Example sentences of "[modal v] be [adj] [verb] [pron] own " 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 | A winner of two handicaps this season , Azhar is as tough as they come and should be able to hold his own in this stronger company . |
| 4 | Now I promise to devote myself to bringing down the costs of your mortgages because I believe that people should be able to own their own homes and to own them cheaply . ’ |
| 5 | In the second category , general civil cases , parties should be able to choose their own lawyers because the interests of justice would be inherently less likely to fetter the client 's right of choice . |
| 6 | It would be good for the Hong Kong citizens , and it would be inconsistent for Thatcher not to do this , since she has said , for the Falklands , that a people should be able to choose their own government , and we should n't give in to dictatorships . |
| 7 | Whereas Moscow tried to pose as the champion of German unity therefore , the West posed as the defender of German liberty , arguing that reunification must only come after free nation-wide elections , and that Germany should be able to choose its own Allies . |
| 8 | It does n't offer you a definition , but by the end of the chapter you should be able to give your own definition of what it would be like if you were more assertive . |
| 9 | Students should come not merely to know that such and such is the case , or that this procedure works , but should be able to offer their own account of why it is the case or why it works . |
| 10 | In my Bill , for which I seek a Second Reading today , the provision is that Parliament should be elected by the single transferable vote in the first instance , but thereafter , in subsequent elections , Parliament should be free to determine its own electoral system as long as that is consistent with the principles of proportionality . |
| 11 | Actors must be prepared to create their own work . |
| 12 | To some extent this may be ameliorated by offering a cash alternative to shareholders , but the offeror must be prepared to defend its own financial condition and may even be compelled to issue a profit or dividend forecast in order to buttress its position . |
| 13 | ‘ While the Labour Party must be free to reach its own conclusions , we should listen to the contributions which others wish to make to what must now become an important national debate . ’ |
| 14 | Each person must be free to pursue their own case , ’ said Miss Nicholson . |
| 15 | An underlying principle of the project was that each school must be free to develop its own proposal and curriculum plan in the light of its own particular setting , needs , and history , and that this was not only practically desirable but also essential if the professional autonomy of the school staff was to be respected . |
| 16 | Because er we do n't know what 's going to happen and she must be able to earn her own living . |
| 17 | In the memory phase it must be able to hear a normal song ; and in the practice phase it must be able to hear its own initially crude efforts , which it compares with a ‘ template ’ of the memorized perfect song . |
| 18 | ‘ I just hope Mrs Adams and her family will remember that in a year 's time they might be able to enjoy their own Christmas too . ’ |
| 19 | Some men might be able to present their own case : Sir John Harington described how he intended to bring forward a suit of his own by getting into the Privy Chamber before the breakfast covers were placed and waylaying the Queen when she came out of her bedchamber . |
| 20 | A third possibility is that an animal might be able to recognise its own genetic relatives . |
| 21 | That 's good because then you 'll be able to do your own . |
| 22 | Now he 'll be able to use his own crop to make paper — which is made at this plant in Scotland . |
| 23 | If you 're complete beginners , active , familiar with camping or caravanning conditions , and two or you pay for our ‘ Introduction to Yachting ’ course in Nidri , then we know you 'll be safe to skipper your own yacht for the second week on flotilla . |
| 24 | MICK QUINN could be ready to stamp his own exit visa at Newcastle after being axed from the squad for tonight 's test at Birmingham . |
| 25 | Recent research shows that you may be able to predict your own destiny — and even change it — by checking your body 's blood-cholesterol levels . |
| 26 | There are those whose keenest pleasures in their job are to be found outside the class-room , in informal contacts with their pupils , where they may be able to exercise their own skills or pursue their own hobbies while helping others enjoy the same pleasures . |
| 27 | The method is of special advantage in cases when a seller delivers an epitome of title accompanied by photographic copies of the title documents , some perhaps complicated and lengthy ; in such a case it may be expedient to make your own " notes on title " on the epitome itself to save duplication of documents . |
| 28 | They may be prepared to build their own checks into ordering referring unscheduled or non-conforming orders to unit management for specific authorisation before actioning . |
| 29 | Readers less familiar with these studies may be interested to weigh their own experience against the research evidence . |
| 30 | ‘ A face the fairies would be proud to call their own . |