Example sentences of "it was their " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was their synagogue not only by religious right , as members of the local community , but because the Cohen family had , very largely , been the driving force behind its foundation and continued expansions through the years . |
| 2 | Many of the songs , perforce , had to deal with injustice and exploitation , and it was their effective and social melancholia that inspired Rosengarten and Leonard . |
| 3 | There was an added incentive this year for the students as it was their last opportunity to catch the eye of Sue Rich , captain and selector of the British Team for the World Student Games which take place later this year . |
| 4 | It was their first visit to Foula , and they seem to have been well received . |
| 5 | It was their first baby , tao . |
| 6 | Certainly from the spring of 1918 Lenin was almost obsessed by the need to get grain to the cities of the north-west , for it was their turn to starve at that time . |
| 7 | It may be that it was their actions that tipped the balance for Rank , and decided him against pushing on with his ambitions . |
| 8 | James Lippett , Bumstead 's immediate superior : ‘ Another of the casualties of reorganisation ’ ; saw bad practices in the relay room , but took no action — ‘ believed it was their way of doing things ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ It was their manner that told me they had to be taken seriously . |
| 10 | Eighteenth-century audiences were quite happy to be fed agreeable background music ; it was their equivalent of muzak , played uniformly and without criticism . |
| 11 | It was their first London home after their marriage in Wales some time in 1874–5 . |
| 12 | The tabloid newspapers decided it was their duty to reveal that Gatting had invited a barmaid to his hotel room during the Test match , and that he and other players had taken part in ‘ sex romps ’ with girls from the hotel ; though how the newshounds , scrabbling around in the bushes outside , could see what was happening in the rooms was not really clear . |
| 13 | It was their first series win against West Indies in England . |
| 14 | It was their daily ritual . |
| 15 | After a time I said , ‘ You do n't think that if he had an outside person looking after him , who he did n't mind telling him what to do because it was their job … ‘ |
| 16 | Boyd Orr 's malnourished population was drawn almost entirely from this section of the working class and it was their lives which changed little during the inter-war years as Carl Chinn , and other writers have noted . |
| 17 | From 1935 to the Second World War it was their leaders who assumed the office of Prime Minister . |
| 18 | When it was their turn to pose they were true professionals . |
| 19 | In a way , it was their son , Ewan supposed . |
| 20 | If they failed to reach agreement , the Queen would summon them and simply say that it was their business to ensure that the Queen 's government was carried on . |
| 21 | For mum Carol and dad Ron it was their first child and they were absolutely delighted . |
| 22 | It was their first time in ‘ the West ’ and they intended to cycle on into France and thence home via Belgium , the Netherlands and North Germany . |
| 23 | It was their duty to drive back with their hounds all deer which wandered out of the forest into their purlieus , and to present all offences against the venison , whether committed in the forest or in the purlieus , at the next attachment court or swanimote . |
| 24 | The Berkeley Dress Show is traditionally the start of the ‘ season ’ and it was their first appearance as debutantes , a social duty nowadays combined with A-levels and university entrance . |
| 25 | The question about tackling more tasks on the farm than at present was to ascertain if women : ( a ) wanted to do more , or ( b ) thought it was their responsibility to be able to contribute more to the farm . |
| 26 | For 55 per cent of social workers it was their first case while the remaining 45 per cent had dealt with a case before ; 90 per cent of police claimed prior experience of investigation . |
| 27 | ‘ They loved that hotel , it was their pride and joy . ’ |
| 28 | It was their activity over longer periods which mattered to their grandchildren , not their passing . |
| 29 | Their class were the guardians for the mysterious quality of Britishness ; it was their duty to be fair , honest , and clean in a partial , deceptive and dirty world . |
| 30 | It was their claim to simple humanity . |