Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having made the somewhat contentious statement on Caribbean parents ' distorted appreciation of their function in relation to their children 's formal education , I am left to qualify and substantiate , particularly as it has a weighty bearing on the general argument of the entire book . |
| 2 | The consequence is that Berger and Luckmann and Holzner describe not only human being but also society on the basis of phenomenological introspection ; society is constructed in their description in accord with their image of the ‘ human ’ . |
| 3 | They had a strong incentive to ensure hospitals made efficient use of their money on behalf of their patients ( Glennerster , 1992 ) . |
| 4 | Representatives of indigenous peoples from rainforests across the world , meeting in Penang , Malaysia , have agreed to form a global alliance to further their struggle against threats to their homelands . |
| 5 | The banks normally could not restrict or avoid their liability for breach of their duty of care towards their customers , the plaintiffs in the case , but their lawyers suggested that the deed of release did just that . |
| 6 | Souther Air will happily fly you as a passenger in their Islander from Invercargill to their own airstrip close to tiny Halfmoon Bay , the only township . |
| 7 | The term ‘ self-negotiated ’ can , however , also cause confusion , particularly in language teaching where students see their measure of success in their ability to speak and understand the target language and the progress they make in one particular course book . |
| 8 | Athelstan 's pleasure increased when-he saw that Benedicta , her hair now braided and hidden under a wimple , had a small basket by her side in preparation for their journey to Smithfield . |
| 9 | Many parents bitterly objected to their loss of control over their children ( and particularly to the violence of ritualised corporal punishment ) . |
| 10 | But the others were plainly endorsing her vote of thanks to their host rather than paying tribute to the newly-discovered ‘ communautaire ’ qualities of the Iron Lady . |
| 11 | I was glad to see Ezra , because what biased attitudes he has are so biased that he manages to be , all round , a more generous-minded and discriminating person that others who spread their capacity for bias over their entire mental outlook ’ . |
| 12 | Now the receipt of unsolicited junk mail may seem a relatively trivial matter ( though for some , who seem to regard their letter-box as part of their person , it is an affront ) — and it certainly seems effective as a marketing device . |
| 13 | ‘ Once you accept outside Palestinians , you validate the concept of their right of return to their former homes in what is now Israel , ’ a Likud source said . |
| 14 | Abu Jaber said that " the Palestinian people must be allowed to exercise their right of self-determination in their ancestral homeland " and added : " Let me speak plainly that Jordan has never been Palestine and will not be so . " |
| 15 | We appointed some friendly stewards whose sole job was to encourage people from their point of arrival to their destination . |
| 16 | These channels are the marketing institutions which facilitate the movement of goods and services from their point of production to their point of consumption . |
| 17 | These are marketing institutions set up to facilitate the movement of goods and services from their point of production to their point of consumption . |
| 18 | Both lack a set identity , living without a certitude of their place in relation to their surrounding society . |
| 19 | This will ‘ ground ’ your partner , or put him or her back in touch with their physical body . |
| 20 | All milk processors will need their share of non-producers on their books to create flexibility and maintain supplies from other farmers . ’ |
| 21 | THE ‘ Ascent ’ Movement was started to help the elderly develop their praying in line with their state of life , and look for guidance and help . |
| 22 | At home , then , children are active learners , constructing their knowledge of language from their experience of language in use . |
| 23 | However , one can determine their age by extrapolation from their growth rate . |
| 24 | The way that most materialists try to reconcile their flight from behaviourism with their materialist world picture is to say that when V sees something , and BS observes V 's brain , BS knows everything about V 's mental states that V himself knows , but that he knows about it in a different way . |
| 25 | Later , Jacqui met her kiss for kiss in their lovemaking ; even taking the initiative as they drank of each other 's bodies . |
| 26 | A system that represents speech sounds on the basis of their articulation without regard to their phonemic status . |
| 27 | We do not know whether the [ auditors ] were asked to make the valuation on behalf of the company ( which presumably was interested in the value of its own shares ) or on behalf of [ the buying and selling shareholders ] , nor do we know whether the [ auditors ] charged any fee for this valuation , and , if so , to whom , or whether they made their valuation as part of their ordinary duties as the company 's auditors . |
| 28 | Having celebrated their 5th birthday in style with Beaujolais Nouveau for all clientèle , the Greys salon in have been quietly promoting their commitment to quality with their Customer Service Policy . |
| 29 | Failure to provide this care will not lead to imprisonment unless there is evidence of criminal neglect , but may well reduce or remove their claim to maintenance on their husbands . |
| 30 | Pupils , we say , must revise and redraft their writing in response to their own or other people 's reading of their texts . |