Example sentences of "[subord] it be [prep] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | In principle , the law is clear — children go where it is in their best interests to go . |
| 2 | Bearing in mind the reluctance of users to accept discipline , even if it is in their own long-term interest , Guide has opted for freedom . |
| 3 | But neither labelling patterns of resistance as unreasonable nor believing that managers can be manipulated into acceptance if it is against their interest , are adequate solutions . |
| 4 | I 'm now available , if it 's during their holidays , to do something with them myself . |
| 5 | What a laugh , Modern English merit respect even if it 's for their sheer determination and sense of humour . |
| 6 | I do n't think it 's of great benefit to English rugby to go around persuading people to stay on if it 's against their wishes , and possibly against their better judgement . |
| 7 | They they would come in mate if it was on their own rate but as soon as you . |
| 8 | The one thing that really marks them out is good preparation , so that when they stand up in court they have n't got to think much about the content cos it 's at their finger tips , they know it , they know Mrs Brown 's age , they know how many children she 's got , they have n't got to think about it . |
| 9 | ‘ There is no single acceptable location , as they see it , unless it is in their own country . |
| 10 | It matters to the democracies because it is a battle about ideas they believe in , because it is on their doorstep , and because the rest of the world has been watching to see what they would do about it . |
| 11 | Underlying the analysis is a belief that particular forms of strategy arise out of a recognition by working-class members of a need to reduce the material insecurity immanent in the forced commodification of labour — ‘ people engage in various forms of action because it is in their interests to do so ’ ( ibid. p 7 ) . |
| 12 | He 's forgiven because it 's in their essence never to hold back , and all their pent-up frustration is , if anything , a guiding focus for their supercharged spirit . |
| 13 | Trust them , because it 's in their at the moment . |
| 14 | I have listed these processes because it was through their operation that Tyneside 's industrial proletariat was created . |
| 15 | This is Breeze today , shown to magistrates at Dursley , where Roy Davies and his daughter , Dawn pleaded guilty to neglecting the dog while it was in their care . |
| 16 | Luke telephoned her early to tell her , tersely , what time he would fetch her that night , and although she put a frigid resentment into her voice Maria did n't demur , since it was in their public , professional capacities that the radio station 's personnel had been issued with complimentary tickets to the first Taiwanese appearance of a fairly famous American singer . |
| 17 | Local organisers are responsible both for the academic and technical staffing of a vehicle whilst it is in their charge . |
| 18 | Local organisers are responsible both for the academic and technical staffing of a vehicle whilst it is in their charge . |
| 19 | No doubt members would calculate whether it was to their advantage to have the waiting period reduced to 12 months . |
| 20 | I think he favours an intimate setting , but , ’ and Simone laughed , ‘ I told him that engaged women only favour intimate settings when it 's with their fiancé . |
| 21 | ‘ When it 's to their advantage men use the same ploy . ’ |
| 22 | My parents were from a long line of good people with a strong sense of duty , living at peace with their neighbours , quick to be helpful when it was in their power , understandably a little feudal in their outlook , with a cautious eye on the squire for whom they worked , liking a glass of beer or homemade parsnip wine , and not above a bit of rabbit poaching . |
| 23 | This conclusion is as pertinent to women caring for an elderly or disabled person as it is to their sisters caring for young , able-bodied children . |
| 24 | Nor in the case of animals will it undermine what we say of their consciousness , grounded as it is in their contiguity to the human paradigm . |
| 25 | Unbecoming as it was to their cred , the embarrassed band loaded themselves and gear into the vehicle and tried very hard indeed not to be seen getting out of it at the other end . |