Example sentences of "his/her own " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since 6th April 1990 , married couples have been taxed independently , and each spouse is responsible for paying tax on his/her own income . |
| 2 | Since 6th April 1990 , married couples have been taxed independently , and each spouse is responsible for paying tax on his/her own income . |
| 3 | The days when the voice was trained to be a beautiful sound in itself are no longer with us ; instead , the emphasis is on a more natural approach , with each actor discovering the true quality of his/her own voice , and extending its range as much as possible . |
| 4 | It is hoped that the reader , after assessing these areas , will have a basis for evaluating the information system in his/her own institution . |
| 5 | The reader may like to reflect on his/her own planning approach and assess its validity by comparing it with the following checklist of factors which facilitate effective planning . |
| 6 | It is kin , often , who provide shelter during the first days in the town and who help the migrant build his/her own home . |
| 7 | Both are expressions of a secularized Protestant ethic , both dependent on the idea of an autonomous individual self who is responsible for and in control of his/her own destiny , seeking happiness and fortune in competition with other autonomous selves . |
| 8 | A consequence of the demise of the traditional , omniscient narrator is that the new narrative invites , and requires , the active participation of the reader , who , in the absence of authorial guidance , must disentangle the complexities of the text for him/herself to arrive at his/her own understanding of the world described . |
| 9 | One in twenty takes his/her own pillow |
| 10 | You will need someone to take the chair who is able to keep his/her own views in the background and is experienced in handling emotive discussions . |
| 11 | These interviews were to be used partly to obtain or confirm information about the sufferer but also to examine the carer 's own contribution to the care of the sufferer ; his or her physical and emotional well-being ; feelings about or attitudes to the sufferer , towards his/her own involvement , and towards the sufferer 's continued residence in the community . |
| 12 | The ‘ time-out ’ procedure is intended to reduce the frequency of an undesirable behaviour by denying the child any opportunity to acquire reinforcement ( for example , getting everyone stirred up , getting his/her own way , becoming the centre of attention ) as a result of his or her misbehaviour . |
| 13 | And space to work at his/her own level of interest ? |
| 14 | If you are too domineering in your handshake ( and this may be to overcompensate for nerves ) you will antagonize the interviewer who will subconsciously feel threatened on his/her own territory . |
| 15 | There is less likelihood of one person 's prejudices or tendency to interview in his/her own likeness affecting the outcome . |
| 16 | the solicitor has an existing client or an interest of his/her own which would prevent him/her from working solely in your interests . |
| 17 | The reader assists at the triumph over the abyss and experiences , in a very important way , his/her own coming-through or rite of passage . |
| 18 | So how would we find an outside correspondence for jealousy , a way of writing about it that would make it real for the reader , so real that it puts him/her in touch with his/her own jealousy ? |
| 19 | The full basic pension for a man or woman ( April 1992/93 ) is £54.15 a week , £86.70 for a married couple ( unless your spouse is entitled to more than the £32.55 spouse 's addition on his/her own contributions , in which case you will receive more ) . |
| 20 | A very important point for married couples to know is that as a result of independent taxation each partner now enjoys his/her own annual exemption of£5,800 instead of , as before , their gains being aggregated ( i.e. added together ) for tax purposes . |
| 21 | By insisting upon an element of pupil self-assessment , ISS promoted a shift in assessment from a unidirectional flow from teacher to pupil to a joint enterprise in which the pupil has responsibilities for defining his/her own strengths and weaknesses , and devising strategies for improvement . |
| 22 | For example , the person who can not say ‘ no ’ to others ' requests is likely to be overwhelmed by external demands ; the person who fails to speak up for him/herself and express personal feelings and thoughts will not feel fulfilled and comfortable with his/her own identity ; the person who can communicate only in an aggressive manner may fail to develop healthy trusting relationships . |
| 23 | If these new coppices are laid out with wide strips at even intervals , Free Range Egg production will give an extra crop and a profit , that is if the farmer can find his/her own retail market for the eggs . |
| 24 | Since each person pursued his or her own well-being , it followed that each person would vote in his/her own interest . |
| 25 | Hence the chief executive is able to maximize his/her own utility ( Williamson , 1963 ) as long as the shareholders get some basic , probably low , return . |
| 26 | A few weeks ago we placed in your columns a modest ad seeking a part-time awards administrator to work from home or his/her own office . |
| 27 | Individual department reports were then compiled into faculty reports by the head of faculty who again added his/her own comments . |
| 28 | It is clear , however , that the socialist abolition of the separation of workers from the means of production can not take the form of re-establishing the personal property of the individual worker in his/her own means of production on the model of peasant or artisanal conditions . |
| 29 | Both conjunctions and disjuncts usually come at the beginning of English clauses ; it is natural for the speaker to place in initial position an element which relates what s/he is about to say to what has been said before ( conjunction ) or an element which expresses his/her own judgement on what is being said ( disjunct ) . |
| 30 | The reader has to supply all the missing subjects and create his/her own chains of reference . |