Example sentences of "in their [noun pl] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 It is for broadcasting authorities to determine what constitutes the appropriate degree of impartiality , and they must not lose sight of their obligation not to include in their programmes matter which is likely to encourage or incite crime or be offensive to public feeling .
2 I wish that I had found the Opposition 's citizens charter a little more convincing , but half the ideas that they put forward in their citizens charter , as a spoiling exercise to the Government 's , were already in operation and the other half were vague promises and side-stepping some of the problems that have been created by Labour-controlled local authorities up and down the country .
3 You all see six month old babies putting their feet in their mouths have n't you ?
4 How many of the bowlers who work furiously at rubbing holes in their pants do actually swing the ball ?
5 Thus , in the sense that jewellers who keep valuable items in their shop-windows cause smash-and-grab raids and women who walk alone cause rapes , it may be said that the police do , in a sense , cause riots and lawbreaking merely by existing .
6 Even if most people will at some time in their lives live in a family which does conform to the cereal-packet image , they will also necessarily spend much of their lives outside it .
7 So for example he 's Mill is very keen on the idea of local participation , that everyone should at some point in their lives play a role in local government in some level .
8 Individuals may at various points in their lives experience discrimination in the allocation of resources either on the ground of being too old or too young .
9 Even music fans who have n't dirtied their hands in their lives adore Bruce Springsteen for being America 's earnest , sincere , blue-collar rock ‘ n ’ roll conscience in a tatty , checked shirt .
10 It 's in their interests have a little drink in n it , really ?
11 Matthew and Luke in their Gospels speak of the Holy Spirit for Christians only in the Mission Charge which anticipates their future role as ambassadors of Christ .
12 Mother W is a witch … well , Mother W doth begin to be very odious and terrible unto many , her neighbours dare say nothing but yet in their hearts wish she were hanged .
13 Kant does not think he is putting forward a doctrine on the basis of which ordinary morality can be criticised , but that he has formulated the principles by which all good people implicitly know they should , and in their hearts do , judge their conduct .
14 All engineers know about stress concentrations but a good many do n't really in their hearts believe in them since it is clearly contrary to common sense that a tiny hole should weaken a material just as much as a great big one .
15 The leading companies are reluctant to provide insurance for this age group and those who will include older people in their schemes have very high premiums .
16 Well if we 're continually in contact with people as growing children who do n't allow us to express our feelings , or who behave in a way that would seem to deny that those feelings of hate and rage and love in their extremes exist at all , then obviously one does n't develop a sense of trust in what one perceives from oneself , and that erm on erm an accumulative basis is going to result in a person who does n't feel terribly confident about the feelings and their awareness that they have .
17 Indeed , similarities in their formulae suggest that both were drawn up at Fécamp in 1033 .
18 If you have done any class work before attempting the drama school audition , most of the teachers will at some point in their sessions have talked about ‘ relaxation ’ .
19 It is not surprising that many people , some of whom may have seen the equity in their homes rise tenfold , should decide to spend more .
20 Teachers with pupils with defective vision in their classes have an interest in knowing how such children are identified and what services and professionals are involved in this procedure .
21 Novice users who are most likely to have ‘ bugs ’ in their jobs find such delays particularly frustrating .
22 Well I have no evidence from either of them , you know , er that er they are slamming the door on my initiative , other than the statement that was issued which if you read it , there 's very little in it that you can object to , or that I could object to , which commits them , the two governments to an initiative , and indeed that 's what er the last statement that Mr Adams and I issued asked them to do , the only er they also in in their statements say that my actions have been both courageous and imaginative
23 This was ‘ due entirely to the schoolmasters who will not permit that children in their schools use any but the proper names ’ .
24 The statues of saints in their niches show the influence of Michelangelo .
25 It is no criticism of the French , Spanish , Canadian and other contingents that the circumstances in their sectors have not permitted such tactics , but if the Vance-Owen plan is to be implemented we will need to apply the pro-active approach which is being pioneered by the Cheshire Regiment .
26 Great lords with Yorkist blood in their veins hold high office .
27 They will become aware that they live in a world that is changing all the time , and that older people in their lifetimes have often lived through some major changes .
28 yeah , one will always be there if you 've got , if , if you 've got a job , the other one is very iffy and yet they were lending money to people who right , right , rightly in their minds have , and as Maggie T said oh yes go on , go , yeah , independence and all that , erm they were going out , never having done it before , no tradition in , in maybe in their family of doing it before , got this goal this sort of Disney World ideal you know erm , sort of make believe world who are we gon na be and we 're gon na be dreaming the dream , the dream
29 Since 1926 the western fringes of the Cheviots have been planted with 250 square miles of close-packed conifers , while in their depths sprawl the seven miles of the Kielder Water reservoir , Europe 's largest man-made lake .
30 Would the soil in their bodies pass on germs ?
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