Example sentences of "[noun pl] [unc] own " in BNC.

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1 Convocation , by 1327 no longer confusable with parliament , was assimilated to the clergy 's own provincial synod .
2 This has always seemed to make sense , despite the Scots ' own tendency to be caught with a wardrobe of empty coat-hangers and crumpled piles , and one 's fear on behalf of England is that they are running out of time in which to find a dinner jacket .
3 the rich nations no longer have the stomach for sending their men to fight unless it is safe or there is a threat to the rich nations ' own pampered existence , and
4 The tough talk seemed at odds , however , with some recent US policies , including President Clinton 's decision to continue favourable trade benefits for China for at least another year , and the United Nations ' own treatment of Tibet 's exiled Dalai Lama .
5 Other labels derive from words taken from the foreigners ' own language .
6 It 's generally cheaper to steer clear of garage manufacturers ' own hire purchase schemes unless the quoted APR is unusually low .
7 All evidence of the safety and risk/benefit ratio of drugs is assessed using manufacturers ' own data .
8 The manufacturers ' own organisation , the National Office of Animal Health , has reaffirmed its commitment to the dips .
9 The good adviser will value schools ' own programmes , and be willing to participate in them and provide additional help , but he will also try to stimulate other opportunities of cooperation between schools , wide-ranging discussion in courses and occasional meetings , and curriculum development planning meetings at teachers ' centres and colleges and departments of education .
10 Space is provided for candidates ' own work .
11 What about Marxists ' own morality , or ethical values ?
12 Our first step is to obtain information about the hens ' own point of view .
13 Early work on clients ' own perceptions emphasized the lack of practical responses and the heavy reliance on ‘ talk ’ ( Mayer and Timms , 1970 ) , however helpful that may itself be ( Phillimore , 1981 ) .
14 She now works for herself part-time as a mobile hairdresser , undertaking work at home or in her clients ' own homes .
15 A gifted decorating triumvirate with an outstanding range of experience and the capacity to interpret clients ' own wishes rather than to impose a ‘ house style ’ .
16 Their catalogue illustrates the many boxes and boards they have constructed , and they specialise in making boxes to clients ' own specifications .
17 Care in the community implies the use of statutory resources provided in clients ' own homes ; care by the community is associated with the mobilization of resources from within the community ( voluntary organizations and informal carers such as friends , neighbours and kin ) .
18 The percentages of variants in Sue 's speech provide a reasonably reliable index of the socioeconomic status and educational background of her interlocutors , just as the percentages of those forms in the clients ' own speech are able to do .
19 In some cases the language tutors ' own training and experience lead them , understandably , to a rather prescriptive , narrow approach to language use and learning .
20 Special needs post-holders have in this way been able to develop their consultation skills with teachers , while educational psychologists who have begun to extend their remit in this way have found this to be a realistic way of meeting the supporters ' own need for ongoing support .
21 When a speaker S who speaks a particular variety V1 of a language L moves to an area where the local language is , in terms of speakers ' own assessments , a different variety of the same language L — in other words , a different dialect of L — say , V2 , it is usual for that individual 's speech to acquire some of the phonological and grammatical characteristics of V2 .
22 What is more , it is the individual speakers themselves who " identify the groups " on which they model their behaviour : the groups are thus the speakers ' own creations , not the creations of analysts .
23 Ideally , an approach is required which will narrow the focus of the " act of identity " in such a way that individual choices like the one just mentioned can be seen as part of systematic behaviour patterns which are simultaneously typical of speakers ' own fictive speech communities and conditioned by the immediate context of the interaction in which they occur .
24 At a time when FISA , the sport 's organizing body , helped by the drivers ' own association , had belatedly begun to pay some attention to safety in a notably risky sport , Chapman 's remarks showed a callousness towards his drivers — and by implication , towards other human beings — that I found it hard to admire .
25 This suggests that men are more cruel than women towards cats , but such an interpretation assumes that cats can distinguish between deliberate cruelty and pain inflicted for the animals ' own good .
26 Another interesting point in biographical/historical work is the use made by later writers of their subjects ' own diaries and records .
27 Both Taylor and Seymour-Jones tend to believe their subjects ' own accounts .
28 I shall give pointers to these , which readers ' own experience and understanding can fill out .
29 The results are then mapped on a micro , using a Postscript driver ( Adobe Systems 1985 ) of the authors ' own devising ( step 5 ) .
30 The Authors jointly and severally warrant that the Company has the unfettered right to authorise the publication of the Work ; that the Authors ' own contributions to the Work are original and contain no libellous , defamatory , obscene or otherwise unlawful or misleading matter ; and that all statements therein purporting to be facts are true .
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