Example sentences of "their [noun sg] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Critics of the dual state thesis argue that in practice public expenditures can be classified according to their function only through a post hoc evaluation of their consequences or by knowing which organizations implemented the programmes ( which would make the whole schema tautologous ) . |
| 2 | The Group said that a further 20,000 died as a result of their internment out of an overall total of 150,000 NKVD prisoners . |
| 3 | I accustomed my pupils to the tiny hard lenses — building up their resistance fastidiously for an extra hour per day — then lost one down the sink and the other down the Holborn Public Baths . |
| 4 | I accustomed my pupils to the tiny hard lenses — building up their resistance fastidiously for an extra hour per day — then lost one down the sink and the other down the Holborn Public Baths . |
| 5 | ‘ Some savers like term shares where they tie their money up for a set period in return for a limited guarantee regarding the interest , ’ says Willis . |
| 6 | For most of the time since 1986 , many parent companies would have done better putting their money safely in a bank deposit than risking it in the securities markets . |
| 7 | Members of the Company put their money down on a separate basis for a distinct and limited series of enterprises ; profits from the voyage would be divided in proportion to capital invested , but capital as well as dividends could be withdrawn when the enterprises were complete and all the goods brought back had been sold off . |
| 8 | In a decision which surprised MPs and investors , the Trade Secretary , Mr Nicholas Ridley , told the Commons that the bulk of the 18,000 investors are to get nearly 90 per cent of their money back in an unprecedented state payout . |
| 9 | They had proceeded through childhood and into their adolescence just like a thousand and one other families in the community . |
| 10 | With a side-look at the American inner cities , he argues that collective provision must be linked not just with the needs of the have-nots , but ‘ with all people who are able to exercise their freedom only within a cooperative society imbued with a sense of fairness ’ . |
| 11 | An almost remarkable achievement , even though you feel as though you 've been in their bedroom before in a different life . |
| 12 | In A.D. 313 the Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan which gave to Christians the right to practise their religion openly on an equal basis with other religions . |
| 13 | In A.D. 313 the Roman Emperor Constantine issued the Edict of Milan which gave to Christians the legal right to practise their religion openly on an equal basis with other religions and , after A.D. 325 , Christianity became the official religion of the empire . |
| 14 | With that , the line of beetles began their march forward like an army going into battle . |
| 15 | Hereford lost their grip just for a second , but that was long enough for Phil Chard to get one back for the cobblers . |
| 16 | Inconsistent HULL finally got their act together with a seven-try 42–10 demolition of SALFORD . |
| 17 | Many parents are only too eager to hand their child over to a babysitter and enjoy a well-earned night out . |
| 18 | Instead of retreating instead of going underground instead of accepting that the situation had become extremely difficult and it was necessary to try and rebuild their organization and their influence gradually over a period of time , they committed their shattered forces to further battles and more or less completed er their destruction . |
| 19 | After all , they have their stake already through a 1-for-1 free basis for every ICI share held . |
| 20 | Erm , you , a lot of people now talk as though it 's erm , plain sailing or flying for B Sky B and it 's gon na be er , hunky-dory , whereas Anglia Television have just written their stake down to a prenominal amount because they do n't think it 's gon na make , stand a chance of making a profit before the turn of the millennium . |
| 21 | On their return home after a day 's work they must then be given a good if not excessive meal . |
| 22 | The British squad members may not be fully rested after their return yesterday from a 2½-week training trip to the United States , but their presence will serve as a psychological boost to their teams . |
| 23 | ‘ Yeah , well , just tell them they got two more days and then they get their boy back in a bag . |
| 24 | A wooden bench seat and a scatter of garden chairs suggested that the residents of the surrounding buildings might take their ease there on a summer 's night . |
| 25 | Opinion polls in Denmark suggested that those planning to vote Yes in the referendum on the Maastricht treaty were extending their lead again after a narrowing of the gap . |
| 26 | RIOTING prisoners burned and vandalised their jail today in an orgy of destruction which one witness estimated caused up to £40m of damage . |
| 27 | They do n't turn their nose up at a job for a lesser mag if their last assignment was for Elle or something . ’ |
| 28 | Deep anaphors , on the other hand , take their meaning directly from an element of the content-based representation , or mental model , and are renamed model-interpretive anaphora . |
| 29 | In the relatively prosperous years of the late nineteenth century Latin American intellectuals were primarily concerned not with the economic progress of their nations , but with their development away from a state of ‘ barbarism ’ to one of ’ civilisation' along European lines . |
| 30 | GARDENERS will be testing their knowledge tonight in a quiz organised by Tiverton Gardening Club , at 7.30pm in the village hall . |