Example sentences of "their [noun] ' [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The title of Nigel Osborne 's serenade , Albanian Nights , while moist obviously referring to the disguises assumed by Ferrando and Guglielmo while testing their fiancées ' fidelity in Così fan tutte , is also a metaphorical allusion to our own relationship to the music of the past : ‘ We 've got to recognize that we come into Mozart 's world like characters in disguise : we 've all flown in airplanes , driven fast cars , eaten junk food — things he could n't even have imagined . |
| 2 | They could hear the squealing roars of their pursuers over the tumult of their mounts ' hoofs . |
| 3 | Riven was already thinking of bright hearths and warm beds as they made their way along the summits , following Bicker in single file now , their mounts ' hoofs throwing up bobbles of snow that were swept away into the air as quickly as they were kicked up . |
| 4 | They had overheard nothing of their superiors ' conversation . |
| 5 | This is an example of opportunism by middle managers , due to their superiors ' inability to check their claims about what is actually in the best interests of the firm . |
| 6 | They are paid on the basis of their superiors ' assessments of performance , as in the public sector . |
| 7 | for instance , as Nikitin points out , it is impossible to categorize those garrison troops who undertook private trading against their superiors ' orders , or those private individuals who voluntarily joined armed detachments going out on campaign under orders from Moscow . |
| 8 | She shut her eyes , waiting , hiding from their giants ' toy-shop of beds and cubic rooms . |
| 9 | As heads of the paid service and principal policy advisers , with primary responsibility for implementation of the council decisions and effectiveness of their authorities ' administration as a whole , chief executives are the key-link between their councils and their staffs . |
| 10 | In the meantime , Zealot contingents commanded by a descendant of Judas of Galilee seized the fortress of Masada on the Dead Sea , exterminated the Roman garrison and prepared defensive installations that would withstand their enemies ' siege until A.D. 73 . |
| 11 | In the Declaration , participants challenged their continents ' churches and governments to take urgent steps to put democracy and respect for human rights at the forefront of their agenda . |
| 12 | Most treat the position as purely ceremonial , but they can actively preside over their courts ' proceedings if they choose , and in recent years a few have done so . |
| 13 | Bricklayers ' money wages , apart from a slight fall from 1736 to 1742 , were unchanged from 1717 to 1792 , and their labourers ' rates shared their constancy at a ratio of 3 : 2 . |
| 14 | Industrial goods manufacturers will arrange demonstrations to show their products ' capabilities in use . |
| 15 | In that case the employees , who were warehousemen employed by a company which supplied nuts and bolts , wrote to ten of their employers ' suppliers informing them that they intended to start up in business on their own trading in nuts and bolts , and asking for details of their products . |
| 16 | The employees appealed and it was held , allowing the appeal , that the industrial tribunal had erred in law in holding that an intention to compete in the future with their employers expressed by the employees in letters to their employers ' suppliers was in itself a breach of a duty of fidelity owed by the employees to the employers and that accordingly the dismissals had been unfair . |
| 17 | They are subject to a work permit system which ties them to one job and makes them dependent on their employers ' goodwill to continue their stay in Britain . |
| 18 | A number of economists and politicians have recently proposed that British workers be paid wage rates which change with their employers ' profitability . |
| 19 | The question of the taxation of merchant seamen in respect of travel concessions to their families on their employers ' ships was raised by another speaker and an amendment ( No. 299 ) was tabled to meet their position . |
| 20 | She says : ‘ At the moment , nannies who look after children in their employers ' homes could have a history of the worst child abuse imaginable . |
| 21 | After all , the executives can not then be accused of directly approaching their employers ' rivals . |
| 22 | However , the employees also have responsibilities and are required both to exercise reasonable care , and to cooperate with their employers ' health and safety policies . |
| 23 | There are also specific duties on employees to use equipment in accordance with training they have received and to report dangerous situations and any shortcomings in their employers ' health and safety arrangements . |
| 24 | However , thanks to the ‘ core plus options ’ structure of the Associateship course , introduced as a result of the recommendations of the Wilkinson Committee , individual candidates are not expected to become ‘ Jacks of all trades ’ , but are able to concentrate on specialisms that are in keeping with their own career aspirations and their employers ' needs . |
| 25 | Along with the press and promotion staff , the marketing department has to ensure that every potential record-buyer is aware of their artists ' work . |
| 26 | In addition , they decide the quantity of the initial pressing of their artists ' recordings ( for a new artist 's first single this would be around 5,000 ) ; they liaise with the manufacturing plant to ensure further stock is available if it is needed ; and they avoid producing stock which would probably never be sold . |
| 27 | Although record companies are n't in the business of promoting tours ( see the agent 's article in this book ) , they will lend their support to ensure their artists ' performances are in the right venues . |
| 28 | The trouble is that directors involved in buying the company from existing shareholders clearly face a conflict between their own interests ( as buyers ) and their shareholders ' interests ( as sellers ) . |
| 29 | Corporate funding , which rose to around £30m last year , has its part to play , irritating though it is when executives parade as great patrons while giving away their shareholders ' money . |
| 30 | IT IS sometimes difficult to remember that company directors are merely the custodians of their shareholders ' money , rather than the owners of the business free to do with it what they will . |