Example sentences of "it was their " in BNC.
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| 91 | WHEN JOY Division recorded ‘ Closer ’ , they were n't to know it was their last album . |
| 92 | It was their first major flight away from the barn , and of course we did n't know then it was to be their last . |
| 93 | Traditionally , individuals have been the central feature of attempts to understand corporate crime , but unfortunately for criminology , it was their pathological characteristics which were advanced as the cause of their deviations . |
| 94 | Lutyens 's family were brought up to believe that it was their father who invented Nanna , and that it was from their own night nursery window in Bloomsbury Square that Wendy and the boys flew with Peter Pan to the Neverland . |
| 95 | It was their right . |
| 96 | It was their turn to do the talking ; he would manage better without Bacci now . |
| 97 | Apart from that , there 's a certain justification for the MC4 clasping the live album nettle — given that it was their constant , sometimes belligerent belief in gigging that helped them establish themselves in the first place . |
| 98 | On March 7th , against Wales at Twickenham , we all witnessed at least two acts of complete thuggery when not only were English players stamped on but it was their heads which came in for rough treatment . |
| 99 | The 34027 Locomotive Group still retain the prestigious opportunity of being able to say that it was their locomotive which took the first train hauled by a steam locomotive into Waterloo after some 25 years . |
| 100 | It was their fence , and it was coming down , and she had pointed that out to Frederick , and she had known he would n't do anything about it , any more than he would buy himself new underpants . |
| 101 | It was their way , the men from the Department of Public Security , to take one man , and then trawl through his family for any small hint of the cancer of dissent . |
| 102 | Although they were the servants of governments whose interests it was their duty to uphold unreservedly , it was easier in such a setting than it is today to recognize certain common interests . |
| 103 | The pupils of this generation of sociologists are people like Howard Becker and Erving Goffman , and it was their work in the 1960s that gave a new lease of life to ethnographic research after it had fallen into some disuse , in British sociology at least , in the 1950s . |
| 104 | The Committee felt that it was their duty to state that in their opinion , before the whole building was completely furnished and every necessary article provided , the total deficiency would not amount to less than £1,000 ‘ Many opulent individuals of the County have hitherto withheld their contributions ; but application by letter has been made to them all ; and no doubt can be entertained by your Committee of their ultimate assistance and support . |
| 105 | Heather Wing , chairwoman of the National Association of Inspectors and Registration Officers , said it was their duty to comment on corporal punishment which affected the welfare of children . |
| 106 | What if it was their duty to hope ? |
| 107 | Beyond question , Moses Buchanan and his son bargained for their votes on the actual day of election , and indeed as Sir James acknowledges , it was their votes which carried his election . |
| 108 | Cooperation with the professionals required acceptance of the framework within which John 's needs had been professionally cast : that it was their deficits as parents which had created John 's needs . |
| 109 | The values and beliefs of the reformers were enshrined in the law ; ‘ it was their law that the drinkers had to avoid . ’ |
| 110 | For Lindsay Weir , who had been given the nickname of ‘ Dad ’ since his Mt Albert Grammar schooldays , and for Jack Kerr it was their first trip away with the New Zealand team . |
| 111 | But there was nothing conservative about the way in which Louis and his successor exploited the bishop of Clermont 's complaints against the count of the Auvergne to secure a foothold in the county ; it was their preparatory work that made possible Philip Augustus ' annexation of the Auvergne to the royal demesne . |
| 112 | The Times recorded that this was their sixth partnership of over 150 ; the Telegraph that it was their seventh century stand ; while the Guardian made it the eighth . |
| 113 | If people lived mean , dirty , anti-social lives it was their mean environments , made by dirty , anti-social government policies , that made them so . |
| 114 | For those who work outside the home , out of many choices , it was their ‘ relationship with colleagues ’ that gives them the most satisfaction ( 80% ) , with flexibility of working hours ( 68% ) and pay ( 60% ) trailing behind . |
| 115 | It was their intention to concentrate on foreign students learning the English language for professional examinations . |
| 116 | The most important interview was with the 2ème Bureau , the Military branch of French Intelligence ; it was their opinion which was ultimately decisive . |
| 117 | They were panicking as it was their lack of observation which had led to the two getting away unseen . |
| 118 | Franks contended it was undesirable in principle that the appointment of so many chairmen and members of individual tribunals should rest with the departmental Ministers concerned , when it was their own departments which frequently would be a party to proceedings before a tribunal . |
| 119 | The Cabinet first considered whether it was their duty to advise Parliament that the abolition of the death penalty would involve serious risks to law and order . |
| 120 | This , of course , could be said of any of Edward 's leading associates , since it was their relationship to the crown which allowed them to draw lesser royal servants into their service . |