Example sentences of "[prep] their [noun pl] [be] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that one of the reasons why the companies were prepared to invest so much in the provision of housing for their workmen was because they could influence employees living in company houses at the pit gates far more effectively than those living in a more mixed community several miles from their place of work . |
| 2 | Katz and Kahn have since developed their ideas and have suggested that the reason why the most effective managers show consideration and understanding towards their subordinates is because they supple formal position in the organisation and appreciate that their employees : |
| 3 | The agreed version of their origins is that they were lepers or the descendants of lepers , whom no local community would accept as neighbours . |
| 4 | One of their advantages is that they are an early potato which comes to maturity in autumn . |
| 5 | Perhaps the furthest idea from their hearts was that they were going to be attacked . ’ |