Example sentences of "the [noun prp] [coord] [verb] their " in BNC.

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1 He did not love her , but she would make a remarkable duchess , and the fact that she had inherited more than her share of her papa 's famous shrewdness was a bonus which would assist the Blaines and make their future secure .
2 Probably Tom 's fellow commuters sincerely enjoyed their Sunday morning Martinis , just as they enjoyed shining the tail-fins and chrome of the Plymouth and cutting their grass with power mowers ( power mower sales quadrupled ) .
3 On the day after Aquino 's announcement it was reported that 28 congressmen and 22 governors had broken with the LDP and announced their support for Ramos .
4 These elephants are trained to make obeisance to the Sultan and incline their heads , and when they do so the Chamberlain cries in a loud voice : ‘ Bismillah ! ’
5 The medical profession were reluctant to accept the creation of the NHS and to obtain their agreement to the creation of the service they were allowed to retain their private practices .
6 It destroyed morale throughout the regime , forcing commanders and party chiefs to activate their tribal links with the Mujahideen and save their skins before the time of reckoning .
7 McIllvanney arranged the girls ' visits to clients in the Bahamas and guaranteed their safety while they were in the islands .
8 Discussions are currently taking place with NCVQ to identify mechanisms which will ensure that holds of SVQs and NVQs can move freely within the UK and have their qualifications recognised without difficulty .
9 He describes the features of the four main systems that are currently in use in the UK and illustrates their application with reference to examples drawn from retail analysis and store location , market research , credit rating and target marketing .
10 Chapter 9 discusses the existing set of constraints on agriculture in the uplands of France and the UK — National and Regional Parks , and protected sites in France ; National Parks , Section 43 Moorland Maps , and SSSIs in the UK and assesses their effectiveness in preventing habitat destruction .
11 The Germans obliged but , once installed as an occupying force , dismissed the Rada and created their own puppet government .
12 When it became clear that conservatives were dominating the Congress , many members of the Democratic Platform resolved to leave the CPSU and form their own party called ( in November 1990 ) the Republican Party of the Russian Federation .
13 A system of self-regulatory organisations ( SROs ) was set up under the auspices of the DTI and the Securities and Investments Board , the latter set up to authorise the SROs and oversee their operations .
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