Example sentences of "are [adj] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question is whether , since no children were born to the testator , the slaves are due their freedom at once . |
| 2 | But now in our action round-up we 're off to Kingsholm , where Gloucester are kicking-off their new season tomorrow |
| 3 | Some are afraid their children will grow up like him . |
| 4 | Most will be reluctant to undergo assessment , either because they are involved in criminal activity or they expected to be subjected to a judgmental and disapproving attitude towards themselves , or because they are afraid their children may be removed from them . |
| 5 | He is one of hundreds of sheep farmers who are convinced their illness — often accompanied by nausea , headaches , blurred vision and muscle spasms — is caused by organophosphorus ( OP ) compounds in sheep dip . |
| 6 | Patients are delighted their local hospital has been saved from the axe . |
| 7 | make sure they are lying on their side so that if they are sick their vomit wo n't stop them breathing |
| 8 | Where currents are feeble their role may lie principally in determining the direction of fall of particles raised into suspension by wave action . |
| 9 | And if they are black their disadvantage is multiplied . |
| 10 | But managers of top clubs like Arsenal , Manchester United and Liverpool are unhappy their players will be forced to end a long , gruelling season with a tough tour . |
| 11 | Hull KR are confident their players ' strike will be settled at a further meeting tonight . |
| 12 | But even that is better than many other counties … and officers are confident their successful crackdown on crime will continue . |
| 13 | While Judith , Rachel and Karen are sure their partners are happy to go along with the little alterations they try to make , Zelda says that interfering too much can prove to be very dangerous to a relationship . |
| 14 | [ Since the polynomials bdF and acGH are equal their contents must be . ] |
| 15 | If clods and stones are present their removal prior to planting can help to reduce tuber damage . |
| 16 | After recent bad weather and rough seas , local farmers are concerned their land is literally disappearing into the sea . ’ |
| 17 | As far as the actors themselves are concerned their mutual relationship is their mutual interactive behaviour . |
| 18 | The girls have now been moved to Bullwood Prison , near Southend but Ann and her husband Derek — a contract cleaner — are hopeful their girls will be home again for the New Year . |
| 19 | And Pendleton 's managers are hopeful their sales will continue to soar when their famous Twicer ice lolly is relaunched next week . |
| 20 | He and other stars who fought to save the show are bitter their Pounds 600,000-a-year roles are finished . |
| 21 | Even when they are silent their example in attitude and behaviour has a direct bearing upon the way their role is perceived by the congregation . |