Example sentences of "[noun pl] [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 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 .
4 With these new ministers who are experts in their relevant fields Italy will I hope change very soon .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 In the meantime , RAF crews will continue to take comfort to the victims who are prisoners in their own land .
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