Example sentences of "[pron] own [noun sg] [conj] a " in BNC.
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1 | If I have a choice between working for a nice man who let's me get on with my work in my own way and as far as possible on my own initiative and a difficult woman , then I 'm not going to hesitate , am I ? ’ |
2 | too disputed the view that all clients see lawyers as compartmentalised individuals , ‘ although I do know people who use specific lawyers for specific areas and our own recent market research has confirmed my own view that a number of our clients do n't know the full depth of service we have on offer ’ . |
3 | give their own guarantee and a 3 year General Accident guarantee for all repair work . |
4 | give their own guarantee and a 3 year General Accident guarantee for all repair work . |
5 | give their own guarantee and a 3 year General Accident guarantee for all repair work . |
6 | Like the situation in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , it was a struggle to resolve some basic contradictions , i.e. a desire to involve the working class in the control of their own education and a concern to link that education to a process of social and community action . |
7 | They grew their own rice and a surplus for sale , and often the villagers were able to catch fish from the many streams of the Irrawaddy Delta . |
8 | Most children enter school being able to read their own name and a few other words seen-and-said on television programmes , on labels on food , and on public notices . |
9 | So the ‘ markers ’ of good judgement and the rules that are really important must become so ingrained that children have their own discretion and a conscience to ‘ remind ’ them of right and wrong . |
10 | They did n't go into details , but apparently they have medical records from their own GP and a letter from their local hospital . ’ |
11 | Other sites are just taking a subset of the data , perhaps their own county and a few others nearby . |
12 | The employment of indigenous paraprofessionals has been linked conceptually to worldwide efforts to promote local citizen participation in decision-making and action on their own behalf and a mechanism for developing or strengthening indigenous community leadership ( IASSW , 1979 ) . |
13 | They are likely to enjoy higher standards of health , and to live longer ; they are less likely to be convicted of a criminal offence ; they are more likely to own their own house and a variety of consumer goods . |
14 | That is the way of fools and failures who plunge to their own destruction because a part of them has despaired and wishes to die . |
15 | A remarkable 40 per cent wanted to run their own business and a quarter expected to do so . |
16 | The patinas on copper alloys were often appreciated in their own right and a study of the patination is central to all authenticity studies . |
17 | The Hotel Bamby has its own bar and a newly refurbished , cosy , rustic Italian dining-room where meals are served . |
18 | The charming honeymoon suite has its own gallery and a large double Victorian brass bed . |
19 | The property benefits from its own drive and a wider than average side access . |
20 | Riding the ‘ Double Ferris Wheel ’ awards its own bonus or a quick score and , as with most pinball tables around at the moment , there 's a multiball feature that sends a multitude of steel balls singing around ( you 'll need three eyes and four arms to keep them all in play for any decent amount of time ! ) . |
21 | TYPOGRAPHY was once an arcane discipline , with its own system of measurement , its own language and a technology that depended largely upon pencil and paper . |
22 | So the most basic camera kit would be a camera , with its own microphone and a compatible video recorder . |
23 | Owned and managed by Paolo Galgani the hotel has characteristic public rooms , an inner courtyard with its own well and a delightful terrace on the second floor when an Italian style buffet breakfast is sometimes served . |
24 | The Hindenburg had a library , ( passengers could borrow books ) , a 60-metre promenade deck , a sick bay with its own doctor and a lounge complete with a grand piano . |
25 | Early experience in exploring the environment at home should precede this , and will not only be stimulating as an activity in its own right but a helpful and positive preparation for coping with the wider and more varied situation of school . |
26 | They should be shown how it may primarily be either an artefact in its own right or a means of conveying information ; how it functions as a tool of thought and as a creator of human relationships ; how it can be stored and readily transmitted across time and distance . |
27 | He claims that industrial society is characterized by boring and monotonous work , lack of freedom for the individual to control his or her own life and a compulsion to acquire material possessions , directed by the mistaken belief that they bring happiness and fulfilment . |
28 | Each inmate had her own locker and a screen for privacy . |
29 | His marriage to Ann , a social worker with the deaf in her own right and a sign language interpreter who had worked with the BDA in the past and would continue to do so , strengthened Verney 's qualifications for his new task . |
30 | She deposited the tray on the desk , then took her own tea and a small piece of cake back to her former post , slotted a new tape into the machine for the next instalment of the story and settled down to enjoy the rest of the afternoon in peace . |