Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [vb pp] [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , of course , true that such officers in many cases have powers which enable them to do lawfully what a private person might not do , but the question whether their acts are justified by their powers must be decided in proceedings before the ordinary courts . |
| 2 | Other examples of unlawful objects are given by their Lordships in the Crofter case . |
| 3 | Objects are defined by their function , while actions and those who perform them are viewed as connected parts of a greater whole . |
| 4 | It is the occult theory that physical objects are imprinted with their own history , and that of their owners . |
| 5 | Most prisoners are confined to their cells for long periods of time . |
| 6 | Technologies are separated from their underlying class ; for example , Chemistry 540 but Chemical technology 660 . |
| 7 | None of these skills are recognized by their male colleagues in the workplace . |
| 8 | Toilets are designed for their safe containment and removal . |
| 9 | A comprehensive study by the RSPB — " Wildlife and Development in the European Community " — has argued that the EC policy which administers the funds , worth billions of Ecu , requires a massive overhaul to ensure that all projects are monitored for their environmental impact right from the beginning . |
| 10 | Here the bees use a convention they all accept , just as we all accept that our maps are orientated with their tops to the north . |
| 11 | The Midianites are punished for their sin in inducing Israel to worship false goods ( see chapter 25 and notes ) . |
| 12 | This process , by which inflected forms are related to their root forms , is known as lemmatisation . |
| 13 | Although the Argentinians are noted for their defensive play , they have several attractive players , with the experienced Alejandro Siri likely to be the key performer . |
| 14 | And our hotels and guest houses are kept on their toes by an inspection visit to ensure that standards remain high . |
| 15 | Casks are placed on their ends in the cellar and a long tube known as an extractor is inserted through the tap hole . |
| 16 | Musicians and artists to them are the same as tramps and winos , whereas , in a place like Germany , musicians are respected for their occupation . ’ |
| 17 | The activities of these components depend on their symmetries just as the activities of internal vibrations of the molecules are related to their symmetries ( see Section 5.7 ) . |
| 18 | Those who are called according to its rules are justified by their reward . |
| 19 | So there 's often a contradiction as to whether programmes are addressed to their actual or potential audiences or to a hypothetical audience , which in current affairs and news broadcasts is usually assumed to be a male viewer . |
| 20 | Where products are transferred from their original containers to more convenient packs those packs should be marked with the contents and be readily identifiable as cleaning material containers . |
| 21 | However , though such metaphors are revived by their context , since they are part of the conceptual system of the people , they are also , as dead metaphors , part of our standard language . |
| 22 | No minutes are taken of their conservation , no record of any kind exists , beyond what either may record in their diary , although the private secretaries , who hold a parallel meeting below stairs , have some idea of the topics under discussion . |
| 23 | This has led to a position where politically opposed groups are united by their view of race exclusively in terms of culture and identity rather than politics and history . |
| 24 | ( Radio holdings by the main press groups are indicated alongside their TV holdings in Table 4.11 . ) |
| 25 | British environmental groups are divided in their response to the government 's pit closure plans . |
| 26 | The yanks are castigated for their heartless reaction to the deaths of civilians in Baghdad ( ‘ the manner of the American military 's response betrays something about its values , ’ opined Britain 's Independent on Sunday ) and mocked for the fear of terrorism that has kept them away from Europe — thus cruelly hurting Europe 's tourist business . |
| 27 | It suggests that of the subjects that usually comprise the humanities , philosophy need not necessarily be identified with the humanities at all , literature and the other arts are defined by their concern with art-objects and history arguably belongs to a broader conception of ‘ human sciences ’ . |
| 28 | Where highly decentralised systems of local government ( such as in the United States ) are not found , the methods are limited in their applicability even in the field of local government . |
| 29 | But if , on days when they can not see the sun , small magnets strong enough to drown the earth 's comparatively feeble magnetic signals are attached to their heads , they get lost . |
| 30 | The Bach remedies are named after their discoverer , Dr Edward Bach . |