Example sentences of "own [noun] but [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The charge is let in or out of each capacitor by its own switch but the charge continually drains away so it needs to be constantly topped up from the mains or battery . |
| 2 | It took Quakers 19 minutes to produce any noteworthy effort , a Nick Cusack left-foot shot that slipped just wide of the post , and they almost equalised after 29 minutes when Fashanu flicked Andy Toman 's left wing corner against his own bar but the rebound fell to a Torquay defender . |
| 3 | It is nothing to do with his love life or his own business but a lot of money is involved . ’ |
| 4 | A note issuance facility ( NIF ) , first introduced in 1981 , is a medium-term commitment between a borrowing corporate and a bank , whereby the corporate can issue commercial paper ( the ‘ note ’ ) in its own name but the issue is effectively underwritten by the bank . |
| 5 | In my day well every man had an allowance er and we bought our own provisions but every man er they were supposed to be by the commissioners but you got I think seven and six pence a day each man got seven and six pence and we clubbed that money together and bought our provisions er like that . |
| 6 | When Newham 's councillors talk of 40,000 jobs coming to east London , they are conning not only their own people but the rest of us , including , I regret to say , the people of Hackney . |
| 7 | It appears he took his own life but the truth is that he was murdered . |
| 8 | Former Darlington defender Jim Willis put in a saving tackle on Steve Mardenborough when Nick Cusack found him in the clear , while Willis was caught in possession by Cusack inside his own box but the centre forward 's shot was blocked . |
| 9 | Former Darlington defender Jim Willis put in a saving tackle on Steve Mardenborough when Nick Cusack found him in the clear , while Willis was caught in possession by Cusack inside his own box but the centre forward 's shot was blocked . |
| 10 | I have been talking only about directors who own their own company but the concept of restricting earnings can often be profitably applied to other employees . |