Example sentences of "[is] in [pron] own [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Right there 's erm it 's a tin of fruit salad but I 've put in some er kiwi and grapes so it 's fresh fruit , it 's in its own juice , so it 's not in a heavy thick juice , there 's Viennetta or you can have a bit of each
2 You know it might land on her her bed , see if it landed on our bed at least you can chuck the blankets off and protect her and take her out of the room , but when she 's in her own bedroom in a single bed you ca n't , you ca n't do things like that .
3 when Richard was staying she went in middle of us and she was , she were a lot more comfortable , than what she is when she 's in her own room
4 Everybody 's in their own camp , and it , it , it 's only when you come to consider , and I mean my group is nowhere near behind me on this , because we have farmers who , who again think that anything to do with County Farms is sacrosanct .
5 It 's in their own interests to do so .
6 Stars & Stripes now shares a first-place tie with Kanza , America 's sister ship , with four victories apiece in the defenders ' semi-final , and Connor said : ‘ We have to beat America once more to assure that destiny 's in our own hands , but we 're going to keep our feet on the ground . ’
7 It 's in our own hands now .
8 The good thing is our destiny 's in our own hands .
9 ‘ The good thing is our destiny 's in our own hands , ’ said Keegan .
10 because he 's in his own party , I mean Cook yes well he 's a snidey little thing , I 'm talking about the erm ambassadors and the politicians , the ministers who would be
11 Mr Glenn , 21 , drove the robber back to Perry 's in his own car and once there was forced to open the safe containing the weekend takings .
12 as if he 's used to it ; as if he 's in his own world , Ruth thought .
13 The art of persuading a nation that it is in its own interests to make sacrifices is known as leadership .
14 There are no breaks in it in the sense of special divine interventions ; and while every event is in its own way particular , individual and unique , none is qualitatively of a wholly different kind from all others .
15 However engaging the film sequence is in its own right it remains Henry Fonda in a 1930s thriller , a captivating spectre , but a spectre nevertheless .
16 Every tale — depressing as it is in its own right represents another body blow to the leasing industry .
17 Less of an arcade-type game than SpellBound , it compliments it well , and is in its own right a very accomplished release — and is currently one of the best pieces of UK children 's ‘ edutainment ’ software .
18 When she is in her own home this puts her above the income support level of £44 personal allowance , plus a higher pensioner premium of £23.55 , totalling £67.55 .
19 ‘ There is no single acceptable location , as they see it , unless it is in their own country .
20 It is less likely that any significant number of such staff will be persuaded that it is in their own interests to initiate sweeping reforms .
21 Western governments , and the populations that vote for them , have to be persuaded that it is in their own interests , quite apart from any considerations of common humanity , to start the reconstruction of the developing world .
22 If the big parties do not like it the remedy is in their own hands : all they have to do is to steal that third party 's votes .
23 NEWCASTLE 'S survival in the Pontins League First Division is in their own hands , claims coach Derek Fazackerley .
24 The future , as Bob Collicutt says , is in their own hands .
25 ‘ Because I ask them to do only what is in their own interest . ’
26 It is in their own interest to do so : each wants to pursue its own policies , which it believed to be in the best interests of the country , without having those policies tempered or abandoned because of the need to enter into alliance with another party .
27 Sheila 's case may prompt a discussion of the referral of clients to other agencies , and trainees may be encouraged to find out what the policy is in their own bureau towards referrals and what agencies have been successfully recommended .
28 Bruner starts by leading children to discover what is in their own heads , and describes a lesson on sentence structure .
29 You can see how firmly grounded the drama is in their own reality .
30 It is in your own interests
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