Example sentences of "on their [noun] ' [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pepper v Hart centred on the amount of tax that classics master John Hart and a number of his colleagues should pay on their sons ' subsidised places at the school . |
| 2 | On came the Rutshire in their Prussian-blue shirts , Prussian-blue bandages on their ponies ' gleaming legs . |
| 3 | He boasted of his ‘ loyal American underground ’ who informed on their colleagues ' ideological impurities of deed or word . |
| 4 | However , there is evidence to suggest that some women distrusted other methods of birth control , and particularly that of male withdrawal ; not all women could reckon on either being able to ‘ push him out of the way when I think it 's near ’ , or on their husbands ' constant exercise of self-control . |
| 5 | This new legislation would create , in particular : a right for users of public services to restrain unlawful industrial action ; the provision of a right for union members to obtain more information on their unions ' financial affairs , including union leaders ' salaries ; protection against the use of what are called ‘ check-off ’ arrangements under which subscriptions to the union are deducted from the workers ' pay ; and greater freedom for people to join the union of their choice . |
| 6 | Over the next few days , Syrian George taped an assortment of Arab cab-drivers in Tel Aviv broadcasting on taxi frequencies with r bits and pieces of low-level intelligence picked up from observations while driving around town and from eavesdropping on their fares ' back-seat conversations . |