Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] own [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | China , whilst approving the airport plan in principle , had been insistent that it should be able to set its own terms for the size and financing of the project . |
| 2 | The memorandum was widely seen as a victory for the Chinese side in the negotiations , with the UK effectively agreeing to Chinese demands that it should be able to set its own terms for the size and financing of the project . |
| 3 | ‘ What might I not have done if I 'd had my own clubs for the first two rounds ? ’ |
| 4 | Maginnis would like to see Sir Patrick Mayhew fulfil his promise to give the talks ‘ direction and focus ’ by presenting his own ideas for the future . |
| 5 | Well , of course Jimmy 's got his own meals for the whole of his life more |
| 6 | Mr Coleman , referring to Cabra 's latest proposals for Craven Cottage , said : ‘ We rejected the proposals because they did not follow our own guidelines for the future devlopment of the site , based on recommendations made by the government inspector following the public inquiry in February 1990 . ’ |
| 7 | saw the Mitcham Light Railway as one step in the large tramway system they intended to build around Croydon and followed this acquisition by presenting a Bill to Parliament , containing their own proposals for the area . |
| 8 | At the end of the following year , in December 1980 , the CGLI submitted its own proposals for the constitution of the validating body and , eventually , in July 1981 , the government 's position was made clear in a ministerial statement to parliament . |
| 9 | He finds his own words for the mood in a letter to Helen on 6 May '98 : ‘ I am glad my unkind letter allowed you nevertheless to write me so sweet a reply , and besides , to be so sweet tempered , and , as I hope , unhurt save for a moment . |
| 10 | But both the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords supported the Minister , Lord Keith saying that the judgments in the Divisional Court illustrated the danger of judges wrongly , though unconsciously , substituting their own views for the views of the decision-maker who alone was charged and authorized by Parliament to exercise a discretion . |
| 11 | Transforming the Information This requires you to understand the historian 's main argument , be able to separate main points from supporting detail and substitute your own key-words for the historian 's vocabulary . |
| 12 | The professor is typing his own letters for the time being . |
| 13 | The firm did not seek a costs order against Mrs Luxmoore-May , but she will have to pay her own costs for the original hearing and appeal . |
| 14 | When reviewing your own goals for the future , it might be useful to look at some of the positive aspects of nursing as a career , to see whether you still identify with them . |
| 15 | — make your own materials for the institute 's teaching or teacher training programmes ( Chapters 9 and 11 ) . |
| 16 | A stable and egalitarian Asian military and economic alliance was bound to founder on Japan 's inability to submerge her own interests for the benefit of Asia as a whole . |