Example sentences of "their [noun sg] [verb] are " in BNC.
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| 1 | Smaller groups called Quality Improvement Teams are undertaking this work and some of their initial finds are thought provoking indeed . |
| 2 | There is talk , still unconfirmed but reasonable enough , that Sparc cloners anxious to finally turn their allegiance to profit are pushing for the port . |
| 3 | These schools , given a far from warm reception when first proposed , are to be funded in a new way , are to fall altogether outside Local Authority control , and as their name implies are to be devoted primarily to preparing their pupils for a career in industry . |
| 4 | Scientifically known as the aurora borealis , the lights , as their name suggests are normally only seen in very northern areas . |
| 5 | They continued to evolve with undiminished vigour through the Tertiary , and their fossil remains are nowhere more abundant than in the ‘ crags ’ of later Tertiary age . |
| 6 | It is often stated that young children are in the concrete operational stage of development and that their experience of the adult world and their ability to understand are restricted . |
| 7 | Doctors who want to devote much of their time to research are undervalued . |