Example sentences of "[subord] for [pron] own [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument is that provided they do use their power for the benefit of the public rather than for their own personal gain that power is legitimate . |
| 2 | It is clear that what Bukharin had in mind here was that the ‘ town ’ must provide consumer goods and means of production to agriculture on such a scale as to make it worthwhile for the peasants to produce more than for their own immediate needs . |
| 3 | Unlike Vietnam and El Salvador , this is a situation where America 's military might can be used for good , rather than for their own political ends . |
| 4 | ( Is it that good colour vision at small visual angles has been more important for frugivorous monkeys than for our own recent ancestors ? ) |
| 5 | Thus , but for their own agricultural ministry , there would have been no American criticism , nor would there have been such a well-publicised fillip for the Californian sparkling wine industry . |
| 6 | Many teachers belonging to the teachers ' union ANDES became actively involved in the struggle for political justice as well as for their own economic interests . |
| 7 | As for my own personal future … well , I have my own Five Year plan to sort out the confusion in which I live . |