Example sentences of "[verb] by [art] [noun pl] ' own " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in fact the coffee rooms not only were not profitable but I think at one time were even subsidized by the directors ' own pocket which just how balmy some people can be . |
| 2 | Is this just the state having been convinced by the academics ' own rhetoric about themselves , or hoping that the academics will actually be prepared to keep their own house in order ( for instance , by closing down a course of their own volition ) ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The opening of relations had largely been dictated by the powers ' own interests in the East Asian region , but now the issues became far more complex ; account had to be taken of factors as diverse as Japan 's economic imperatives , the growth of Japanese military power and the emergence of national sentiment in response to foreign contact . |
| 5 | The king 's needs , however , were challenged by the popes ' own obligations to reward their growing army of servants . |
| 6 | The special cases of literacy usage represented by the analysts ' own academic experience , by the literary forms of their own culture and other specific social conventions are still taken by many , often implicitly , as the appropriate models for describing the ‘ universal ’ qualities of literacy and for testing other groups ' or societies ' conventions of literacy usage . |
| 7 | External assessment , in the form of SATs , should : generally be conducted by the pupils ' own teachers ; observe the principle of fitness for purpose ; be intrinsically rewarding and enjoyable for pupils and accord with good classroom practice . |