Example sentences of "[conj] their [noun] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We hope that their experience of both SCOTVEC and centres will strengthen the systems verifier team and increase the support that we give to centres . |
| 2 | The question is whether the institutions will adopt the same rather altruistic attitude that they did then now that their income from even the best-performing companies will shrink permanently unless action is taken by the companies to leave them with the same net effect . |
| 3 | If we relate Prague School theory and Jakobson 's poetics to the five questions about the literary text listed in our introduction , we will find , not surprisingly , that their position in almost every respect is substantially the same . |
| 4 | The characteristic of less developed countries is that their consumption of both wood and steel , that is the total tonnage of their artifacts , is less . |
| 5 | It began to look as if the way was clear for members of the department to take any action they chose , in the sure knowledge that their decisions on how to deal with problems such as the W family would be implemented . |
| 6 | Within a few years other reformers , including Wilberforce and Clarkson , recognised that their belief in virtually automatic improvement in the population and condition of slaves was naïve . |
| 7 | They were more influenced than their predecessors by consciously held and relatively sophisticated beliefs and less by unthinking traditional assumptions . |
| 8 | In these countries , producers of non-traded goods would also tend to get lower wages than their counterparts in more productive economies . |
| 9 | For example , Hannan ( 1969 ) found that the number of young people in an area tended to increase outmigration , as the more able young left to follow the kind of careers not available in rural areas , though Grafton ( 1982 ) has argued that young people do not outmigrate from remote rural areas at a faster rate than their counterparts in less remote rural areas , and that any decline in such areas is due to lower levels of immigration , rather than higher rates of outmigration . |
| 10 | Most of the old prisoners were there because they personally had no wish to escape , and although their reasons for not wishing to were usually quite sensible and not always selfish it was difficult for a new prisoner to grasp them . |
| 11 | The ‘ history of the common man ’ ( that is , the history unspecialized people make ) may be moonshine by professional standards , but it shapes people 's understanding of the world , and their decisions about how to act , like any other assimilated experience . |
| 12 | Employers and their relations and their agencies of either Armitage Shanks or The Brass Tacks Publishing Company Limited are not eligible . |
| 13 | No industry that I know would ever have publicly exposed such a failure and their frankness in so doing should do nothing but increase public confidence in the honesty and integrity of those concerned and also in their total commitment to the safe and efficient operation of the station . |
| 14 | Some Parables of the Kingdom of Heaven and their Meanings for Today |
| 15 | Lyclear , a new cream rinse applied after the hair had been shampooed , will kill both headlice and their eggs in just ten minutes , if used correctly . |
| 16 | Third , there are the instances in which the array of subjects and modules across the Course , combined with external pressures and challenges , have facilitated the invention of new fields , and their development at significantly less cost than would have been the case without the modular scheme . |
| 17 | Little did the inhabitants know that they were shovelling gold , ‘ white gold ’ , and that the ensuing gold rush would one day change their lives and their mountains for ever . |
| 18 | Again , such powerful memories among the very old of pre-war Britain , and their sense of very injured oppression . |
| 19 | The project will achieve this by providing documented examples of successful technological product innovations and their management in newly established and small(er) firms . |
| 20 | Exorcisms and their Message for Today |
| 21 | Healing Miracles and their Message for Today |
| 22 | Questions that had been submerged ( such as whether the world is becoming more secular ) have re-surfaced and been rephrased to take account of the complexities of religious beliefs and practices , and their relationship with both the individual and the increasingly complex wider society . |
| 23 | The assurance eventually came from the ARC literally minutes before the final deadline set by the Task Force for their abandonment of the project , and their promise to publicly disclose their reasons . |
| 24 | yeah and , and erm I would probably argue that the peasants set up their , some of their mutual aid associations and their associations to actually restore some of the er perks that they 'd had before |
| 25 | The Bees did n't know who to mark as United switched their play and their players to totally confuse them with classy running that carried the hallmarks of good coaching . |
| 26 | So amongst tabloid readers generally , but especially amongst Sun/Star readers , there was a dramatic difference between their overwhelming preference for television as a source of information and their reliance upon both press and television for helping them decide how to vote . |
| 27 | At the same time , however , it should be recognized that not all parties retain their vitality , or even survive at all , that new parties emerge , and may quickly become powerful , as happened with the socialist parties in Europe , and that parties may change their character and their policies without necessarily changing their names . |
| 28 | It was felt that central government was at the core of many of the problems , but also to be considered was the mis-management of the NIHE Board and their failure to properly consult and allow the full participation of the tenants themselves , who more often than not are the best experts needed . |
| 29 | In any organisation where the personnel can relate themselves and their role to clearly defined objectives , they will be motivated by team effort . |
| 30 | Similarly , discussions are developing on how to limit the housing provided for single mothers and their children to very low standard institutional care , ‘ to discourage the others , . |