Example sentences of "in their [noun pl] [conj] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In most areas , the door would be slammed in their faces because of the housing department 's assumption that owner-occupiers can meet their own housing needs . |
| 2 | The two leaders expressed enthusiasm in developing closer ties between their countries during the 1990s and referred to the Malta summit in December 1989 [ see pp. 37110-12 ] as a turning point in their relations and in the disarmament talks . |
| 3 | Theorists may also be more difficult to follow in their arguments because of a current of polemic with which a reader may not be familiar . |
| 4 | The Brigades carry out ‘ acts of repudiation ’ which usually involve accosting known or suspected dissidents in their homes or in the street , chanting pro-government slogans and sometimes physically attacking them . |
| 5 | Is not the simple truth that the Government do not give a damn about law and order and do not care about the safety of people in their homes and on the streets ? |
| 6 | ‘ They all had it in for Jonathan and they did what they could to harm him , but they were glad enough of his money , of his custom in their shops and of the work he provided . ’ |