Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] of their [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result is that the majority of women are engaged at least for part of their lives in full-time domestic work , especially while their children are young . |
| 2 | In Pomerania the general impoverishment and the already poor Pomeranian soil meant that very few peasants could gather together enough money to buy their own farm equipment — a necessary prerequisite for purchase of their land from the estate — nor could they ever manage to garner a purchase price that was often the equivalent of over 25 years ' rent . |
| 3 | The IRA regularly attempt to disrupt this line as part of their campaign of economic warfare against the state |
| 4 | As the government of President Paul Biya continued to resist demands for democratic reform , opposition groups decided on Aug. 12 to maintain their call for civil disobedience as part of their campaign for a national conference . |
| 5 | MEMBERS of Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg , the Welsh Language Society , say are set to break into Government and Conservative Party offices as part of their campaign for an independent education system in Wales . |
| 6 | The villagers of Tingewick near Buckingham have been carrying out their own traffic survey as part of their campaign for a bypass . |
| 7 | As part of their campaign against the exportation of live farm animals to Europe , the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is to use newspaper and poster advertisements designed to challenge indifference . |
| 8 | There were meetings with HMIs on diversification , meetings of committees and working parties , and what she describes as ‘ the massive amount of advisory work we undertook with staff from institutions as part of their preparation for validation . |
| 9 | This Act enabled LEAs to arrange for children under school leaving age to have work experience as part of their education in the last year of compulsory schooling . |
| 10 | A useful collection of extracts and texts , including a helpful introduction , is provided by John Hick in The Existence of God , published by the Macmillan Company in 1964 as part of their Problems of Philosophy Series . |
| 11 | So although they also may submit it to us as part of their assessment for a project , I mean we 're at least as interested in the work being useful to the schools and to the students involved . |
| 12 | Whether the employee should undertake some ‘ refresher ’ training as part of their return to work ; |
| 13 | ‘ In a fairy story one of them would ride up to the avenue here on a white horse and say they 'd been wanting you as part of their lives for years , ’ Benny said . |
| 14 | Worse , as part of their service to the client , the auditors may take the lead in suggesting accounting treatments that put the brightest gloss on events . |
| 15 | This notion has been challenged by all manner of grassroots organisations , often as part of their struggle for political emancipation . |
| 16 | You can get them from The Chocolate Soldier in Wellington Court Mews in Darlington , as part of their range of proper Belgian chocolates . |
| 17 | Science staff also spent other money as part of their contribution to the general Challenge topic . |
| 18 | All societies ( not only class societies , according to Althusser ) need ideology as part of their conditions of existence . |
| 19 | In 1986 , for example , the Unionists suspended the normal working of seventeen local authorities they controlled as part of their opposition to an agreement reached between the governments of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland . |
| 20 | HARPY , HWIM and Hearsay-II all have , as part of their definition of the goal-state , the condition that the interpretation should span the entire utterance . |
| 21 | As part of their preparations for the Olympic Games , the Olympic Racing Squad were due to fly to Florida last month for a fortnight 's training camp . |
| 22 | As part of their preparations for the semi-final against Dublin the Derry squad spent the week-end prior to the game at the Slieve Russell Hotel , Ballyconnell and travelled into neighbouring Fermanagh for a practice match . |
| 23 | Early in 1970 the Sunday School tried to collect 3d pieces to ring the church as part of their effort towards the Building Fund . |
| 24 | Unix System Laboratories Inc and the Santa Cruz Operation Inc have both bought licences to Sun Microsystems Inc 's ONC+ for inclusion in UnixWare , as part of their commitment to COSE . |
| 25 | Headteacher Dr. Alan Leech said : ‘ The staff at Bohunt were keen to join the new appraisal system as part of their commitment towards the fullest maintenance to teacher and pupil standards . |
| 26 | As part of their representations on the 1981 Finance Bill , the Law Society recommended that income should not be " relevant income " to the extent that it was paid away to some person other than the recipient of the relevant benefit either before or after the receipt of the relevant benefit as it had by then ceased to be available as a source of funds out of which the relevant benefit could be paid . |
| 27 | During the next few years children are likely to be engaging in more sustained projects as part of their learning of mathematics . |
| 28 | RAPE is frequently used against women as part of their interrogation about criminal or political activity , or as a ‘ proxy ’ assault on relatives who evade capture . |
| 29 | Two teenagers have chosen to bed down for the night in a freezer as part of their training for an expedition to the Artic Circle , They hope that a good night of shivering in sub-zero temperatures will prepare them for the trip . |
| 30 | It is likely that Sky and Eurosport will be taking the role of host broadcaster , which will guarantee sponsors some form of exposure of their products during the Games , from July 14-25 , 1991 . |