Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] be [noun] [prep] their " in BNC.

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1 But he accords them the right to boast , for they have returned with money and presents which are proof of their achievement .
2 Work like the Peplos kore ( fig. 39 ) , Exekias 's neck-amphora ( fig. 55 ) or the Vix krater ( fig. 58 ) show archaic Greek art in its assured prime : craftsmen who are masters of their craft can develop their styles and express what they want happily within the general limitations of inherited convention .
3 At The American College in London you earn more than a degree — you receive an education with a career focus and individual attention from faculty who are professionals in their fields .
4 And on the other hand the less litigious masses among the laity who are complicit in their belief in the universality of these legal symbols .
5 Was it a Government commitment which was part of their manifesto ?
6 It stand out like a sore thumb sometimes when I 'm with them , I find people with handicapped children are real people , are people who are people with their children being , talking to them , instead of things that they can give them , you know .
7 But in a sense it is part of their responsibility .
8 The school was aware of this and specifically created a post of responsibility for the brighter child and gave this to a senior member of the staff , and that member of the staff was responsible for looking at the effects of mixed ability teaching on specifically identified brighter pupils , and I do n't think the school would say that they totally solved the problem of what to do with the brighter child , but I think it 's a problem which exists even in streamed classes , because the sort of pupils we 're talking about are pupils who are exceptions in their own right — we 're not talking about whole groups of pupils who previously have been in top streams , we 're talking about half a dozen/ten individuals in any one year group and they are equally as difficult to deal with in a streamed situation .
9 As the first generation of well managed subjects reaches adulthood there is anxiety about their neurological progress , both in early childhood and later , and about the effects of maternal phenylketonuria on the next generation .
10 For Joanna it is commitment to their lesbian relationship ; Helen is undecided .
11 Some lenders have already had their fingers burnt and have had to write off loans and lose their investments , rather than take on responsibility for contaminated land which was part of their security .
12 With these new ministers who are experts in their relevant fields Italy will I hope change very soon .
13 The Abyssinians , as Monophysites , owed allegiance to the Patriarch of Alexandria ; he alone could appoint the Abuna who was head of their Church .
14 Perhaps the remarkable thing is that married women who are professionals in their own right have any children at all ; a high proportion certainly stay unmarried .
15 Rulers who were kings in their own right were placed in a subordinate ‘ feudal ’ relationship to the kings of France as a result of their continental inheritance .
16 In the meantime , RAF crews will continue to take comfort to the victims who are prisoners in their own land .
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