Example sentences of "their [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those boys are the type of boys , all they want to do is put in their eight hours and go home . |
| 2 | All three lost one of their eight matches , but when it went to the frames count-back All Ireland champion Watson was the group winner with Dale pipping Sharpe for the crucial second place . |
| 3 | The trip will undoubtedly be a learning experience for both Love and the players , and there wo n't be much time for acclimatisation as the Scots , who arrive at their base in Cape Town tomorrow will play the first of their eight matches on Tuesday . |
| 4 | There are very few free weekends for serious bridge players in spring , but 40 teams turned up to enjoy their eight matches . |
| 5 | The first of their eight sons , Robert , was born in 1732 and in the same year Sutton returned to Kenton to start his own practice as surgeon and apothecary . |
| 6 | Although they are not as fast as wolves or horses , spiders can move swiftly over obstacles or rough territory thanks to their eight legs . |
| 7 | On enquiring of the cause , Susa-no-wo was told they had been obliged to offer their eight daughters , one by one , to the eight-headed dragon of Koshi and it was now the turn of the last daughter . |
| 8 | Now the UK 's second largest airline , flies thousands of holiday makers to Jersey and one of their eight airports is , of course , here in Liverpool . |
| 9 | Now the UK 's second largest airline , flies thousands of holiday makers to Jersey and one of their eight airports is , of course , here in Liverpool . |
| 10 | Wakefield , restricted to a penalty goal in the first quarter of an hour , took command in the next 15 minutes to run in three of their eight tries , two by centre Mason , who went on to a hat-trick . |
| 11 | Cardiff swept to a 46-12 win over Aberavon , and their eight tries knocked Swansea off the top of the Heineken League for the first time since February 5 . |
| 12 | It was later converted into a better dwelling , but while they were rearing their eight children during the 1590s and early 1600s Thomas and his wife must have found life hard and unpromising . |
| 13 | Rovers toiled tirelessly and were well worth their eight points from two Martin Pearson goals and an Ian Smales try . |
| 14 | Whereas British companies spent an average of £7.6m per deal on their 278 acquisitions , continental takeovers averaged £23m in 99 deals . |
| 15 | By 1981 , London , Liverpool and Birmingham had lost about 45 per cent of their 1971 totals . |
| 16 | We passed a merchant 's caravan which was stranded ; forty out of their fifty mules were dead . |
| 17 | They capitalized on this well enough by reaching 252 in their fifty overs , and then took two quick wickets when West Indies batted . |
| 18 | Today they are being rewired and repainted in a new livery , giving them a handsome appearance which belies their fifty years . |
| 19 | Whereas previously , however , by deferring their pension individuals could boost the amount above their two-thirds earnings , under a 1989 Budget change this is no longer allowed . |
| 20 | The poise and capability of these young women was impressive , as was the revelation of the varied opportunities available to them in their VI forms . |
| 21 | Similar findings were made by Partin et al who reported that 86% of their 74 patients <3 years of age presented with pain , 97% had stool withholding , and 71% were impacted . |
| 22 | The government is committed to reducing sulphur dioxide emissions by 60 per cent to their 1980 levels by 2005 . |
| 23 | In Western Europe it is estimated that new cars will become , on average , 2% more fuel efficient per year to 1990 , Europe 's motor manufacturers having given the commitment to governments to improve the fuel efficiency of their 1985 models by 10% over the 1978 efficiency level . |
| 24 | As a result , according to the 1985-based projections ( OPCS , 1988 ) , while population increase of 15 per cent or more are expected by the year 2001 in some counties ( e.g. Buckinghamshire , Wiltshire , Cornwall , Shropshire ) , Merseyside stands to lose over 9 per cent and Cleveland and Tyne and Wear both over 5 per cent of their 1985 numbers . |
| 25 | With the withdrawal of Japanese and American buyers , prices for Rodin and Henry Moore now stand slightly below their 1985 levels . |
| 26 | Under the captaincy of McBride and the coaching skills of his Ballymena colleague Syd Millar , the Lions , with nine Irishmen in tow , won 21 of their 22 games , and were only denied a clean sweep when flanker Fergus Slattery was robbed of a try in the dying minutes of the Fourth and Final Test which ended in a 13–13 draw . |
| 27 | Heads of government of CIS member states , meeting in Moscow on Feb. 8 , signed five documents on economic matters , including a five-year agreement on the free transit of goods between CIS states , a ban on the re-export to third states of goods traded between CIS states for domestic consumption , and steep increases in freight and passenger rail costs , to , respectively , 8.3 and three times their end-1991 levels . |
| 28 | He believes they will reach their 34,000 passengers a day by the end of 1993 because ‘ we will be much greener , quicker and more efficient than cars and buses ’ . |
| 29 | They say it would allow them to provide the extra accomodation needed to house all their 300 undergraduates and are prepared to spend £5million buying and converting the building . |
| 30 | Crofting made its impact when we moved house from one of the quiet streets , in the middle of the town , to the road which was planned by a wealthy proprietor as an elegant tree-lined approach to Lews Castle , but which also happened to be the shortest route between a dozen crofting villages , lying to the east of the town , and their 19,000 acres of general common pasture which lay to the west . |