Example sentences of "were [adj] [verb] [pron] own " in BNC.
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| 1 | Naturally the overseas extensions of the Anglican way of life were interested to revise their own prayer books . |
| 2 | Not surprisingly , only families in real difficulty were prepared to see their own older generation end their lives in such a place . |
| 3 | When they could not get gold for their dollars after 1971 ( the US gold stock fell by only $2½ billion over the whole period ) , they only acquired these dollars because they were prepared to sell their own currencies in order to prevent them rising further . |
| 4 | The control regime was liberalized for computer , machine tool and telecommunications technology ( microcomputer exports having been permitted since August 1989 ) ; companies seeking exceptions to remaining restrictions would have to wait only eight weeks for permission , rather than 12 weeks as hitherto ; and countries such as Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland , if they were prepared to introduce their own controls on use and re-export , might expect more favourable treatment . |
| 5 | Farmers were free to use their own initiative more and had an incentive to increase crop-yields , i.e. profits . |
| 6 | In 1935 the French were free to arrange their own wine laws , but they are now subject to EEC regulations and I doubt that Champagne , despite its unique viticultural situation , would be allowed to dispense with a maximum yield in favour of an average production yardstick . |
| 7 | In theory , parties were free to frame their own transactions , which could then be carried out without legal impediment ; in the event that a bargain fell through , or if one party balked or proved unable to perform , the law of contract made freely available the regular judicial processes of the court system , in which economic damages would be awarded to the party aggrieved . |
| 8 | Even if they were willing to see their own power reduced , radical reform is a jump into the unknown . |
| 9 | ‘ But you became greedy , Barney , ’ she said , ‘ you became so greedy you were willing to sell your own daughter like a beast at the fair , forcing her to marry a lecherous oul wretch that 's old enough to be her father . |
| 10 | Casteleyn observed that ‘ Smaller libraries may not need a full-time training officer but may be able to benefit from the advice of a training officer employed to develop training centrally for the whole organisation ’ , and suggested that ‘ smaller authorities who were unlikely to have their own training officers should look to their authority 's training department for support ’ but it seems that in practice , smaller libraries are least likely to have an existing strong centre of training expertise to turn to . |
| 11 | The public 's political knowledge appears to have increased ; the number of respondents who were able to name their own MP correctly rose from 34% in the first survey to 43% in the last . |
| 12 | Tactically , both skippers were able to hold their own in the starts ; indeed , although Schumann did not win a race , he was ahead in the weather mark in four of his matches . |
| 13 | I too desired to be at home , and was glad when we were able to close our own dear front door behind us , and be gathered in to the silence of our little parlour . |
| 14 | Just as the dominions of Canada , Australia and New Zealand were able to conduct their own economic policies while belonging to the sterling area — having their own Chancellors of the Exchequer operating their own fiscal policies , and raising their own tax revenues — so Britain will retain a wide freedom of action , while enjoying the benefit of belonging to a currency and economy underpinned by what will undoubtedly be the strongest currency in the world . |
| 15 | Such were the tolerant conditions still prevailing that the Left Communists were able to publish their own journal — Kommunist — and Lenin had to argue policy questions with them publicly ; just as had been the case over the Brest Litovsk peace treaty . |
| 16 | The research also demonstrated that older workers could maximize their efficiency if they were able to control their own work pace . |
| 17 | If the Secretary of State had regularly taken the governors ' advice about appointments , patronage might have been used to control the assemblies — some governors , notably in Massachusetts , were able to get their own way in their assemblies much more often in wartime and , while this was partly due to patriotism and partly due to fear of the French , it does appear that war contracts could build support in what had not always been promising soil for the governors . |
| 18 | In particular , free from the risk of takeover or bankruptcy , staff were able to pursue their own working practices ; thus ‘ for the government , the power given by unions to public ownership is part of the problem of nationalization ’ ( Kay et al . , |
| 19 | On a number of issues informed observers were able to distinguish her own preferences from those of most of her Cabinet , hardly a sign of successful political management . |
| 20 | He also found that in many instances children were able to correct their own errors when their attention was drawn to them . |
| 21 | People who were able to make their own fun , did n't rely on store-bought fun . |
| 22 | The demands of the unemployed workers ' movement of the 1930s had an unexpected radicalism , not because people then were more " political " , but because the unemployed were able to make their own measure of an income . |
| 23 | For absences of seven calendar days or less ( short spells ) , civil servants were able to complete their own certificate explaining their absence . |
| 24 | In such circumstances , they were reluctant to abandon their own positions for a possibly lesser place in a new party in which Ian Paisley would play a major part . |
| 25 | The British however , as has been seen , did not share France 's concern with Germany to the same extent and were reluctant to compromise their own independence in supranational bodies . |
| 26 | All the construction workers were busy repairing their own properties . |
| 27 | Not as if he were angry with Carrie but as if he were busy thinking his own thoughts … |
| 28 | This , admittedly , was not an easy process ; some were inclined to doubt their own strength , and others had failed to understand the seriousness of the task that lay before them . |