Example sentences of "[adj] of their [noun pl] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deputy chamberlains gained some of their fees from those wishing to consult Domesday Book and other records in their custody ; it was a matter at their discretion whether to index or calendar the records . |
| 2 | Since they earn no interest , the banks like to keep as little as possible of their assets in these two forms . |
| 3 | They spoke very little of their feelings for each other . |
| 4 | As these teachers realized they were not to get the major posts of responsibility , that their objective career progression had come to an end , that their own subject expertise was being compared unfavourably with that of their colleagues from former grammar schools , and that they were to be allocated the ‘ dirty work ’ of teaching the lower-ability groups in the lower streams — they formed a staff counterculture which set about resisting the initiatives of the head , and they withdrew that commitment and enthusiasm in the classroom that had previously been a major part of their secondary modern identity : |
| 5 | There were many others as well as myself put out or deprived of their parks about this time to make room for Webster [ the under factor for whom the house at Daill Farm was built ] . |
| 6 | By Edward I 's reign ( 1272–1307 ) the continental possessions of his house had shrunk to a fraction of their former vast extent — by 1290 they consisted solely of the duchy of Aquitaine and comté of Ponthieu — but the notion that the Plantagenets had a continental role to play remained firmly embedded in their minds and in those of their subjects on both sides of the Channel . |
| 7 | In Parliament , as on constituency platforms , Conservative Ministers know they are constantly under scrutiny by some of the more outspoken of their colleagues for any signs of ‘ wetness ’ . |
| 8 | Their only contact with any of their children in all of that time was a monthly visit with their eldest child , in a bare room , accompanied by a social worker who vetted the questions each asked the other . |
| 9 | Much of the emphasis on set theory in Lacan and others , as well as the similarity of certain of their ideas to those of Gödel , whose work Cavaillès utilizes , can be attributed to his influence : indeed it would be possible to argue that the whole emphasis in post-war French thinkers on a non-contradictory heterogeneity in which incompatible or incommensurable elements are juxtaposed against or as part of each other is derived as much from set theory as from Freud . |
| 10 | I point out to the hon. Gentleman that the 1981 Act is now steadily being made more effective , that more resources are being made available every year and that parents are becoming more and more aware of their rights under that Act . |
| 11 | Certainly all partners should be made fully aware of their responsibilities in these respects and the potential consequences for the firm should they fail to observe the rules . |