Example sentences of "on its own [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Erm and so the army was left in a position where all it could do really was rely on its own history .
2 A fleet insurance means an insurance or insurances under a0 Motor Policy covering a number of vehicles in respect of which the risk is , or will be , rated on its own experience .
3 The Law Lords unanimously rejected Cheall 's application on the ground that there was no principle of law which prevented the union from relying on its own rules which also bound Cheall .
4 Once incorporated into Stalin 's Soviet bloc , the economy was reorientated to rely on its own resources as much as possible , while exporting heavy machinery to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in exchange for raw materials .
5 Specialisation was underway and , since households were now in competition with each other , reciprocal labour agreements disappeared and each household became more dependent on its own resources .
6 However INSET which is located entirely within the school and drawing exclusively on its own resources can be criticised for parochialism .
7 Sri Lanka would never have such problems if the country relied on its own resources — if it cultivated appreciation of native food and agricultural systems which have evolved over centuries to meet the population 's needs .
8 Fujitsu will create software engineering products based on the SoftBench Framework for use on its own systems .
9 Fujitsu will create software engineering products based on the SoftBench Framework for use on its own systems .
10 The job is made easier if the bending machine is mounted on its own stand or in a vice and if some light oil is used on the formers .
11 The BCG is only partly right , even on its own assumptions .
12 These tests indicated no reason to doubt our basic conclusion : that the BCG is only partly correct even on its own assumptions .
13 There is in fact a flaw in such reasoning , because a dogmatic kind of agnosticism is possible : agnosticism just as much as religious faith rests on its own assumptions which can betray key-hole vision .
14 Love does not insist on its own way ; it is not irritable or resentful ; it does not rejoice at wrong , but rejoices in the right .
15 ‘ Love does not insist on its own way ’ .
16 THE Government is neglecting crumbling schools in Essex while spending millions of pounds on its own education propaganda , the Labour Party claimed yesterday .
17 Seminar participants learnt that in Hong Kong , political inertia accounts for the limited public influence in cable TV ( CATV ) , while in Korea , the government is keeping tight control on its own CATV networks .
18 A provision could therefore be included in the contract that the buyer has not made its purpose known , has relied exclusively on its own skill and judgment , or that the seller claims no expertise in relation to the suitability of the goods for any stated purpose .
19 DEC is also working on its own RAID disk arrays for the Alpha family .
20 It will accept offers only if made on its own forms and thus incorporating the terms that it wishes to include .
21 The lacewing larva takes this from the aphids and sticks it on its own back , fooling the ants into thinking that it is simply another aphid .
22 Choose a cake with particular relevance to the child in mind , for instance a pet-owner or animal lover would be thrilled to receive an iced rabbit in a hutch , the frog sitting on its own water lily pond or the ponies in their stable .
23 To explain the observed non-proportionality of cross-section data , such as that in Table 2 , Duesenberry argues that a household 's consumption spending depends not only on its own income , but also on the incomes earned by neighbouring households .
24 This is an excellent hotel set on its own beach on the Baia di Conte .
25 This luxurious hotel of striking design is situated on its own beach and two inland lagoons just twenty minutes from Phuket Town .
26 On its own streets , too , massive crowds had gathered during those remarkable weeks to demonstrate support for their Peking compatriots .
27 A 17,000km 2 logging concession in Guyana 's rainforest has been granted to a firm co-owned by a Malaysian company responsible for many human-rights and environmental abuses on its own home ground , in Sarawak .
28 How much actual , constructive or imputed knowledge does an exchange have of what goes on on its own trading floor ?
29 Political philosophy can be ‘ grounded on its own principles sufficiently known by experience ’ .
30 Back on its own territory the gallery is holding a small exhibition ( 3 February to 25 April ) based around its celebrated Rembrandt ‘ Girl at a Window ’ .
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