Example sentences of "their [noun] as they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Psychologists , analysts and therapists often hold strong fundamental allegiances to one set of theories or another , but then temper their views as they are influenced by other approaches . |
| 2 | Their grey sandy fur was ruffed out for warmth and occasionally he saw the snarl of their teeth as they turned for a moment on each other in play . |
| 3 | Children will encounter the Christian Church in the outside world , and will meet with Christianity among their contemporaries as they grow up , even if they have not met it at home . |
| 4 | He and the other members of the company were picking out shapeless ingots , precious gems and buckled coins , licking their fingers as they burnt them , as if they were pulling roast chestnuts out of a grate . |
| 5 | This they achieved by switching off their tacographs as they were loading making it look as if they were at rest . |
| 6 | We have undertaken a considerable change from direct to indirect taxes , which is absolutely right because it enables many more people to spend their money as they wish . |
| 7 | Some gradually lost their memory and all their skills as they aged , and were classified as suffering from senile dementia . |
| 8 | Demos are an excellent way for amateur programmers to hone their skills as they can set themselves any task they wish to perfect , be it exciting text scrollies , explosive FX , multiple sprite animation ( mention sprite masking and you 're a dead man ! — Ed ) , rotation , scaling or just about any other facet that makes Commodore games so wild ‘ n ’ wonderful . |
| 9 | Shortly after his arrival he got together a conference of Anglo-Burmans , who agreed that when they returned to Burma they would ally themselves more closely with the people of the country rather than as exclusively with the British side of their heritage as they had tended to do in pre-war days . |
| 10 | He did n't glance in their direction as they left . |
| 11 | Remove suckers at their base as they appear , also any sideshoots from standard stems . |
| 12 | Powell 's appointment following the demurral of the National Gallery 's first choice , John Walsh of the Getty , surprised many observers , curators and dealers alike , all of them as free with their opinions as they are reluctant to be named . |
| 13 | Many bishops emerged as the saviours of their cities as they arranged for famine relief and secured the ransom of prisoners during the years of crisis . |
| 14 | Firms have not boosted their exports as they could have done but have simply increased their profit margins on existing sales . ’ |
| 15 | There was no dispute about the fact that on 25 January 1990 , when the agreement was made , the Ledingham-Smiths could not pay their debts as they fell due , but they thought that if the business could be sold with an adequate payment for goodwill , all creditors would be paid in full . |
| 16 | To deter them , the Dinamo side linked arms with their opponents as they left the pitch . |
| 17 | SUNDERLAND rode their luck as they eased relegation fears with a 1–0 win at DERBY thanks to Don Goodman 's 16th-minute strike . |
| 18 | The league champions could scarcely believe their luck as they then moved into overdrive scoring four tries in the final quarter without reply . |
| 19 | The Ruiari Og outfit swamped Loughguile in he semi-final — a win that bolstered confidence in their camp as they bid for back-to-back honours . |
| 20 | But when Diversion hit their stride as they do tonight with the EP 's lead track , ‘ Cheese ’ , they can make guitar pop which is unpredictable and original , seething with speedy adrenalin , immediately catchy and funkily danceable . |
| 21 | They had to take their places on a enormous swing ; once seated it was lowered from the flies until the audience could only see their legs as they went through their act . |
| 22 | She really wanted them to burn tonight , to feel the heat between their legs as they watched the glowing monitors . |
| 23 | The Farm represent everything utterly obnoxious about this country , probably not their fault as they never had a decent education , but glorifying football thuggery , provincial mediocrity and small-minded plebbiness only encourages the pettiness of our current society . |
| 24 | Rather than let them squander the meagre fruits of their labour as they saw fit , their output had to be confiscated by the state for more long-lasting purposes . |
| 25 | The leader of a research establishment might adopt a laissez- faire style , giving individual research workers freedom of choice to organise and conduct their research as they themselves want ( within certain limits , such as budget spending limits ) . |
| 26 | My client wonders if the police have been as thorough in their research as they seem to imply . |
| 27 | Swamping future historians with vast amounts of digital information may impede their research as they attempt to navigate through it . |
| 28 | So we see the two TV images , Sally 's sharp and contrasty , Harry 's dull and grey , and the backs of their heads as they converse , with their heads virtually touching except that they are divided by the split and , of course , by the distance between their apartments . |
| 29 | A couple of men waved white handkerchief frantically above their heads as they walked gingerly to where other forms were lying , deadly still . |
| 30 | Fierce Eyes and his mother used nets to catch them , stamping on their heads as they struggled in the loose , confining space . |