Example sentences of "of their [noun pl] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he saw — or rather heard , for the clip of their boot-studs on the flagstones was what first caught his attention — a file of boys in football kit making their way along a covered path linking the courtyard to the playing fields that lay behind the school buildings . |
| 2 | They were staying in the house and were joined almost daily by a number of their friends on holiday on the coast . |
| 3 | Already , many have had brushes with both the law and local terrorists who have left them with painful reminders of their activities on the Shankill streets . |
| 4 | Operators will have a ‘ residual duty ’ to minimise the impact of their discharges on the environment . |
| 5 | None of them had direct experience of retail tariff-making and they were to find most of their initiatives on tariffs blocked by the Area Board chairmen . |
| 6 | It was his battalion 's heroic defence of their positions on the Basra to Baghdad road , when the rats from Iran had swarmed in their thousands from the marshlands , that had given him his present renown . |
| 7 | Regardless of their positions on competition , everyone acknowledged the need for , and the limitations of , partnerships . |
| 8 | Hume and Kant ( 1724–1804 ) are two towering giants of philosophy and our brief indications of their positions on morality — which must tear them from their systems as a whole — may irritate the knowledgeable , but with the space at my disposal and the particular purpose of supplying background to Part Two of this work , the only alternative was to ignore them altogether . |
| 9 | The knocking of their hammers on the rock could lead a man to good ground , but their knocking on wood foretold possible imminent disaster . |
| 10 | Pupils will submit print-outs of their searches on the microcomputer as part of their project presentations . |
| 11 | Built in the days when the knocker-up came to each house to wake the workers , miners could chalk the times of their shifts on the slates so that the knocker-up could let them sleep if they were not due for work when he came by . |
| 12 | It is not so much that the Conservatives have deliberately introduced racist policies as that they have ignored the harmful impact of their policies on ethnic minorities . |
| 13 | As Dulé had never heard his mother tongue , he and his new companions could only surmise , from the similar flare of their nostrils , the high broad set of their shoulders on slender frames , and the deep oval plunge of their chins on thin , round necks , that he came from the same part of the hinterland of West Africa , was of the Iqbo people in his origins . |
| 14 | it is time for the Government to completely reassess the impact of their reforms on the quality of the nation 's health services , ’ he said . |
| 15 | Most of the morning would be taken up by employees taking members of their families on tours of the factory , showing them every stage in the production of the Coachliner aircraft which OBEX was renowned for . |
| 16 | Men living free to make the best of their lives on their own initiative . |
| 17 | There are really two types of Romany , the forest Romany and those who spend the whole of their lives on the road . |
| 18 | Instead it would land trade unions and employers with the consequences of their decisions on prices and pay . |
| 19 | But it is difficult to believe that directors do not give at least some consideration to the impact of their decisions on employees in any event , regardless of the section . |
| 20 | ‘ So far , European politicians just have n't understood the impact of their decisions on the consumer . ’ |
| 21 | If companies wish to see the impact of their decisions on shareholder wealth , the DCF apparatus and associated cost of capital formulation are vital . |
| 22 | WHEN skiers are not regaling the world with tales of their exploits on the slopes , they are usually bluffing their way through an evening in the pub with their friends . |
| 23 | During the period of their operations on le Fleming ground , i.e. from 1758 to 1795 , those figures which have come to light suggest a total tonnnage of about 1,454 , but this would really be stuff dressed and ready for smelting — concentrate or hand picked best . |
| 24 | THE 64-day Strangeways riot trial ended yesterday when a jury at Manchester Crown Court returned the last of their verdicts on eight former inmates . |
| 25 | But much food aid is stolen as it is unloaded at the ports ; and army-escorted convoys manage to lose up to a third of their cargoes on the way . |
| 26 | As they rode farther along the road , Floy glimpsed the occasional peering face at a cottage window and guessed that the sounds of their horses on the highroad and perhaps the sight of Balor 's huge menacing figure , had sent them all scuttling indoors for safety . |
| 27 | Rice , coal and rubber were sold abroad for the exclusive benefit of French shareholders in Europe , and Annamese coolies were driven hard in the mines and on the rubber plantations for paltry pay ; peasant rice growers , too , were frequently robbed of their lands on flimsy pretexts so that bigger holdings could be granted to French colons and the few rich Annamese who collaborated with France . |
| 28 | That strategy incorporates a review of the content of courses of initial teacher training ; the establishment of a committee for the accreditation of courses of teacher education ; an inquiry into the procedures for the external validation of courses in public sector higher education ; an inquiry into selection for teaching ; suggestions for regular staff appraisal of teachers , and the public reporting by Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of their findings on visits to schools and colleges . |
| 29 | Sometimes string makers print the tension of their strings on the packets , but it does n't actually mean that much . |
| 30 | Complete strangers in the street — men — will give you detailed descriptions of their opinions on how you look . |