Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] their [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay well we 're in a really bad situation , I mean we can achieve something at least and perhaps oh perhaps communism does n't work after all , they just seem to be doubting their own beliefs and what they 've read . |
| 2 | It was argued that this arrangement would make the scheme more popular both with contributors and with advocates of self-help , since contributors would appear to be financing their own benefits , whilst experiencing a form of training in saving . |
| 3 | NORTHERN Ireland 's weekly newspapers seem to be holding their own in the recession but admit to having to work hard to earn every penny . |
| 4 | Members of the community were to be permitted their own opinions in matters of politics and religion , but property would be held in common . |
| 5 | If Title V were taken to its logical conclusions , one would surely be entitled to speculate as to whether the nations of Europe would continue to be permitted their own separate seats on the international bodies and in the United Nations . |