Example sentences of "[modal v] [pron] own " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet should their own government , run by fellow noblemen and dedicated to their security , conclude that serfdom was too dangerous to perpetuate , they would bow to the inevitable . |
| 2 | At the very least , however , unpalatable though the proposals may at present be , they may prove more acceptable than the alternative already foreshadowed by Sir Adrian Cadbury should his own committee 's voluntary code fail to command compliance — the even more unpalatable prospect of governance by legislation . |
| 3 | How long could their own obstruction permit the slave-owners to claim the slaves were unfit for freedom ? |
| 4 | ‘ The day when I attached less importance to ( my stepdaughter ) liking me than to her respecting me , I began to treat her more as I would my own child . ’ |
| 5 | How would my own child see me ? |
| 6 | Teachers , it was felt , were the guardians of a politically free curriculum : if they lost their entitlement to control the learning experiences of pupils , not only would their own professionalism be undermined , but , worse , schools could easily become the agents for transmitting ‘ state-approved knowledge ’ . |
| 7 | What are the main ethical problems of church-owned media , and what would their own codes of ethics look like ? |
| 8 | What would her own stepchildren say to her divorce from their father ? |
| 9 | Nor would her own mother have permitted her to marry Memet . |
| 10 | Would her own marriage be like that ? |
| 11 | What men would her own two children marry , if they married at all ? |
| 12 | He knew there was no antidote to white phosphorus , the material would carry on burning and penetrating the vile flesh , as it would his own . |
| 13 | She also made a plea for children in care saying that ‘ a child already damaged by previous experiences ’ should be cared for ‘ as we would our own children ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ Will my own things be ready tomorrow ? ’ she asked after a while . |
| 15 | No , M' lud , it portrays a vile and hopeless marriage so that others may learn that only by following Christian instructions will their own marriages be happy . |
| 16 | Will your own people come for you ? ’ |
| 17 | Or is it falling into the old sin of hubris to say you can will your own death ? |
| 18 | Not until society 's approach to older people has changed — the approach of government departments , professional groups and the media , for example — will our own attitudes to ageing change . |
| 19 | I have argued that if we allow our concept of special educational provision , and hence of the support teacher 's role , to be limited to the ‘ individual ’ approach then the danger is that , not only will our own sights be limited in the measures we adopt to meet special educational needs , but our work may act as a substitute for more fundamental changes that are required . |
| 20 | Can your own country 's residents deposit and borrow in the ECM ? |