Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun pl] ' own " in BNC.
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| 1 | A grandparent who tries to counteract parents ' own methods by being over-indulgent or strict will only create further problems . |
| 2 | James Losh , the north country reformer , later remarked that after abolition ‘ the country at large seemed to settle into a state of indifference on the subject of negro slavery ’ or at any rate to accept reformers ' own assurances that amelioration would follow from the cut-off of new labour supplies from Africa . |
| 3 | Workers ' behaviour , he argues , is really a response to managerial control , and is best understood as a counter-attempt to assert workers ' own control ( 1963 , p.6 ) . |
| 4 | In the past , it had to use customers ' own equipment to develop applications . |
| 5 | A gifted decorating triumvirate with an outstanding range of experience and the capacity to interpret clients ' own wishes rather than to impose a ‘ house style ’ . |
| 6 | On various occasions I have been able to exploit pupils ' own interests for mathematical ends , however transient the interest might have seemed . |
| 7 | We worked through the medium of the Professional Course in English , designed to improve students ' own English skills , and to equip them to handle English in the Primary School timetable . |