Example sentences of "their [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The beauty and novelty of the scenery , the luxuriance of the shrubs and above all the originality of the Natives has astonished them beyond description , and so raised their enthusiasm that they seem scarcely to have felt the labour and fatigue of ascending high mountains or traversing deep glens and ravines , in fact so many wonders in the shape of animal creation have sprung up , as it were before them , that their imaginations have been kept in one continued state of delighted excitement . |
| 2 | But if , if , if that beginning , you know , i if you 're going to go for a rich peasant economy , you 've got ta convince them that it 's , it 's their advantage and it 's gon na last . |
| 3 | and so it seems to me that the erm really from the county 's point of view , er to their advantage as it were , the employment land requirement stays the same . |
| 4 | Of course its members gain because they work in the service , but they put forward their views because they want to make sure that the service does not collapse under the strain and we do not have a repetition of the destruction that we saw at Strangeways . |
| 5 | Both proponents and protesters are right to present their views and it is incumbent on politicians to ensure that adequate regulatory controls provide as large a degree of environmental protection as is possible when dealing with the relatively unknown . |
| 6 | He was always waiting , very receptive to new ideas and so he did like people and organizations to present their views and he did like to hear discussion . |
| 7 | Psychologists , analysts and therapists often hold strong fundamental allegiances to one set of theories or another , but then temper their views as they are influenced by other approaches . |
| 8 | You do n't let players get to the end of their contracts or you get peanuts for them . |
| 9 | At first the health authorities will have to place their contracts where they have placed them in the past . |
| 10 | Dogs would do it to us with their teeth but they have laws and guns instead . |
| 11 | I know enough about geophysics to say that these people are lying through their teeth when they claim they can eventually guarantee long-term safety underground . ’ |
| 12 | And erm they 've done their teeth and they 've had a wash and they 've done everything really so all you 've got to do is get them in there . |
| 13 | Their grey sandy fur was ruffed out for warmth and occasionally he saw the snarl of their teeth as they turned for a moment on each other in play . |
| 14 | I think in general term they will go along with the erm the de-furbishment or the destruction of the er but my understanding is they are reserving their judgement until they 've seen some version of the plan . |
| 15 | But they do n't have a crystal ball , all they have is their judgement and they do what 's best in the circumstances . |
| 16 | Subordinates who accept the instructions of their superiors because they recognize its legitimacy rather than because they fear coercion are participating in the transformation of power into authority ( Pfeffer 198 1 , pp. 4–5 ) . |
| 17 | Some things are going to have to last you a very long time and withstand a great deal of wear so these must be the best of their kind that you can possibly afford . |
| 18 | this freedom we talk about is worthy of their support because it is for them we fight ; it is for the establishment of a social system that is going to provide them with the opportunity and the means to develop all that is best in them and the Nation . |
| 19 | But he found himself in a double bind ; the bankers said they would withdraw their support if he left and this would have killed the business instantly . |
| 20 | It was on the day that the bishops were acquitted , 30 June , that the famous seven — Bishop Compton , the Earl of Danby , Lord Lumley , Edward Russell , Henry Sidney , and the Earls of Devonshire and Shrewsbury — sent an invitation to William of Orange pledging their support if he brought a force to England against James . |
| 21 | Most importantly I would like to thank all those involved both as ‘ fund raisers ’ and ‘ sponsors ’ for their support and I hope that their sterling efforts will inspire you to undertake more new fund raising projects . |
| 22 | I would just like again to say special thanks to Ernie , Mel and Neil for all their support and I hope they 're gon na be first in bar to buy me a drink . |
| 23 | ‘ Then I came south to Royston but Queen Margaret and her party had already returned to London to collect all their possessions so I followed in hot pursuit . |
| 24 | So whenever you see people who 're not quite like you and maybe there 's something about their workstyle that you do n't like think about it this way . |
| 25 | ‘ Both sides played their part and it shows football can be played with passion and pride without resorting to thumping the ball forward . ’ |
| 26 | In our particular ministry in St Louis Missouri we are trying to use the vast technology that 's available to us in linking up with other organizations such as Catholic charities , Salvation Army and others , so that when persons are in need of help they can go to one organization and tell their story and they do n't have to keep going from place to place telling their story over and over and we 're beginning to look toward the use of computers and what they are capable of doing in order to help resources stretch . |
| 27 | The wind was in their hair and they were determined to win , ever known a successful non-competitive surveyor ? ! |
| 28 | treating their skin and their hair and they they 're on show , they 've got ta be |
| 29 | In doing so , they unwittingly made a popular decision , for in later years the local men were able to feel easier in their minds about telling their womenfolk that they were " going down to the Russell " . |
| 30 | Those are not children who smoke one or two cigarettes a week to prove to their contemporaries that they are older than they are ; if they are boys , they smoke more than 56 cigarettes a week and , if they are girls , more than 49 cigarettes a week . |