Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [coord] [pers pn] is [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The disabled face much frustration and discrimination in their lives and it is vitally important that they receive the maximum help through education , careers guidance , training and help with obtaining employment so that at least they have a real chance to find and keep satisfactory work .
2 The value of professionality is that it focuses attention upon the activities of teachers in relation to pupils , each other and their organisations and it is thus a dynamic concept in opposition to the rather static ‘ characteristics ’ or ‘ descriptive ’ approach inherent in most studies of professionalism .
3 Many patients may not feel able to express their fears and it is therefore important to recognise other signs of anxiety .
4 As Paris et al performed their measurements by instant manometry using the solid or liquid bolus , the difference between their results and ours is entirely attributable to the positive effect of the arrival of the liquid or solid bolus in the segment of colon in their studies , while in our patients the propulsive waves were in response to the contents of the colonic segment at the time .
5 Chinese parents do , of course , shower love and attention on their children but it is always made quite clear that child's-play has to remain well within the limits of normal social behaviour .
6 Some manufacturers may provide the necessary information on their papers and it is always worth asking for it .
7 Terraces , walls , lawns and borders all play their parts but it is only by judicious planting that we can ensure as much joy in January as in June .
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