Example sentences of "[verb] be their [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This modern justification of the discretionary power of corporate managers has a parallel in administrative law where we find that one of the arguments used to legitimate conferring discretionary power on administrative agencies has been their expertise and special competence in a particular field . |
| 2 | ONE OF the beauties of doing the football pools over the years has been their simplicity , writes Mike Aitken . |
| 3 | Under his control , the LMP show in these two highly contrasted works from 1785–6 that the blend of tonal balance and stylistic accuracy which has been their trademark ever since the group was founded is better than ever . |
| 4 | Saints did show the free-running , slick football that has been their trademark this season late in the second half . |
| 5 | 1991 has been their year , achieving mass recognition with the stunning ‘ Gold Mother ’ album and the Top-5 chart hit single ‘ Sit Down ’ . |
| 6 | Their fame in this regard has been their undoing and has caused the needless persecution and destruction of countless millions of harmless reptiles . |
| 7 | Spartak have a good reputation away from the Lenin Stadium and the Kop will need to be at its most intimidating to be of any help to a Liverpool side whose only consistency this season has been their inconsistency . |
| 8 | One of the strengths of the company has been their ability to produce films with a wide range of styles and subject , without losing their commitment to brave and adventurous film-making . |
| 9 | The unrest has been their making . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps most striking , has been their persistence even in the new science-based industries of the twentieth century [ Pagnamenta and Overy , 1984 ] . |
| 11 | This has been their trail to the semi-final , Bristol being the hardest test , but a look at the Bath cup record shows you what great cup campaigners they are . |
| 12 | ‘ Such has been their success that a couple of the staff are taking evening classes to extend and improve their skills at cake decorating , ’ she added . |
| 13 | Most Super-Sprinter services are based on hourly or two-hourly clock-face timings , and a feature of their operation has been their reliability , much in the face of opposition from traditional railway operators who originally rejected out of hand the idea that end-on services could be linked up without transferring delays from one part of the system to another . |
| 14 | One of the most impressive aspects of Rangers ' form this season — particularly in Europe — has been their team spirit . |
| 15 | It has been their job to see that local councils do not spend money on activities which can not be justified by statute . |
| 16 | ‘ The most significant factor about the baby-boomers has been their reluctance to give up their youthfulness . |
| 17 | One of the most characteristic feature of modern Marxists has been their refusal to engage in any serious debate with ‘ bourgeois ’ critics or rival theories . |
| 18 | Another persistent neurosis for the county has been their running between the wickets . |
| 19 | A curious feature of extreme right-wing groups in Western Europe since the last war has been their adherence to anti-semitism . |
| 20 | What he was denying was their ability to achieve the outcomes to which the opportunities for mutually advantageous trade clearly pointed . |
| 21 | Each was a romantic saga in miniature and each had the same basic plot : in a variety of vaguely 1930s settings , James played a wealthy philanderer who appeared to have a fetish about tea since the common feature of the married women he pursued was their taste for Trumper 's Tea Bags . |
| 22 | Bill Walker , MP , who has criticised the Scottish Office for what he says is their failure to help the family , said : ‘ I will be here when they come to evict the family and I will stand shoulder to shoulder with them . ’ |
| 23 | If they change their minds , the most they can expect is their funds returned without interest ; at worst they could lose some or all of their money . |
| 24 | It therefore seems probable that what the early personality studies of living creative subjects had revealed was their tendency to the schizoidness of which Bleuler writes , and which would now be referred to as ‘ schizotypy ’ . |
| 25 | When the shift of emphasis from moral to liturgical kingship came , it must be seen in the changing political context of ninth- and tenth-century Europe , and the emergence of new dynasties all over the once-unified empire of Charlemagne ; one of their principal qualifications to rule was their capacity to defeat external enemies . |
| 26 | All you can see are their eyes . |
| 27 | Perhaps what is needed is their inclusion , as Patricia Holland suggests in her book ‘ What is a Child ? |
| 28 | The striking quality of the final group of poems that I want to discuss is their mutuality and reciprocity . |
| 29 | The tests may indeed produce something of a learning-for-the-test mentality , and the extent to which the tests pose a problem will depend a lot on the kinds of pupils : how well the values implicit in the school ethos match and are supported by those of their home , and how far advanced is their disaffection with school . |
| 30 | Nothing to worry about , no expenses , everything 's taken care of , the only thing they have n't got is their freedom , but they 've got everything else . |