Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Snyder ( 1982 , Appendix B ) lists 20 map projections used by the US Geological Survey , and individual states make use of their own projections and grids . |
| 2 | There was a quiet wedding , which the children did not attend , and Pamela became part of their household . |
| 3 | A month later , the CAA notified Virgin of their decision . |
| 4 | The rather weary drawing of parallels between animals and instances of human retardation diverts attention from their true source of value to us . |
| 5 | Started in 1990 , the RIGS scheme aims to build a network of local groups gathering information on their areas and liaising with local authorities and others to improve protection of sites of particular importance . |
| 6 | In a two-person economy ( A and B ) , efficient provision involves summation of their marginal benefits , so that |
| 7 | Lienhardt , as an anthropologist , leaves that question alone and is concerned simply with the different ways in which people in different cultures make sense of their worlds , without attempting to attribute greater truth to any one way as , by definition , the attribution of ‘ objectivity ’ does . |
| 8 | The local authorities were to be the main organisers of hospital provision , combining together in joint authorities to plan care in their areas , including the voluntary sector . |
| 9 | IBM Corp 's Distributed Relational Database Architecture , rival to the SQL Access Group 's RDA , is beginning to find its way into third party products , and Object Technology International Inc and XDB Systems Inc each announced products to provide access from their database products to IBM 's relational database managers — see page two . |
| 10 | Young people , the unemployed and women returning to work after a long period at home will have to show extra ingenuity to extract evidence of their work skills and potential from their life history . |
| 11 | Shetlanders would point to the names and addresses of those mentioned in press reports of local court cases to provide evidence for their viewpoint . |
| 12 | The work of COPPES is but a small indication of the determination and resolve of the women prisoners to demand respect for their human rights , Despite their exceptionally disheartening conditions , they have Protested using all the means at their disposal and have carried out educational and political activities designed to support the work of the FDR-FMLN : |
| 13 | Potential clients made contact through their GP or simply by calling in to the project 's information and advice shop on Dalry Road . |
| 14 | It should be possible for clergy and teachers to ensure both that churches include some of the school 's repertoire in their own , and that schools make room in their assemblies for some traditional hymns . |
| 15 | At the beginning of the year , the drivers make application for their super-licence , a recently introduced , sensible measure designed to make it more difficult for the totally unqualified to buy themselves drives . |
| 16 | Most schools given control over their budget have been able to make savings on heating and lighting without much difficulty — savings which should go to education in the classroom . |
| 17 | Only when they had gained experience of the re-heat sets at Dunston ( in 1952 ) did they concede its flexibility , and re-heat became standard in their new stations from then onwards . |
| 18 | Geographically and socially static populations combined with the mobility of capital result in which he sees as ‘ factions ’ of classes combining with each other in an attempt to attract capital to their locality . |
| 19 | A United Nations air traffic and arms embargo against Libya was starting today over its refusal to extradite the two suspects to Britain or the United States to stand trial for their alleged involvement in the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in December 1988 , which killed 270 people . |
| 20 | You also comment on the willingness of even those people who have suffered directly from terrorist violence to find forgiveness in their hearts . |
| 21 | Grassroots organizations reported harassment of their members , and priests close to President Aristide went into hiding , in fear for their safety . |
| 22 | The HMI survey of English as a second language in six LEAs ( published 1988 ) found that , on balance , the children in the survey made most progress where the programme to provide help with their English was designed to support the mainstream curriculum but with the oral component heightened . |
| 23 | He says that politicians could put pressure on manufacturers to increase security in their new cars . |
| 24 | Those products of reproduction — children — that are best adapted to the current circumstances will generally survive until they are of a suitable age to reproduce , passing on at least some of the characteristics favouring survival to their own children : those who are poorly adapted to the current circumstances will , in general , either die young or be unable to find a mate . |
| 25 | Wearside golf club played host to their fellow centurians City of Newcastle golf club last weekend 98 years since the club had first contested a game . |
| 26 | In most cases the issue raises no problems , but estranged parents using the child to fight their bat ties or rebellious teenagers seeking recognition of their maturity and autonomy against over-protective or interventionist parents may see it as an important issue of principle . |
| 27 | ‘ We have now to build on the satisfaction our clients have expressed with our service and move up a gear to create delight in their view of us . ’ |
| 28 | At the Buckinghamshire contest , the Whigs ' supporters put wool in their hats , " saying " t was all going into France , and they were resolved to keep some o n't , before " t was all gone " . |
| 29 | Functional and compositional asymmetry is a characteristic of all membranes , and membrane proteins show asymmetry in their homeostatic maintenance of the cytoplasm . |
| 30 | After an opening sample of Bob Hoskins from The Long Good Friday , ‘ Killing Season ’ sees Gunshot calling time on their fellow UK crews . |