Example sentences of "[conj] of [pron] own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Department of Employment therefore proposed an alternative of giving industrial tribunal chairmen , acting alone , discretion at the pre-hearing stage , on the application of one of the parties or of its own motion , to require a deposit of up to £150 from the other party as a condition of proceeding further , if the chairman considered that the case had no reasonable prospect of success . |
| 2 | The court may upon application or of its own motion adjourn or advance the date of hearing of any proceeding . |
| 3 | As well as the procedure of giving directions on the pre-trial review , the court may on the application on notice of any party , or of its own motion , give directions at any time ( Ord 13 , r 2 ) . |
| 4 | Many people are not aware of the existence of some of them or of their own eligibility to make a claim , so are not taking them up ; and you may find that you are one of them . |
| 5 | Trumpets wailed , acrobats somersaulted , torn beasts died ; some bejewelled ladies blew kisses , perhaps only so as to kindle the jealousy of rival ladies or of their own lords . |
| 6 | An initial choice must be made between the Bar and the solicitor 's profession , at a time when the aspirant will probably know little of the implications of the choice , or of his own potentialities . |
| 7 | The summons of wider groups , because matters affecting the common good were at stake , in no way diluted Innocent 's conceptions of the role of the clergy and of the laity , of bishops and of lower clergy , of kings and of lesser laymen , nor of his own position in leading the Ecclesia or " congregation of the faithful " . |
| 8 | He is independent of all authority except that of his own choosing . |
| 9 | Even Britain 's Labour Party is looking at PR , if less because of Liberal complaints than of its own fears that FPTP — which in the past served it well — may leave its Tory rivals for ever running solid one-party governments on 40% of the vote . |
| 10 | Wölflinn was naturally not ignorant of artists , but the famous phrase indicated an interest in the sequence of art seen as forms which develop as if of their own volition . |
| 11 | In one way he was glad to be interrupted — superstitiously afraid that if of his own volition he decided to leave the miraculous spot then the unique mood would not follow him and he would be like a man without a shadow . |
| 12 | This has the advantage over the previous two strategies of allowing people to leave relatively undistorted their awareness of the complexity of the situation and of their own fallibility , but at the expense of construing themselves as partially or completely powerless . |
| 13 | They are fiercely secretive and of their own choice inhabit a dim world of ambiguity and half-truths . |
| 14 | The community involvement will provide the opportunity for students to develop awareness of the needs of others and of their own skills , aptitudes and interests in relation to work within the community . |
| 15 | Trying an idea out on somebody is a very good way of exposing flaws in your argument , and in fact if we look at the present energy debate , so much of it is concerned with interpretation which one would have thought , taking a simple view of science , were just factual matters that we realize that this discussion of science is perhaps more difficult than people would imagine , so there is opportunity in the course to try and help students to become more fluent in scientific discussion , discussion of scientific ideas between themselves , and of their own ideas about science . |
| 16 | His desire for her was instantaneous and of their own volition his hands began to search and caress her body . |
| 17 | Like children , they require a sense of security , of belonging , and of their own importance to others , yet as young people they need also a sense of growing independence , of self-assertion , of occupational skill and of responsibility . |
| 18 | It will be aware of its master , in that it hears and smells him , and of its own exertions , in that it is awake , but it will not be aware that it recognises him , for this is of the order of tomorrow 's delayed return — a linguistic belief of which dumb brutes are incapable . |
| 19 | Directly and of its own accord , it has ‘ not a little contributed towards spoiling the most useful parts of knowledge ’ : ‘ the plainest things in the world , those we are most intimately acquainted with , and perfectly know , when they are considered in an abstract way , appear strangely difficult and incomprehensible . ’ |
| 20 | Had local authorities still the influence over schools which was diminished by the Education Reform Act , it would have been commonplace for each authority to compare the performance of its own policies and of its own schools with a national standard . |
| 21 | By 1967 Ceauşescu had already staged several historical pageants at which he met the heroes of the Romanian past and of his own childhood games . |
| 22 | This is the idea of a ‘ symptomatic reading ’ of the relevant texts , a reading designed to master the superficial characteristics of Marx 's criticisms of Hegelian idealism and classical economy , and of his own views of political economy and society , and at the same time yield a deeper understanding of his whole project . |
| 23 | Quickly picked up near Cape Town by a passing ship , Swift , in the confidence of sealed orders and of his own determination , persuades the captain to divert his passage to track down the Welfare . |
| 24 | A Franciscan brother from the college is now part of the group and , wearing his habit , he held all of us spellbound with a simple but profound account of the calling of St Francis , his life and teaching , and of his own response to this . |
| 25 | Locke , John ( 1632–1704 ) An English philosopher who in the context of his time ( and of his own life which involved a period of exile ) was a clear defender of toleration and free enquiry . |
| 26 | For fourteen or fifteen years no man could have been less conscious of himself and of his own life , less informed about the world than Antoine Bloye . |
| 27 | The reduction of the other to means and of his own ends to survival , itself no more than a means without ends left to serve , would be tolerable , if at all , only because the variety of human ends will open up again for him if he ever gets to shore . |
| 28 | It is right that we should consider tonight the question how we enhance the democracy , responsibility and accountability of the European institutions and of our own Ministers to the national Parliament . |
| 29 | Because the object of contemplation is God himself , who opens to us the infinite possibilities of himself and of our own lives . |
| 30 | Ever since his ‘ Eat Dem ‘ Taters ’ spoof of Van Gogh 's devout miserables he has been busy chiding the foibles not only of white folks but of his own brothers and sisters as well . |