Example sentences of "[det] be [prep] their [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gushing statements to the young person about how this is for their own good , or ‘ this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you ’ ( attitudes which are still prevalent ) are quite unhelpful , virtually damaging in fact . |
| 2 | This is despite their repeated claims that the act , which tightens up rules on the safety inspection of large dams and calls for a national register of dams , was necessary . |
| 3 | If one looks at the speeches , reads the pamphlets and studies the discussions of Councils one sees that an aggressive political tone was never far from the surface and this was before their wholesale involvement in the debates over the 1902 Education Act . |
| 4 | A significant proportion of the population seems to eat less on Mondays ; not so many are on their new diet by the time Sunday comes around . |
| 5 | So it meant that by the end of the war , the railway stock , the carriages , locomotives and all that was on their last stages . |
| 6 | Now regular feeds with the dried milk brought in by the RAF , mean most are near their normal body weight . |
| 7 | Since leaving the hospital Laura had felt much more in accord with Ross , united as they both were by their deep concern for the twins and their parents . |