely useful , found they could sell their talents abroad as teachers , and had to tolerate the uncomfortably realistic view that the nation might recover through the teaching of English some small part of the wealth it had lost on technical adventures like building and running Concorde . |
| 11 | By design they had entered the grounds quite close to the front entrance , and they angled their progress so as to bring them into contact with the main driveway as quickly as possible . |
| 12 | Manuscripts are usually sent to two or three reviewers , chosen for their expertise rather than their geographical location . |
| 13 | I wonder if they charge the same prices for their take away as for sitting at the table . |
| 14 | The UK national culture seems to be anti-systems and engineers often regard standards as restrictions on their creativity rather than as an efficient means of communication . |
| 15 | The report concluded that the pattern of courses and examinations below the level of OND lacked clarity and cohesion and that , consequently , there was a need to rationalize their provision so as to offer students a recognizable ladder of progression within clearly defined educational stages . |
| 16 | Some people find it helpful to write out their notes again before they file them . |
| 17 | Some interpret their presence simply as evidence of their particular merit , as Rioch did ; use it to justify the absence of other women ; and display an exaggerated femininity . |
| 18 | I do not do this but some pe everyone 's entitled to throw their money away if they like . |
| 19 | People had a right to decide how to spend their money rather than the government . |
| 20 | The right hon. Gentleman wants people to let him spend their money rather than spending it themselves . |
| 21 | Yet they enjoy none of the advantages of debentureholders ; they receive a return on their money only if profits are earned ( and not necessarily even then ) , they rank after creditors on a winding-up and they have less effective remedies against the company . |
| 22 | Firth , Hubert and Forge report that some people get on with their mothers-in-law better than their own mothers , but for the most part these relationships are regarded as likely to be tricky : people treat them as an ‘ occupational risk ’ of marriage and regard themselves as ‘ lucky ’ if they work out satisfactorily ( 1970 , pp. 414–15 ) . |
| 23 | These often involve vowel sounds having their Creole rather than their expected London pronunciations . |
| 24 | It is obviously to their benefit that the specification reflects the strengths and capabilities of their products rather than competition . |
| 25 | He believes that manufacturers simply need to be aware of the electromagnetic environments surrounding their products just as they would be aware of temperatures . |
| 26 | as if to illustrate , Harlow District Council 's controversial capping limit has seen their budget more than halved , with hundreds of redundancies likely to result . |
| 27 | A group of grinning Koreans from Kazakhstan craned their necks skywards as she spun like a top . |
| 28 | Even the Wolfe Tone Societies , the one section of the republican movement which had a well-worked-out strategy for the civil rights movement , were unable to implement their plans exactly as they had intended . |
| 29 | Born in the last months of Queen Victoria 's reign and brought up in the Edwardian era , she encouraged her grandchildren to spend their childhoods much as she and her contemporaries had done before the First World War . |
| 30 | If we sense that academics could improve the quality of their teaching — if , for example , we find that there is a high rate of students failing to complete their courses — the attention of the academics concerned should be directed to their teaching rather than their research activity . |