Example sentences of "their [noun pl] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason for this is one of priorities ; if the receiver were obliged to fulfil existing contracts it would mean that the unsecured creditors would be in a position to require fulfilment of their contracts before the receiver could realise the security . |
| 2 | I suspect that such things may gradually wither away , as members of staff are increasingly prepared to give their time according to the letter of their contracts and no more , and are increasingly expected to do so . |
| 3 | The resulting ‘ subgovernments ’ ( Cater , 1964 , pp. 17–22 ) or ‘ iron triangles ’ have been seen as critical to an understanding of what governments actually do or do not do because of their permanence , the secrecy of their operations and the weak party system in the United States . |
| 4 | Much discussion of the influence of TNCs has focused on their size , both in terms of the scale and scope of their operations and the fact that the turnover of the largest , notably the giant oil corporations , exceeds the gross national product of all but the richest states . |
| 5 | Ruth and Naomi , they 'd lost all their possessions and the most prominent member of the family was a man called Boaz |
| 6 | A wind large enough to make it certain that no Yule feast could be held , and small enough to allow the workmen and their womenfolk and the hall people who were over already to cross to the shore and spend Christmas with a clear conscience at home … |
| 7 | One can recognise easily why so many later European commentators extolled classical Greece as the model for their contemporaries since the material conditions of these changes from rural to urban , from aristocracy to bourgeoisie , and from oligarchy to proto-democracy similarly characterised their own social situation . |
| 8 | FEW PLACES have such a gentle and equable climate that animals living there never need seek shelter ; and few animals are so well-armed that they do not welcome somewhere to hide from their enemies or a safe nursery for their young . |
| 9 | They reached over to a low table set between them , to take food from large dishes , with their fingers or a spoon , or smeared pieces of meat on the point of a knife . |
| 10 | Dust spurted and drifted from their hooves and the bright sun flashed cruel and beautiful from their drawn sabres . |
| 11 | Informal linkages often develop because of the frequency of their meetings and the closeness of their working relationship , something fraught both with dangers and opportunities ( see Elcock , 1986 , ch. 4 ) . |
| 12 | But then life is invariably ultimately hard on someone with pretensions beyond their talents and a style best encapsulated in the story told about the boy in his Taunton constituency who asked him what the time was . |
| 13 | The divergencies are a consequence of voters ' use of their preferences and the geographical distribution of party support . |
| 14 | After last week 's announcement that its development-area status is being removed , the staff are all cowering under their desks while the population throw bricks through the windows . |
| 15 | The means by which the cost of equity rises to offset exactly the use of cheaper debt is an arbitrage process and arises out of rational investors taking advantage of profitable opportunities if the market values companies according to factors other than their returns and the riskiness of the returns . |
| 16 | The curtain rose to the usual restless flutter of the audience , the last coughs — audiences were as predictable as the performers in their reactions and the chorus began their opening song . |
| 17 | It means Dumenil 's 12,000 investors are locked into their investments until the investigation is complete . |
| 18 | The 12,000 unitholders who have invested in any of the 11 funds managed by Dumenil Trust Management , the French-owned unit trust group , found themselves this week locked into their investments when the fund managers suspended all dealings because they believed there was an error with pricing . |
| 19 | The third lesson is that it will not be possible for humanists to take full stock of what the computer has to offer to their disciplines until the study of statistics becomes a normal and inescapable part of the training of those who plan an academic career in the humanities . |
| 20 | If the people were more independent in their judgments than the BBC and the press chose to represent them , they were probably also less vindictive . |
| 21 | At that precise moment both dogs jumped against their chains and the fearsome Rosie began to bark . |
| 22 | Opposition Members believe that the British people have the basic talents and abilities which , with investment in their skills and a programme committed to training , will allow us to map out a better , more secure and more dignified future not for only those already in work but for the many people who will join the labour market in years to come . |
| 23 | The sailors of Cothique actually seek out these monsters in great sea-hunts , matching their skills and the speed of their light craft against brute strength and animal cunning . |
| 24 | If the plea for EC aid is successful , it will cover costs incurred by the fish farming industry to preserve consumer confidence in their products after the tanker ran aground . |
| 25 | Warwick are obviously a firm who stand by their products and the people who use them . |
| 26 | In the period since his appointment , he has merged the two companies , their products and the sales force into the single organisation that is in operation today . |
| 27 | This is usually because they 've never thought much about Christianity and the only opinions that they have got are ones that they 've picked up from their parent(s) or the TV . |
| 28 | " Officers had instructions from their employers that no English need apply and that the best chance a man could have to get employment would be that he could not speak the English language ; then he was sure to get a situation " . |
| 29 | Two fur traders from the French settlement of New France on the banks of the St. Lawrence had been trying to convince their employers that the best way to develop the trade was to set up bases on Hudson Bay to which the Indians could come in their canoes down all the rivers that flowed into the Bay . |
| 30 | Business is familiar with the counter-productive nature of narrowly conceived appraisal ; educators in schools need help in convincing their employers and the government of the importance of taking a developmental approach to appraisal . |