Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [pron] own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would also give each Park its own authority , independent of local councils ( thereby extending a system applying presently in the Lakes and the Peak ) . |
| 2 | Since the first edition of this book my Own views have inclined more and more towards major transgressions and regressions as the main cause of organic evolution and extinction . |
| 3 | Was it in some way her own fault ? |
| 4 | Stephanie had in other years enjoyed this believed fairy tale : this year her own heaviness , fear perhaps of real birth , prevented her . |
| 5 | The stoicism with which the Masai endured the harsh circumstances of their lives made a deep impression on the British , and the opportunity to share that hard life and thus to display to some extent their own possession of this admirable quality was part of Masailand 's attraction for many Englishmen . |
| 6 | These phrases do , however , have the ring of truth in an aesthetic sense — or rather there was an aesthetic process involved which had to some extent its own story . |
| 7 | In countries such as Bangladesh , for instance , there have been major campaigns to give each village its own borehole and hand pump . |
| 8 | At such time his own life seemed to him equally simple ; the components were there — they had been assembled . |
| 9 | Only for a moment did he pause and face the buffeting wind with an effort , and Paul recognised in that moment his own struggle with bales of wool before the same door . |
| 10 | Each town had its own gas works and each area its own electricity power station . |
| 11 | In the neighbourhood of a given probe , X , the most distant neighbour can be defined either as that probe whose own neighbourhood shares the smallest number of probes with X , or/and as that probe with the smallest number of clones connecting it with X . |
| 12 | Now we 've got this year , certainly it will succeed in years and pay , pay the interest off , that will re result in a any more money your own debt . |
| 13 | And I want to live my own life my own way . |
| 14 | Everyone renewing their membership in 1987 will receive a surprise free gift as a ‘ thank-you ’ for their continuing support , and — for 1987 only — if you can enrol five totally new members all at the same time your own membership will be free . |
| 15 | I believe that these helped to combine their characteristic voices with a small element of surprise which gave each track its own fingerprint . |