Example sentences of "their [det] [noun] as they " in BNC.
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| 1 | The constitution should guarantee respect for equality and autonomy , yet leave individuals to pursue their own interests as they wish . |
| 2 | I suspect that [ the ] very absence of quality is what makes such stuff attractive to children , not just because it is easy to read , undemanding , untaxing , but because the simplistic plots and characters leave children free to embroider and enrich the stories in their own way as they read . |
| 3 | The carpeting of the floors served to enhance the illusion ; they could not even hear their own footsteps as they moved around . |
| 4 | I think in the long view it is all to the good that the government have to look after their own chickens as they come home to roost , and get a lot of the dirt cleared before we come in . |
| 5 | As soon as he got to Aix he wrote to Chamberlain : ‘ I think in the long view it is all to the good that the Government have to look after their own chickens as they come home to roost , and get a lot of the dirt cleared up before we come in . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ And several house building companies who have routinely offered temporary occupancy to farmers using three to four year Licences may find it is not as easy to establish their own occupancy as they first thought . ’ |
| 7 | They are also more than twice as likely to develop their own meanings as they are to extend those contributed by children , this ratio being almost the exact opposite of that found in the speech of parents . |
| 8 | ‘ The steam locomotives themselves will provide their own fireworks as they blast their way up the steepest sections of the Embsay Steam Railway , ’ added Commercial Manager Stephen Walker . |
| 9 | Moi , " he knew from his reading , was an Annamese term derived from the Chinese word for " savage , " and looking at the dark-skinned , low-browed men , he could see they were of a different racial stock from the Annamese ; they wore only breechclouts that left their haunches naked and they grinned and chattered animatedly in their own language as they moved quickly about their work . |
| 10 | And it must help pupils to come to their own commitments as they live their lives in a world of confusing , diverse and often conflicting values and beliefs . |
| 11 | Children learn to change their own shapes as they go from one to another and also gain further experience of spatial order , as overtaking is impossible and ‘ first in , first out ’ becomes the rule . |
| 12 | In an effort to counteract high prices , many low-income families try to grow as much of their own food as they can , legally or illegally , within the limited spaces of the city . |
| 13 | However remote their political views remained from the rest of the electorate , the " Clyde group " remained as secure in their own area as they had ever been . |
| 14 | So neither the UK parent nor any of its wholly-owned subsidiaries qualify as small companies in their own right as they are members of an ineligible group . |