Example sentences of "[prep] their own [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although they 're among the poorest people in the community , many feel better off than they 've ever been — they 've got money , time and friends of their own for the first time . |
| 2 | Similarly a grant is paid to staff who move from a rented unfurnished house or flat to a similar property at the new base or who buy a house of their own at the new location . |
| 3 | But many Special Hospital patients could move straight into independent living in hostels or flats of their own with the right professional support from local services . |
| 4 | The magnificence of crinoline and the billowing hoop-skirt were certainly exciting an interest of their own in the mid-1850s , as something symptomatic of the extravagant optimism of the period . |
| 5 | Computerised composition and the previous generation of photo-typesetters , which came into their own during the 1970s , described characters in this way , known as ‘ bit-mapping ’ . |
| 6 | Yet these and other highly original mathematical developments did not come into their own until the new revolutionary age of physics which began at the end of the century . |
| 7 | The full effects of the theological liberalism which had been at work since the nineteenth century came into their own in the English-speaking world after the publication of Honest to God ( Robinson 1963 ) . |
| 8 | The local newspapers in Ulster printed our press statements , but did not follow up the Black story on their own despite the clear indications of sinister and dramatic happenings . |
| 9 | Young people striking out on their own for the first time frequently do not have transport and colleges or universities are not always situated in city centres . |
| 10 | At all centres we complete your logbooks at the end of the holiday , and most beginners are happily sailing on their own by the second week . |
| 11 | Married students are therefore advised to come to Edinburgh on their own in the first instance and to send for their families only when they have secured suitable accommodation . |