Example sentences of "[prep] their [noun sg] [prep] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With full-back Ian Hunter not appearing Cumbria were in doubt about their line-up until a few minutes before kick-off , but showed no signs of uncertainty when the action began , winning a penalty from their first attack . |
| 2 | Our awards are renowned for their transportability across the many countries in which the Board has been recognised for more than a century . |
| 3 | None of the current generation of sculptors including Cragg , Deacon , Kapoor and Flanagan , is yet sold in large enough numbers at auction to be indexed , though the rise in the retail prices of their work through the latter part of the Eighties was at least as steep as for sculptors with a saleroom record . |
| 4 | He swigged his champagne with such abandon that Ruth knew he had swallowed Maria Luisa 's explanation of their affair with the same ease as she had at first . |
| 5 | Among the men the discussion of politics , the destruction of game , or the dissipation of the ale house was substituted for the duties of their occupation during the former part of the week , and in the remaining three or four days a sufficiency was earned for defraying the current expenses . |
| 6 | They were tipped as a recovery stock after investors had lost much of their money in a few months . |
| 7 | Thus children in a primary school will spend most of their time with the same teacher in any one year , while secondary school pupils will be taught by a variety of different teachers . |
| 8 | Customers of Tamworth can now dispose of their rubbish at the same time as doing their shopping , as there are now recycling facilities in the car park . |
| 9 | If two groups acquiesce in the representation of their perspective through the same array of objects , which for one group is acceptable because it is bright and cheerful , while for the other is acceptable because it enshrines a sense of good design , each may project its own perspective onto the other ; in this case , the object permits the coexistence of two perspectives , rather than the dominance of either . |
| 10 | Soldiers of the Second Battalion of the Light Infantry Regiment carried the body of their colleague into the same church where he was baptised just over eighteen years ago . |
| 11 | Presumably Domark wanted to show off the abilities of their creation in the same way that demo programmers wish to make a name for themselves in the programming world . |
| 12 | After they 've scalded my ears with their abuse for a few weeks , and paraded my wreckage before the assembled ranks as an edifying example of what not to do and how not to do it , they will probably just turn me into a stone gargoyle on the roof of some Gothic cathedral . |
| 13 | Fish are not capable of establishing a relationship with their owner in the same way as dogs and cats , but I 'm convinced that my Koi can distinguish me from other people approaching the pond . |
| 14 | By identifying gaps in their documentation in the same way as . |
| 15 | In the predominantly German districts of northwest Pomerania , however , 14 of the 34 districts recorded a decline in their population in the same period . |
| 16 | From their article on the latter it is clear that Taskopruzade and Mecdi suppose him to have been located at the Zincirli medrese at Aksaray in Karaman at the time of Molla Fenari 's period of study with him . |
| 17 | In comparison to their parent of the same sex , those who responded to the questionnaire were more likely to be engaged in non-manual occupations ( difference 4.2% to 28% for men and 2.7% to 28.7% for women ) . |
| 18 | Having filled their buckets with bright red liquid ( thanks for the colouring ) contestants in Blind-man 's buff had to rely on shouts from supporters to get back to their corner with a few drops left in the buckets — no thanks to members of the Summer Fayre committee who kept moving the obstacles — just in case it good too easy you understand ! |
| 19 | Soon the fading sky would be full of bombers from neighbouring air fields and others further north , all on their way to the same distant target — Hamburg , Berlin , the Ruhr . |
| 20 | ARTS centre staff are celebrating after hearing they will receive a £40,000 boost to improve facilities at their home in a former church . |
| 21 | Had the two been at their prime in the same era Scotland 's midfield would have made Dirty Harry look like a wimp . |