Example sentences of "in their [noun pl] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The difference in their ages does not seem unduly large to me , ’ Wendell interposed . |
| 2 | Fred was a good husband to her and the difference in their ages did not matter to Carrie . |
| 3 | ‘ He found , after allowing for some 37 factors not related to lead , ’ says Price , ‘ that those children having high lead levels in their teeth did significantly less well in tests than did those with low levels . ’ |
| 4 | How many of the bowlers who work furiously at rubbing holes in their pants do actually swing the ball ? |
| 5 | Underlying the analysis is a belief that particular forms of strategy arise out of a recognition by working-class members of a need to reduce the material insecurity immanent in the forced commodification of labour — ‘ people engage in various forms of action because it is in their interests to do so ’ ( ibid. p 7 ) . |
| 6 | Somehow we had to convince politicians that they needed to do something , by proving it was in their interests to do so . |
| 7 | The sensible ones know that it is in their interests to do so . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | At the same time the quality of cattle was declining and any increase in their numbers did not keep pace with demand . |
| 10 | So in their ways did Sheila and Annie . |
| 11 | showed people kept in their classes did n't |