Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] on their " in BNC.

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1 What the polyptychs clearly suggest , however , is that in areas west of the Rhine , landlords ' cash-demands ( backed as they were by the threat of force ) drove peasants to acquire coin through transactions on their own account .
2 Bon Ami Club for people on their own over 25 , meet Function Room , Swan Hotel , 8.30pm .
3 Bon Ami Club for people on their own over 25 , meet Function Room , Swan Hotel , Redcar , 8.30pm .
4 Phoenix Club for people on their own over 25 , Tap and Spile , Bondgate , 8pm .
5 That some very large companies should have lost a great deal of money on their little experiment shows only how unwise their decision to pursue the technology was .
6 Both nationalized industries and local authorities publish a good deal of information on their various and diverse activities ( see chapters 8 and 10 ) In Type A nonprofit organizations the level of revenue raised is often regarded as indicative of the value that recipients place on an organization 's services .
7 There was no allegation of negligence on their part and Rylands v. Fletcher was inapplicable because there had been no ‘ escape ’ of the thing that inflicted the injury .
8 The Belfast club were facing an estimated loss of £15,000 on their preliminary round ties with conquerors Dinamo Tbilisi — before the Georgian side were found guilty of trying to bribe match officials .
9 High handedness may be the result of nervousness on their part which could be defused if you both take the trouble to see the other 's point of view .
10 While the hangar has clearly attracted much of the limelight during the last couple of years , NAM have been undertaking a programme of conservation on their larger airframes .
11 Alternatively , the Minoans may have singled out particular trees as sacred by the alighting of birds on their branches , since they regarded birds as epiphanies of deities .
12 There were doctors concerned that they had never been given any information about a nuclear accident , farmers worried about the effect of contamination on their stock and crops , and a teacher who recited his own poem about a nuclear disaster and then presented the Inspector with an oak leaf from the Quantocks .
13 Of 65 right handed patients who had post-operative aphasia , 54 had shown some effect of stimulation on their speech and a further 10 out of 15 right handed patients showed aphasic arrest during cortical stimulation but had no post operative aphasia .
14 On the right of the spectrum , nobles in the province of Tula lamented the effect of emancipation on their economic interests and sought a way of preventing the central administration from overriding their interests in the future .
15 At first we asked the women to rate , on a scale one to ten , the effect of relaxation on their level of anxiety .
16 Pioneered by National Children 's Home and co-funded in partnership with Cambridgeshire council , the scheme homes to deter children as young as five from crime by alerting them to the long-term consequences to their victims and the effect of crime on their own future .
17 Above all , for emotional as well as for factual awareness , others have the weight of numbers on their side .
18 Fans used to watch football with smiles on their faces .
19 Rapid flying can soon lead to heat loss by convection , and at night nocturnal insects like moths protect themselves against heat loss with hairs on their thorax which maintain a stable air layer around the body surface .
20 We will be offering advice and support , and listening carefully to feedback from centres on their experience of implementing the new awards .
21 The MCC voted by a large majority to retain termly modules for reasons including greater flexibility in module size and length and more frequent feedback to students on their progress .
22 Cricket , The game of the British amateur par excellence , is now sponsored by tobacco firms and insurance companies whilst footballers advertise everything from double-glazing to Guinness on their shirts .
23 In particular local authorities in England and in Wales are required to review to their agreed syllabuses for religious education the school curriculum and assessment authority has been asked to develop model R E syllabuses , a new circular has been issued to give guidance to schools on their duty to provide religious education and the inspection system will monitor and identify any school failing to do so .
24 time and time again they sit on the sidelines saying this is what we think do n't talk to us about it do n't debate it , do n't ask us to think about it , take it or leave it , if you do n't give us what we want we 'll sit back and moan and sulk and they 've played , I think that 's a very irresponsible line they 've played in the five years I 've been on this council and I hope that er again the issue on the next item on the agenda represents a change of heart on their behalf .
25 With a bit of luck on their side these young fellers could make Leeds once again the finest side in Britain , as under the Don .
26 Jeff does a bit of work on their boat from time to time .
27 So naturally the girls do a bit of business on their own account .
28 Most people who notice it at parties are too polite to ask what it is and why I am wearing it , but to the few who do I say ( because I find it embarrassing to explain ) that it is concerned with the story of the sinking of the Bismarck ; and then relish the look of puzzlement on their faces .
29 He was escorting three German prisoners in the direction of Brigade H.Q The Germans were doubling along , their hands held high in the air , a look of apprehension on their faces .
30 A junior platoon , still weeks from their own Pass-Off Parade , marches slowly past , the fatigue of a day 's fieldcraft training mixing with a look of envy on their faces as they notice the celebration of those for whom training is now a memory .
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