Example sentences of "their [num ord] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Notwithstanding the reservations of Glynn and Oxborrow it is clear that population growth rates were less than one third of their nineteenth century peaks and the fact is that there was a substantial loss of population from the old industrial areas to the new ones . |
| 2 | THE North West deaf association are holding their 15th anniversary dinner dance at the Broomhill Hotel , Derry , on September 18 at 8pm . |
| 3 | YEOVIL TOWN seek their 15th Football League scalp at Torquay United today . |
| 4 | Three Conference sides beat League clubs , Altrincham claiming their 15th Cup scalp by beating Chester 2–0 . |
| 5 | They died because security screens stopped firemen reaching their 17th floor flat quickly enough when the fire broke out in January . |
| 6 | His wife and children face being turned out of their 17th century farmhouse after 12 years there . |
| 7 | It was only when they saw the picture on the cover of a magazine — on their 38th wedding anniversary — that they realised their kiss had been captured forever . |
| 8 | For their second teaching practice the students will gain experience of years one to three in schools involved in the first three levels of the French for Communication project . |
| 9 | Arising out of the seminar discussions they will design an experiment for their second teaching practice assignment . |
| 10 | After their second teaching practice , which is in a nursery school , the emphasis shifts to the development of literacy in the Infants school . |
| 11 | Neither Haig nor Kendall plans to sleep before their second night shift begins at 6pm . |
| 12 | Some Bills have their Second Reading Stage in Committee . |
| 13 | Bryan , 36 , took the difficult decision to go even though his wife Hilary gave birth to their second daughter Jennifer just three weeks ago . |
| 14 | DEMONSTRATING what bargains are to be had locally , Liphook 's Imperial Cancer Research Fund shop held their second charity fashion show at the Church Centre raising £1,500 . |
| 15 | MIDDLESBROUGH have been hit by injuries as they prepare to concentrate on their Second Division promotion challenge . |
| 16 | Embarking on a spell of 10 games in 25 days , which will decide their Second Division fate , Sunderland let slip a 2–1 advantage they had obtained early in the first half . |
| 17 | A FREE KICK goal two minutes from the end by Jimmy Phillips gave Middlesbrough their first victory , 2–1 over Tranmere , in five League games and improved their Second Division play-off hopes at Prenton Park . |
| 18 | Sunderland 1 Middlesbrough 0 EX-ENGLAND striker Peter Davenport produced one of the best goals of his career to dent the promotion hopes of his old club , Middlesbrough , and give Sunderland a victory which could ensure their Second Division safety . |
| 19 | Dunvant6 Swansea14 SWANSEA reached the Schweppes Cup semi-finals for the third successive season and the 10th time in all as they battled home against their Second Division League neighbours . |
| 20 | DAGENHAM and Redbridge went within an ace of upsetting their Second Division neighbours Orient in the FA Cup , eventually going down 5–4 after twice leading by a two-goal margin . |
| 21 | By Brian Oliver Ipswich 2 Wolves 1 IPSWICH , clearly suffering from the end-of-season jitters afflicting so many of their promotion rivals , needed an 89th-minute penalty to see off an enterprising Wolves side and extend their Second Division lead to seven points . |
| 22 | Scotland 's plight is such that Clyde 's goalkeeper , Scott Howie , will play against the Maltese in the afternoon ( the game has a 1.30pm kick-off ) and then turn out for Clyde in their Second Division match with Queen of the South at Douglas Park at 7.30pm . |
| 23 | Form is no indicator , Arbroath having won their Second Division match with East Fife at Bayview this season before losing on their own ground to the Fifers . |
| 24 | Benson made 107 at Canterbury in Kent 's second innings 231 as they lost by 110 runs to Warwickshire , who like Glamorgan gained their second championship victory to go second in the table behind Surrey . |
| 25 | Benson made 107 at Canterbury in Kent 's second innings 231 as they lost by 110 runs to Warwickshire , who like Glamorgan gained their second championship victory to go second in the table behind Surrey . |
| 26 | And yet the matter was quickly screened out as Pakistan set out to secure the piffling 138 needed for their second Test victory at Lord 's . |
| 27 | ENGLAND were in trouble again in Madras yesterday as their second Test hopes dwindled , with Sachin Tendulkar 's teenage genius , plus important knocks from both Praveen Amre and Kapil Dev , rubbing salt into their wounds . |
| 28 | However , since on can alternate also with first and third person pronouns , which like their second person counterparts can also have definite reference , it is not particularly easy to specify tokens of the alternative class ( see Laberge and Sankoff 1980 : 272ff for a large number of examples ) . |
| 29 | FIREMEN have made their second handcuff rescue in two weeks . |
| 30 | Colchester had their second keeper Nathan Munsen sent-off for this challenge on Derek Hall … |