Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] ' own " in BNC.
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| 1 | the investing group 's share of any goodwill in the associated companies ' own balance sheets |
| 2 | the rich nations no longer have the stomach for sending their men to fight unless it is safe or there is a threat to the rich nations ' own pampered existence , and |
| 3 | There is an example of this in ‘ Fighting talk ’ where the police are recorded as using the white boys ' own rules of territoriality as a device to keep them apart from blacks ( ‘ if you 're on your own territory we 'll nick the others , but if you 're outside , we 'll nick you' ) . |
| 4 | Advice sessions , taking place on the black groups ' own premises , have begun . |
| 5 | But where did the original instruments , the Hawaiian players ' own guitars , come from ? |
| 6 | The tough talk seemed at odds , however , with some recent US policies , including President Clinton 's decision to continue favourable trade benefits for China for at least another year , and the United Nations ' own treatment of Tibet 's exiled Dalai Lama . |
| 7 | The second book is Daniel Kon 's Los Chicos de la Guerra , the Argentine conscripts ' own moving accounts of their Falklands war . |
| 8 | Secondly , the other students ' own right to learn ( Lernfreiheit ) can be called into question . |
| 9 | Clearly the departments intend to keep a check on how it is spent , and they can even check the local authorities ' own financial manoeuvres by the powerful instrument of loan sanction . |
| 10 | Central government , then , exercises considerable power , not only over the services it administers directly , such as social security , but also over those that are the local authorities ' own concern , such as education or personal social services . |
| 11 | Next day , in a classic Boys ' Own move , Neame and two other Britons — Jonathan Tinker and Harry Taylor — set the Sherpas an example by trudging off up the mountain , loaded with supplies . |