Example sentences of "[noun] for [pron] own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was now that a more marked difference from the Parisians showed itself in their work , most obviously when they laid hands on Sermisy or Janequin for their own purposes . |
| 2 | Supervisors have generally encouraged their students to read other theses , in preparation for their own efforts . |
| 3 | However , it must be remembered that the Chinese communists resembled the Kuomintang in using captured Japanese personnel for their own purposes after 1945 and indeed during the Chinese intervention in Korea from October 1950 . |
| 4 | The last ten years have seen the beginnings of a trend away from the study of objects for their own sake , stimulated partly by the discovery and excavation of settlement sites which have encouraged the formulation of a new range of questions ; the nature of and change in human societies have replaced the barren side of the artefacts . |
| 5 | Employers too find the contact with young people useful and a valuable opportunity for their own staff development . |
| 6 | A person buying and selling investments for their own account . |
| 7 | Arguing along these lines , Hessen asserts that ‘ men have a natural right to form a corporation by contract for their own benefit , welfare , and mutual self-interest ’ . |
| 8 | States can not entirely depend on such measures , however , and must make provision for their own defence . |
| 9 | Does the Ministry of Defence yet have an estimate of the number of personnel families who will not be able to make provision for their own housing ? |
| 10 | Farmers have been slow to make adequate provision for their own retirement so it was important to see how many had this long term security and how much importance it carried . |
| 11 | And that is to make provision for its own population and to claw back economic development er within the boundaries of the area . |
| 12 | Some months earlier , in the autumn of 1182 , young Henry had once again asked his father to give him a principality , Normandy , so that he could make proper provision for his own knights . |
| 13 | The object of the Act was to protect the minority of unwary consumers from possible exploitation by the minority of unscrupulous lenders who took unfair advantage for their own gain of their ‘ victims ’ ignorance . |
| 14 | Perhaps she could use his skills for her own advantage . |
| 15 | On such frail straws they floated their hope for their own survival . |
| 16 | Mr. Wilson : We know that the Hon. Gentleman is advising both companies — he informed us of that in Committee and has said so again tonight — but is it correct that he is backing Strathtay for his own area ? |
| 17 | The state supported private activities for its own ends , and vice versa . |
| 18 | The Scale of Perfection is a key text for its own period and beyond it . |
| 19 | In each case these children do not have any clear picture of reality and they are not able to express or receive full gratification for their own needs . |
| 20 | The Commission does not advocate change for its own sake . |
| 21 | Avoid too-frequent harmonic change for its own sake . |
| 22 | The processed tapes will be deposited with the ESRC Data Archive from where social scientists may obtain copies for their own research |
| 23 | In fact , Philips recently subsumed EIM into its UK-based Interactive Systems operation and has just announced plans for its own CD-I publishing company . |
| 24 | Within this general consensus , the armies of individual states made plans for their own circumstances . |
| 25 | Prior to the establishment of the Federation Cup by the ILTF ( now the ITF ) in 1962 , the former US player , Margaret du Pont , together with former Australian pro , Thelma Coyne Long and supported by the USTA , had drawn up plans for their own women 's international team competition and had even offered to donate a cup for the event . |
| 26 | In addition to Lagos at least ten other states have well-advanced plans for their own television stations . |
| 27 | They learned to negotiate for grants , find a patch of land , buy it , hire their own architect , and then work on detailed plans for their own homes , the colour of bricks , the design of window frames , the landscaping of their estate . |
| 28 | ‘ Rohan obviously felt he could make plans for his own future , at last . |
| 29 | His rightful heir , according to the tradition of tanistry , should have been Kenneth III 's grandson , but Malcolm had already disposed of him and other possible candidates while laying plans for his own grandson Duncan to succeed . |
| 30 | ‘ I know , I was making plans for my own wedding , but then you wo n't want to know about that . |