Example sentences of "[noun] to [pron] own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Callinicos ' criticism of the ‘ postmodern ’ hypothesis contains a range of emphases , the three principal ones of which are : First : advocates of the postmodern in art ( which attains uncommon prominence in so far as the ‘ postmodern ’ is powerfully underwritten by a claimed distinction from Modernism ) , tend to misread the modern and arrogate its defining characteristics to their own period . |
| 2 | This backlash has meant many dog owners having to confine their pets to their own gardens for exercise and toilet use which , of course , leads to the problem of how to dispose of the dogs ' faeces . |
| 3 | They are designed to prevent member states from using these prudential provisions to limit investment to their own government securities or shares . |
| 4 | Nithard puts them in 839 : Charles 's mother , and the magnates who had worked on the will of his father to promote Charles 's cause , fearing that if Louis were to die before matters were settled , they would risk incurring the hatred of Charles 's brothers to their own ruin , advised that the father should choose one of those sons to be his helper so that , even if the others refused to remain at peace after their father 's death , these two at least would have been so firmly united that they would be able to withstand the hostility of their rivals . |
| 5 | Social classes often have their own particular behaviour , purchase and consumption patterns , and tend to limit their closest relationships , social intercourse and friendship to their own kind . |
| 6 | Fearing that any investigation into this anti-communist network might be a prelude to his own eviction from the presidential palace , Mr Cossiga has tried to fight off all attempts to question him about Gladio . |
| 7 | This ‘ mini-apartheid ’ was reminiscent of the colonial era , when parts of China were out of bounds to its own people . |
| 8 | In reply to his own question , ‘ What shall I render to the Lord for all his bounty to me ? ’ the psalmist can only receive with gratitude what Yahweh freely gives him and rededicate himself : ‘ I will lift up the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord , I will pay my vows to the Lord in the presence of his people . ’ |
| 9 | Because of the wide range of professional activities of its membership , the Institute relies on members and their firms to decide the relevance and usefulness of any CPE programme to their own circumstances . |
| 10 | Brothers turned against brother , and married women could find themselves in opposition to their own family , in duty to their husband . |
| 11 | Even the Tory MP for Bodmin , Robert Hicks , had signalled his opposition to his own government 's policy by speaking on an anti-nuclear platform . |
| 12 | As Burton loved to live in opposition — it made him feel most alive and it could be argued that he lived in serious opposition to his own body for long stretches of his life — it is interesting to speculate whether the homosexual network gave yet another spin to his heterosexuality . |
| 13 | Freed , thus , from the weight of the dragon 's will , and safely assured of being able to get home again Maggie turned her mind to her own task and went travelling down into the labyrinth of memory and desire . |
| 14 | Sometimes they stressed the usefulness to their own careers of studying a science degree , and this was for some the determining factor in choosing between science and arts . |
| 15 | This could well form a separate main activity , since it encompasses goal-directed research ( preparation of lectures , tours and exhibitions ; enquiry answering ) , research involved with the supervision and teaching of information management , bibliography and research methodology to our own students , M.Sc. |
| 16 | He also found it possible to direct public funds to his own use . |
| 17 | In June a settlement agent in Fort Worth , Texas , was indicted for embezzlement , an agent in Birmingham , Alabama , was found guilty of the theft of $168,000 , and a computer operator in Denver , Colorado , was found to have transferred $313,127 in HUD funds to his own account . |
| 18 | Fortunately , technology often brings solutions to its own problems . |
| 19 | There is surely a lesson here for us , as we turn to information technology for solutions to our own problems of communication . |
| 20 | Santa Clara , California-based RasterOps Corp warns that it will record an operating loss and take a $5m to $7m restructuring charge for the third quarter ending March 31 : it says third quarter sales will be about equal to the second quarter 's $25m , and it blames ‘ general market softness and lingering effects of the transition from third party channels to its own sales force . |
| 21 | Proposals put forward by Maynard et al ( 1986 ) for GP budgets would overcome this problem , since GPs would act as gatekeepers to their own budgets . |
| 22 | Balancing the dual roles of minister to the world and shepherd to his own flock has taken its toll . |
| 23 | By that he meant the rich , using their wealth , are able to manipulate the flow of information and images to their own advantage . |
| 24 | In the end Diana , who had an epidural injection in the base of her spine , was able to give birth thanks to her own efforts , without resorting to forceps or an operation . |
| 25 | When she was alone , Emily allowed herself a smile of satisfaction , nothing could stop her now , she was on her way up and all thanks to her own ingenuity . |
| 26 | For nearly 500 years the people of this area built churches , cathedrals , schools and houses on the Byzantine model and , as time passed , adapted these designs to their own needs . |
| 27 | ‘ After we had prayed together in tears and heartbreak a few moments … 1 then dipped my finger in water and , as the priest to my own babe at such a moment , touching the little forehead in the sign of our redemption , said : ' ‘ I baptise thee Mary Salome , in the name of the Lord Jesus , of the Father and of the Holy Ghost . ' ’ |
| 28 | He was giving words to her own struggle , but before she could feel too much empathy a light went on inside her . |
| 29 | In Holland , the unions made structural adaptations to their own organisations to meet the needs of the rank and file . |
| 30 | In Holland , the unions made structural adaptations to their own organisations to meet the needs of the rank and file . |