Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] [pron] own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where an officer wants to see what a new or unconsented discharge consists of , therefore , or where his own judgment suggests that a discharge may be polluting , he turns to his sample bucket , which offers the ultimate means for practical purposes of establishing the kind and degree of pollution . |
| 2 | Where judgment is entered in default under Ord 9 , r 6 the court may on application , or if its own motion , set aside or vary the judgment ( Ord 37 , r 4 ) . |
| 3 | Most sellers will not wish to contract out of the right to sub-contract , since this gives them a very necessary flexibility in times of high demand , or if their own facilities can not produce the required goods for some reason . |
| 4 | And then , though in varying degrees , you can see or hear these specific kinds of work : relatively easily if they are specific forms of your own culture ; with more difficulty , and sometimes with absolute difficulty , if they are forms of some other , especially remote culture , or if your own culture is deeply divided and these forms come from an area that is strange to you . |
| 5 | With the Labour government unable to control a majority of seats in the Commons , it was occasionally vulnerable to policy defeats on the occasions when the other parties were able to unite or when its own backbenchers staged guerilla attacks . |
| 6 | Problems of this kind arise when a partner is not so doing — or when our own conception of our own sexual needs is inappropriate . |
| 7 | Er mainly because in the past they did n't have the proper equipment to do the work that they were engaged on anyway , and although their own minds would clearly tell them that they would identify the work with certain equipment you know , that was up to date and you know , would make life easier for them and be able to produce more , I think some of them er er their minds were overshadowed by the fact that er there was a degree of mistrust between them and the management , that they would ever get the proper equipment to do the job . |
| 8 | And if their own experiences are dealt with , ‘ they feel they can offer something to their children ’ . |
| 9 | If we are brought up to think of asking for help as childish , and if our own requests for help have not been swiftly and cheerfully met , we are less likely to respond in a simple and positive way to demands . |
| 10 | His idea is that you can vote if if the voter in your constit if a person you vote for in your own constituency loses , you can then switch your vote to anyone else in the country and erm you can have a list of maybe ten or twenty people and erm you will so you 'll hand in your ballot paper with all these names on , signed ballot paper because it has to be public you can hand in your signed ballot paper with all these names on and if your own candidate loses , then er your vote goes to your second person and if that person loses it goes to the third and so on . |
| 11 | The company warns that it can cost up to £75 a day to hire a replacement car and if your own vehicle has to be transported home the bill is likely to be about £400 . |
| 12 | And if his own son has to take to the hills — ‘ Yes , well — is Alex sound , then ? ’ |
| 13 | And because your own health is just as important , the Ultra Sound Scanner also diagnoses heart and other internal health problems . |
| 14 | Marcuson , thought Green , was obviously in his element , and while his own job might be more lowly , there were compensations , like Hanover Square parties , with stoned guests graffitiing the immaculate Jagger-financed walls . |
| 15 | Tolkien , when he read this suggestion after Lewis 's death — and after his own relationship with Lewis had become less than happy — rejected it as entirely unworthy . |
| 16 | Among the factors which they are required to take into account in reaching a decision are the seriousness of the offence , and whether their own powers of punishment would be adequate if the defendant were to be convicted ( section 19 , Magistrates ' Courts Act 1980 ) . |
| 17 | When this country is already committed to the highly expensive Trident ( which , from changes in global politics , has become a complete white elephant ) ; when the need for the EFA is also , to say the least , questionable , as recognised by all the partners in it and particularly Germany ; and when our own government accepts that public spending cuts are essential ; then surely the EFA should be the prime target for those cuts . |
| 18 | Once , that was after Maman had gone , and when his own mother was distant , she had compelled him to eat a whole snail , slashing his legs with a nettle till he obeyed , and the stinging of the nettle really enlivened his dancing . |
| 19 | When … our Soviet rivals recognised they could not match us … and as their own system indisputably failed the Soviet people even as it abused them — then came the turning point . ’ |
| 20 | As we become open to the thought and influences of other societies , and as our own society develops unexpected and unpredictable sub-groups and alternative cultures , the question , " Whose consensus ? " may well be very pointed . |
| 21 | She was crushed so tight against him that she could barely breathe , and as his own mouth moved to her ear , his tongue flicking erotically to trace the whorls , she moved her hands to his belt . |
| 22 | Other cases But if their own theories are ever proved wrong , David and Paul insist their time and money wo n't have been wasted . |
| 23 | But if my own suspicions were aroused at that moment , Lord Darlington evidently did not share them . |
| 24 | Of the love , she knew he was growing tired but since her own ardour had considerably diminished after Pilade 's birth she was not disposed to criticise him for this . |
| 25 | But when their own country ( the country of Lord Nuffield and Montague Norman ) was in danger , their attitude was very different . |
| 26 | But when his own father needs to be rescued little Daniele is too busy to lift a finger , like the rest of you . |
| 27 | At first Clare kept in touch with Annabel after her sister returned to New York , but as her own life became increasingly difficult , she found herself unable to write the sort of letter that would prop up Annabel 's crumbling self-esteem . |