Example sentences of "from the [noun pl] ' own [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others dived and scurried for any food they found — sometimes a speck of meat from the eagles ' own food , or perhaps the crumbs from some piece of bread that the visitors to the Zoo wrongly threw in . |
| 2 | They derive from the writers ' own work practice and belief system and serve to reinforce it in relation to other groups and cultures . |
| 3 | That is , the material presented is not some kind of post hoc analysis imposed upon the texts in the light of present-day concerns , removed from the ancients ' own understanding of the laws in their original context . |
| 4 | Examples of teaching practice are rejected because they seem too remote from the trainees ' own situation : " Yes but … my students would never ( work in pairs/bring things to class/respond to a video screen . ) " |
| 5 | Other labels derive from words taken from the foreigners ' own language . |