Example sentences of "[pron] is their " in BNC.

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1 To support the strikers effectively , which is their duty and responsibility , would entail breaking the law , or at least risk doing so .
2 But many of his backbenchers are getting over-excited ( which is their constitutional function ) .
3 But most of them do not — which is their right .
4 They went on playing traditional sevens and as they were not inconvenienced by their one weakness , which is their lack of appetite for scrummaging , they played everybody else off the colony by an even larger margin than usual .
5 By sharing the benefits and improvements openly with customers they hope to build the mutually beneficial long-term relationship which is their objective .
6 Walks extend for miles over the hill-tops ; the great beauty of which is their wild simplicity : they are perfectly smooth , without rocks .
7 In Galloway , for example , the reduced breeding performance of golden eagles is considered to be directly related to afforestation due to loss of open moorland which is their main feeding area .
8 In fact it is a classic example of losing sight of the wood for the trees , and in fact it distracts from the process of detailed curriculum design and review which thinking schools embrace as part of the atmosphere of intellectual curiosity which is their hallmark .
9 On Tuesday , which is their half-day , customers were welcomed to the store , owned by Val Read , with a glass of wine .
10 Indeed , it is the sound of these two guitars which is their most outstanding feature .
11 So too is materialism which is their reason for positing it as a rightful successor to idealism as the method for understanding history .
12 They meet , they chat , they find they have something in common which is their grief and eventually love blossoms .
13 For example , the main board of a company will have complete details of cost and values of physical resources such as buildings and equipment but relatively scanty data about the man-power which is their most important asset .
14 But they must find Shetland pretty inhospitable , with no trees to support the grubs which is their normal diet .
15 Secondly there is the mechanism which determines top management emoluments , implicit in which is their incentive structure .
16 Here I must emphasize that , although social anthropologists in the field concentrate a great deal of their attention on day-to-day domestic relationships , it is not really the set of domestic relationships as such which is their ultimate focus of interest .
17 Remember that we , we sent er ten pounds to the area committee , which they 've said , thank you very much indeed , erm for , and , and there 's a meeting erm next in June , which is their next meeting .
18 It is Jesus Christ and his service which is their goal and glory .
19 VISCOUNT CAVE L.C. : No doubt there is an absolute unconditional obligation binding the police authorities to take all steps which appear to them to be necessary for keeping the peace , for preventing crime , or for protecting property from criminal injury ; and the public , who pay for this protection through the rates and taxes , can not lawfully be called upon to make a further payment for that which is their right …
20 Many of them have had their terms and conditions reduced , some have been dismissed and they now have no one to turn to as they have turned their back on the Trade Union which is their only guarantee of protection ’ .
21 They have their own values and priorities , not the least of which is their self-preservation and acquisition of social status .
22 The practise together in the hilly countryside of Morar which is their home .
23 Here they 've now installed a greenhouse which is their pride and joy and somewhere to relax after a hard day 's gardening .
24 The Belfast date is part of a tour to promote their current chart-topping album ‘ Promises And Lies ’ , which is their first album of original material for some time .
25 The Christadelphians happen to believe everything in the Bible , which is their right .
26 ‘ We would have been far happier to continue with the old system but Middlesbrough council decided it no longer wanted to collect on our behalf , which is their prerogative , ’ he said .
27 Which is their problem .
28 rate you have to add at first , you can drink it while it 's fermenting , it 's quite a refreshing drink a bit tart to my taste but when it ferments out it becomes er a liquor called Arak which is their version of .
29 They make Marlboro cigarettes and she is their adviser .
30 She is their bud now .
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