Example sentences of "[noun] at their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A brief glance at their relative sizes shows that the OED is several times larger than any of the other dictionaries , resulting in a considerable computational overhead in terms of memory requirements and search times . |
| 2 | It was the women who had to face their children 's disappointment at their unmet wants and it was the women who constantly had to say no : |
| 3 | Soon after the Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985 outlawed surrogacy contracts , members of the British Medical Association at their annual meeting voted by a small majority , that surrogacy should be allowed as infertility ’ therapy ’ for couples who could not have a biological child any other way . |
| 4 | Mr Berrie describes more of his experiences to Darlington branch members of the United Nations Association at their annual meeting in the Arts Centre , Darlington , on Friday at 7pm . |
| 5 | Charlton are desperate for play-off points and Newcastle will have 10,000 screaming Geordie fans at their final game . ’ |
| 6 | The original trailer-hauling railcar was made in 1945 by Walker Brothers at their famous loco and wagon works , the Pagefield Ironworks in Springfield , Wigan . |
| 7 | There will be two sittings for tea and to avoid chaos we must ensure that everyone goes to tea at their allotted time . |
| 8 | They immediately contacted the Abbey 's financial adviser at their local branch and asked three basic questions . |
| 9 | Shortly , we shall launch a further information campaign because , to achieve the changes in junior doctors ' hours , it is important that the NHS task forces in each region can work with the juniors , managers and consultants to find practical solutions at their particular places of work . |
| 10 | Even to maintain his ratings at their present level — with 22 per cent in one poll choosing him as their preferred Prime Minister in a field that included Mrs Thatcher — he has no choice but to be constantly audible and visible . |
| 11 | These include BP Exploration & Production at Millar House in Aberdeen ( top quality catering , cleaning and housekeeping ) ; Scottish Hydro Electric at Peterhead Power Station ( meals and snacks at six sites , 24 hours a day , as well as vending machines ) ; and Grampian Transport in Aberdeen ( serving about 300 staff , with a main canteen at their head office and a subsidiary early morning service and vending machines ) . |
| 12 | The duck leave small piles of finely-crushed mussel shells at their favoured resting sites , amongst which the dog-whelk shells-which remain entire — are very conspicuous . |
| 13 | At this first meeting I expressed appreciation at their continuing confidence in me ; undertook to mediate ( this time unpaid ) ; and also to involve the services of John Montgomerie , whose clear-headed , quiet wisdom had earned him the respect and confidence of everyone he had dealt with . |
| 14 | His fingertips feathered her nipples , and she heard his smothered exclamation of pleasure at their stiff thrust as he bent his head to scatter random kisses down the line of her throat . |
| 15 | It also features acoustic technology from Groveland , California-based Crystal River Engineering Inc , involving high performance signal processors that can localise sounds such as ringing telephones and voices at their visual sources — whether these are moving or still . |
| 16 | The patients were seen every three months at their local hospital jointly by their own physician and the trial coordinator . |
| 17 | They did n't want me at this party , but because I AM , fang and claw I have grapple-hooked their smooth cliffs , and have the right to stalk these wooded cliffs , lap at their abundant streams . |
| 18 | Lovestruck Fiona even took Paul to meet her middle-class parents at their luxury home in Gwent , South Wales . |
| 19 | Under the ‘ classical ’ system company profits are taxed and then any dividends paid out are taxed as unearned income by the recipients at their marginal tax rate . |
| 20 | Candidates must transcribe one passage at their chosen speed , from their shorthand notes , the transcription time allowed being at the rate of 7 words per minute . |
| 21 | Candidates must transcribe one passage at their chosen speed , from their shorthand notes , the transcription time allowed being at the rate of 7 words per minute . |
| 22 | In essence , what the portfolio matrix says is , let's have the various business elements at their different stages of growth explicitly on view in the matrix and not lost from view within organizational units . |
| 23 | The Europeans plan a similar , more modest but possibly more versatile machine at their joint laboratory , CERN , outside Geneva . |
| 24 | LENNOX LEWIS , the WBC heavyweight champion , has accepted an invitation from the St Andrew 's Sporting Club to be special guest of honour at their monthly boxing promotion on Monday which features the Scottish lightweight title-holder , Kris McAdam , against Wayne Windle , of England . |
| 25 | It is , if you like , a way for the rump of the Football League to moon defiance at their succeeding , elitist brethren . |
| 26 | It was considered by Nether Wyresdale Parish Council at their recent meeting but they decided not to go ahead and place an order because the prices were far too expensive . |
| 27 | Your kind offer to provide a bench in memory of your late father was put before the Parish Council at their recent meeting . |
| 28 | I personally spoke at countless gatherings , from twenty suited businessmen at their weekly lunch to 200 noisy schoolchildren packed in a hall . |
| 29 | TALYCAFN : Bob Parry report an entry of 248 fat lambs at their weekly sale with lambs easier . |
| 30 | The fact that Oslear has been stripped of his position as the umpires ' boss at their annual meeting , means that Palmer , Hampshire and the England team now fear Allan Lamb 's sensational Daily Mirror revelations may never be backed by cricket 's dithering chiefs at the Test and County Cricket Board . |