Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] ' own " in BNC.
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| 1 | It binds IGG , one of the major immunoglobulins produced by the human blood in response to attack from outside and which doctors think they be destroying the AIDS patients ' own tissues . |
| 2 | In this section I will use a study of conversations within Caribbean families to try to put more detail on the pattern of language use which has emerged from community members ' own reports . |
| 3 | For the band members ' own ‘ salaries ’ , a Certificate of Tax Deposits can be purchased from the Inland Revenue . |
| 4 | Water suppliers ' own records for 1987–9 showed that such surprising areas as Bath , Brighton , Huntingdon , Braintree and Waveney had lead pollution of drinking water above the MAC . |
| 5 | The first big postwar EDA campaign was in 1954 : the ‘ Four Foundations of Modern Living ’ advertisements promoted electric cookers , water heaters , refrigerators and washing machines , and were heavily supplemented by the Area Boards ' own campaigns . |
| 6 | And of course teachers ' own families , and having fun with their own children , can be an enormous source of satisfaction . |
| 7 | The ultimate decision , however is taken by the Church Commissioners ' own Redundant Churches Committee . |
| 8 | The French bank originally heard about the headhunters they had employed by word-of-mouth contact , and BICC had based their choice — perhaps more dangerously — on a review of headhunting firms ' own literature . |
| 9 | As a gesture , government ministers ' own salaries will be cut by 10% . |
| 10 | Building societies ' own retail inflows are already modest — a mere £145m in the latest reported month — but luckily , so is demand for mortgages . |
| 11 | The most significant changes made to building societies ' own accounts relate to the balance sheet and its two dominant asset groups — liquid assets and commercial assets . |
| 12 | Any action has to be additional to member states ' own policies ; it has to take into account the views of the region ; it has to be adopted unanimously by the Council , and the European Parliament ( EP ) can veto it . |
| 13 | It 's generally cheaper to steer clear of garage manufacturers ' own hire purchase schemes unless the quoted APR is unusually low . |
| 14 | In some cases the language tutors ' own training and experience lead them , understandably , to a rather prescriptive , narrow approach to language use and learning . |
| 15 | The emphasis in recovery is that the unmanageability of the family members ' own life is a matter of personal choice : the actions of the primary sufferer do not inevitably dictate the reactions of the family member . |