Example sentences of "be [prep] their [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even with overtime £3 15s to £4 would be about their maximum weekly pay . |
| 2 | I suspect that for many young Germans it might be pretty meaningless , as it would be for their British or French contemporaries , who simply want to get on with their lives without having to attend to the doings of another generation . |
| 3 | It may be through their particular knowledge , abilities , experience , or contacts — or all of these . |
| 4 | The memory for the Second Division club will be of their historic 10-9 triumph over West Hartlepool last year , a victory secured with a last- minute try that ensured their promotion from the Courage League Division Three alongside their immediate rivals . |
| 5 | It must be of their inward mental and subtle structure . |
| 6 | It may be argued that the longer people search for jobs , the more satisfied they will be with their eventual choices . |
| 7 | He added the closures might mean emergency services took longer to reach the estate but those services felt they would still be within their legal limit . |
| 8 | Still resolute , she turned to the desk : something was wrong , her books and papers did not seem to be in their usual place . |
| 9 | As it was not yet open , she sat on the step beside a broken box of rotting plums and watched the market traders going about their business : they all seemed to be in their usual mood of precarious good humour which could splinter at any moment into invective and menacing gesture . |
| 10 | And of course I think that maybe the electricians and the , the other tradesmen they might be in their equivalent union . |
| 11 | The youngest fans at Wedding Present concerts tend to be in their early teens and the oldest are middle-aged . |
| 12 | It provides us with information which can suggest not only how individuals came to be in their present position but the way they are likely to respond to new difficulties and choices . |
| 13 | Although Watson wanted to go beyond mere taxonomy , he adopted an essentially descriptive approach to geographical studies and saw no point in advancing speculative explanations of how things came to be in their present state until much more data were available : |
| 14 | If those criteria had been adhered to , many people would not be in their present position . |
| 15 | These young SNRs will be in their adiabatic stage of development . |
| 16 | All records will be in their correct places and the file will be physically as well as logically in sequence . |
| 17 | It will be in their capable hands and ( need I add ? ) |
| 18 | The result is that the best qualified recruits for the Branch as Inspectors ( Operations ) tend to be in their late forties or early fifties , rather than the middle thirties as is preferred . |
| 19 | The victims , who 're believed to be in their late twenties and from the Hereford area were both travelling in the car . |
| 20 | The man and an accomplice both thought to be in their late teens tried to rob The Candy Box , Ayresome Street , Middlesbrough , at 8.45pm on Saturday . |
| 21 | Er , Birmingham region , Brian , who will count G M B Scotland Lancashire region , John who will count Southern Liverpool region , Alan who will count South Western London , Bill who will count Yorkshire Midland , Colin who will count Birmingham Northern , Derek who will count Lancashire G M B Scotland , Mary , who will count Liverpool Southern , Jack who will count London South Western , John , the other John , who will count Midland Yorkshire , Ray who will count Northern er , and now the pep talk it should be emphasized that tellers must remain in the congress hall while congress is in session and of course that delegates must be in their allotted seats when a vote is taken . |
| 22 | In deciding to get together the two firms reveal that they think this union will be in their private interest , but we must ask whether mergers are in the public interest . |
| 23 | Under these conditions , the reactants and products are said to be in their standard states . |
| 24 | The prospect of increased future earnings will also have no impact where a manager plans to leave the employment market , as will often be the case with chief executives who may be in their final period of office . |
| 25 | Although Uaru are not noted for equipment bashing , they have been known to move it gently aside , or even to spawn on it if it happens to be in their chosen spot . |
| 26 | had the future of their country and their children to consider , and it was their duty as men and husbands to use their utmost efforts to bring about a condition of things , where their wives would be in their proper sphere at home , instead of being dragged into competition for livelihood against the great and strong men of the world . |
| 27 | Although many of these children will be beyond their early years when their parents develop advanced disease , they will require much support and counselling . |
| 28 | Cardiff will be without their international hooker Ian Watkins , who was sent off in the game with Pontypridd on Boxing Day , and also the Lions three-quarter Mike Hall whose former club Bridgend have not yet granted him a transfer . |
| 29 | But the European champions will again be without their injured captain Ruud Gullit , their third AC Milan player , who is still recovering from knee surgery , and the PSV midfielder Gerald Vanenburg , who has damaged knee ligaments . |
| 30 | ENGLAND will almost certainly be without their inspirational Lions No. 8 , Dean Richards , when they play Fiji in five weeks . |