Example sentences of "in their [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Individual cars differ only in their serial numbers . |
| 2 | Rattles shaped like pigs and owls with dried seeds in their hollow bellies . |
| 3 | Perhaps , more cynically , some clinicians are uneasy about information on their activities and costs being readily available fearing that RMI will ultimately be a means of control or reduction in their allocated budgets . |
| 4 | The Walton school scored 68 , thanks to excellent batting by Stuart Ferguson and Kevin Smith , then restricted Blue Coat to 65 in their allocated overs . |
| 5 | The aircraft , in their allocated categories , were required to have their climb performance before and after an engine failure demonstrated and measured . |
| 6 | When the systems of government in Britain , the United States , most of Western Europe and much of the Commonwealth are claimed to be democratic , that rests upon a view that a form of representation of the people prevails in their governmental systems . |
| 7 | The rule protected States from intervention by other States in their external affairs and maintained the inherent bilateralism of international law . |
| 8 | Other reasons are less obvious , for firms have not merely reacted to change in their external environments ; many have actively sought to create new , internal sources of advantage . |
| 9 | He was deeply immersed in their ancient cultures as the considerable library in his cabin bore testimony . |
| 10 | As his sailing trips became longer , so his management team took over running the business , and it is now left in their capable hands , recently spawning a sibling company — Wild Rover , Graham is survived by his wife Maude and their three sons , Donald , Rory and Christopher . |
| 11 | It will be in their capable hands and ( need I add ? ) |
| 12 | Small in scale , we thought , but in their capable hands individual movements take on seemingly larger architectural proportions , thanks to their pacing and articulation . |
| 13 | When dealing with those adversely affected by the occult and in need of deliverance , the ouija board is one constantly arising factor in their sad histories . |
| 14 | There , beavering away in their individual boxes , were other Eurocrats surrounded , it seemed , by shelvesful of dossiers and files . |
| 15 | Both applicants have subsequently appealed to the Court of Appeal against the Divisional Court 's finding and , in the alternative , against the Visitors ' findings in their individual cases . |
| 16 | But conservatives claim that this sort of argument leads to the destruction of the moral foundations on which the social order is built : ‘ men can not for long tolerate a sense of spiritual meaningless in their individual lives , so they can not for long accept a society in which power , privilege , and property are not distributed according to some morally meaningful criteria ’ . |
| 17 | THE Belfast & District League are incensed with the non appearance of too many competitors in their individual championships this season . |
| 18 | The Coordinator is responsible to the Head of Area Staff for the work patterns of Area Secs and Admin Assistants in their individual regions for matters dealing with resources . |
| 19 | People vary tremendously in their individual requirements for dietary energy ( kcalories/kJoules ) . |
| 20 | David Grindley 's splendid 400 metres comeback victory earned him £20,000 , and six other Britons will be banking handsome cheques from the £1.5m spectacular athletics ' richest-ever following top three placings in their individual events . |
| 21 | Heads who are asked where that combination took its origin in their individual histories make it clear that it did not come from training . |
| 22 | There are many topographical names which have lasted down to the present in a perfectly straightforward fashion ( the articles or toponymical qualifiers being dropped ) , such as Field , Bridge , Ford , Green , Lake , Lane , Orchard , Townsend , Gate and so on , but others are less obvious in their modern guises — Atwell and Attwood , Byfield and Byway are clear enough as examples in which the definite article has become assimilated , but others like Boveton = above town , and Binetheton — below town , are not so obvious at first sight , neither are Biart — dweller near the enclosure , Stanners = dweller at the stone house , or Leese = dweller by the pasture . |
| 23 | There are other law officers who are politicians and members of the government , all of whom are expected to act impartially in their legal functions , but there is obviously scope for ambiguity and interpretation here . |
| 24 | For example , regulatory agencies should be strengthened , particularly in their legal departments , so that it would be possible to nurture a pool of state lawyers sufficiently specialized and experienced to be a fair match for corporate lawyers . |
| 25 | We have recorded it in their current accounts . |
| 26 | Twenty-four have been told that their application was approved in principle , 69 applications turned down and will now either stay in their current jobs or be redeployed . |
| 27 | They took with them packed lunches , jewellery , silver penknives , enamelled badges , Art Nouveau watches , substantial amounts of silver and gold coinage — not to mention the fascinating tools and equipment carried in their bulging rucksacks and bicycle bags . |
| 28 | During their three-year training , which is a combination of theory and practice , it is a normal experience for students , as their bodies recover natural balance , to go through periods of deep and intense weeping after which there is significant improvement in their postural skills . |
| 29 | David and Julia and the other court personnel had been in their appointed seats for an hour and a half before the proceedings began . |
| 30 | And although my initial work was with the individual child , I found that in a large number of cases , the parental interest was of a high order and , and the children 's willingness to involve parents in their behavioural difficulties was also of a high order , so I found myself working not just within the school , not just with the child , but in a parent-child situation . |