Example sentences of "[Wh det] [adv] [verb] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking pride in the military feats which raised Russia 's prestige , they aspired to erase the features which most disfigured their homeland : autocracy and serfdom . |
| 2 | Some of them , such as Mulvey 's films , and Tyndall , McCall , Pajaczkowska and Weinstock 's Sigmund Freud 's Dora ( 1979 ) , presupposed a knowledge of psychoanalytical theory which necessarily limited their appeal . |
| 3 | These were the copper sheathing which greatly reduced the fouling of their bottoms by weeds and the loss of speed this entailed ; and the carronade which greatly increased their fighting power . |
| 4 | The energy paths of every being which literally made their way along here before me have permeated the very fabric of the earth and my footsteps are well guided indeed . |
| 5 | Zinkernagel showed that natural quartz grains have a luminescence which apparently reflects their source ( or , more correctly , their thermal history ) . |
| 6 | It ill becomes a foreigner to look in and pontificate on a short visit but it seemed to me that Australia as a rich country had given them only material goods , which merely sapped their self-sufficiency and their self-respect . |
| 7 | The user is then free to choose the environment which best matches their use characteristics or which improves their aggregate efficiency measured in time , error or quality terms . |
| 8 | The " fixed-alternative " question provides respondents with a selection of answers , " yes " or " no " or " do n't know " being the simplest , from which they have to make the choice which best reflects their answer to the question . |
| 9 | They were produced at a time when lay people were being targeted for instruction in ways which further fostered their consciousness as individuals with self-defining choices to be made by the programme for revitalising the mission of the Church instituted by the fourth Lateran Council in 1215 . |
| 10 | This contrasts with small mammalian carnivores , which usually chew their prey , and with the diurnal birds of prey , which tear their prey apart . |
| 11 | Investment analysts who reviewed brewery balance sheets during the 1950s tended to add 80–100% to the book value of the assets , which usually raised their value to considerably in excess of the current market price . |
| 12 | The new law was principally designed to deal with thefts of bicycles and video equipment , which quickly lose their value . |
| 13 | These were pets bought as hatchlings which quickly outgrew their owner 's facilities , and have been donated to the park . |
| 14 | Christians seem to believe themselves to be under a pressure to find texts in the bible which directly support their case . |
| 15 | Troyna and Carrington 's dissatisfaction with simplistic assumptions about the antiracist effects of ‘ culture contact ’ and white students ' ‘ direct experience ’ of black realities , as well as their growing awareness of the limits of rationalist pedagogies , points to a need on their part to break with realist assumptions about the curriculum which still underpin their antiracist projects ( Troyna and Carrington , 1990 ) . |
| 16 | Thus in agricultural areas high levels of nitrate are produced which gradually make their way into the water table and ultimately into our water supply . ’ |
| 17 | That is not surprising , because it is inconceivable that we would have used a nuclear weapon in those circumstances , not least because of the negative security assurances which positively precluded their use in such circumstances . |
| 18 | It can be seen , therefore , that there were a number of small towns and settlements in Britain which clearly owed their origin and continued prosperity to certain specialized functions , while others acquired these functions with time , often as a result of direct imposition in accordance with central government policy . |
| 19 | These tools should enable all children , not only to gain access to the curriculum but also to allow and encourage them to respond to it in a way which clearly expresses their understanding . |
| 20 | Not infrequently , however , respondents said ‘ yes ’ to both questions or gave answers to question 2 which clearly contradicted their answer to question 1 , giving rise to problems of interpretation . |
| 21 | These , they argued , tended to make other people 's work less interesting and responsible ( which also weakened their case for higher pay ) . |
| 22 | Most were casual or self-employed workers who could not be made to retire , and many were also small property-holders — an important factor which also made their position stronger for continuing at work . |
| 23 | Women get together and discuss the lack of hot water and other domestic issues which also signals their awareness of sexism . |
| 24 | There are other conceptions of consciousness which also owe their existence to the pursuit of certain virtues . |
| 25 | The plaintiff was seriously and her husband fatally injured by an explosion of gas which also destroyed their home . |
| 26 | Time and again the IBA proved itself a sucker to serious-sounding prospectuses , awarding franchise to London Weekend Television and the new breakfast television service , TVAM , only for them to turn out complete flops which later recouped their investment by lowering standards . |
| 27 | On the Bavarian country roads that followed , there were high marks for the suspension system , which in the V6 models has dampers which automatically adjust their stiffness with the driving conditions and air springs that maintain an even keel . |
| 28 | Thus in his embodiment of the Kingdom Jesus confronts demonic powers which openly manifest their opposition . |
| 29 | According to Gennady Shatalov , chief geophysician of the Tyumen geological centre , at present no one has full information on the quantity and quality of regional resources which substantially hinders their control , processing and export . |
| 30 | Today , the Foreign Office said that the Court in Nepal , which originally ordered their detention , had been given 3 days to either release the men , or to start trial proceedings . |