Example sentences of "[det] [coord] their [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | In higher grade cases , some Down 's people have undergone operations , either at their own or their parents ' instigation , to alter the physical characteristics which have become a stigma for them . |
| 2 | Their motives tend , I suspect , to be a mixture of concern for their own and their families ' future , concern for countries and people who are less well-off than they are and a sympathetic response based on a wish for the better treatment of the animal world . |
| 3 | After the initial effects of this wear off , children begin to realise their own and their parents ' position . |
| 4 | However , apart from their own and their parents ' socio-economic characteristics , demographic factors such as early marriage and childbearing experience also have a substantial effect . |
| 5 | The banks utilized domestic and foreign financial resources , they were shareholders of and suppliers of credits to domestic and foreign industrial companies , they combined the short-term business of deposit banking with the long-term business of investment banking and also provided stockbroker services , managed their clients ' portfolios , acquired shares and voted their own and their customers ' stock at general meetings of joint-stock companies . |
| 6 | Individuals , denied a common conception of their own and their fellows ' human goals within a shared moral tradition , are unlikely to be able to come to any agreement with others or to articulate their desire for fulfilment on the basis of procedural rules alone . |
| 7 | Buthelezi and the ANC deputy president , Nelson Mandela , meeting in Durban on March 30 amid media claims that both their own and their organizations ' authority had been diminished by the events , issued a new five-point plan to try to control the situation . |
| 8 | Matching applicants to available jobs — both under- and overqualified employees represent significant risks by being a negative influence on morale ( both their own and their co-workers ' ) . |