Example sentences of "[pos pn] own [noun] which [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 To be sure , as Willis demonstrates above , people develop their own cultures which will have the function of providing a sense of worth for themselves collectively .
2 They also look at wider issues such as their own up-bringing which may have been in an addictive family and may have led to many grief or abuse or other issues that may still need to be processed with a sponsor or a professional counsellor if there is to be further progress in recovery .
3 The flood apart from ruining their home made their own car which should have taken them for the fully-paid honeymoon in Scotland , float off down the road and crash into another car .
4 Workers have their own organisations which can bring pressure to bear on governments and make demands on the state .
5 Lord Haldane L. C. upheld the general principles in the Rice case but refused access to the housing inspector 's report or to the Board itself : when a matter is entrusted to a department of state or similar body , Parliament should be taken , subject to contrary intent , to have meant that it could follow its own procedure which would enable it to work with efficiency .
6 If a takeover does become the subject of civil litigation or criminal proceedings , the Panel will normally suspend publication of any of its own findings which might influence the legal proceedings .
7 There is in fact a flaw in such reasoning , because a dogmatic kind of agnosticism is possible : agnosticism just as much as religious faith rests on its own assumptions which can betray key-hole vision .
8 In social situations it has to be recognised that there is at least one other sentient being present who has his own objectives which might accord with or oppose those of the first person .
9 Abbreviations : If you regularly have to take notes about the same subject , you should find it quite easy to develop your own abbreviations which will make you able to take those notes even more quickly .
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