Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] family " in BNC.

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1 I started on the full golf tour , but it soon became a choice of golf or my family .
2 I did n't think I 'd be able to keep my sanity or my family if it happened again , but there was no way I was going to let him make me sign for a loan I did n't want .
3 ‘ Are you accusing me , Sir Edmund , or my family or servants ?
4 It may also bring security and improvement in their lifestyle , if they or their family have n't been able to care for them properly .
5 The AFC was issued un-named ; however , examples are often found which have been privately engraved by the recipients or their family .
6 In Howard 's time , the main problem in respect of remuneration was that the gaoler was expected to generate his own income , by what often amounted to extortion from those in his charge or their family and friends .
7 The term coined by Banfield for this ethic is ‘ amoral familism ’ ; that it is ‘ amoral ’ is implicit in the exclusive pursuit of short-run material advantage ascribed to individuals in such societies , so that they lack any capacity to sacrifice immediate gains in favour of long-term advantage , and they are unable to associate any good to society as a whole with possible good to themselves or their family .
8 4.18 All admission policies in the Department 's residential and day care units should be reviewed to ensure that they explicitly include an assessment of the potential risk of violence from the client/and or their family .
9 Question 19 Should solicitors be prohibited from acting for lenders in a transaction in which they ( or their family or employees ) have a personal interest ?
10 Many smaller listed companies are controlled by their directors or their family interests , making it impossible for an outsider to bid for them except by way of an agreed offer which is accepted by the controlling shareholders .
11 This may well be more economic in ‘ costs ’ to the GP budget or DHA involved , but could well create considerable extra cost for the person and his or her family , both in terms of travelling to and from hospital and in loss of support from friends and relatives who may not be able to visit .
12 You help one child , his or her family and community .
13 ( 9 ) Most farms are run without hired labour ; they depend primarily on the labour of the owner or tenant , supplemented by that of his or her family .
14 Despite the vast size of their houses and the numerous servants surrounding each aristocratic family , on the death of a Victorian head of household ‘ his or her resident family was expected to leave to make way for the incoming heir and his or her family .
15 One of the most important elements of the project design was the intention to employ locally recruited people ( as in the Kent project ; see later in this chapter ) to provide any extra care needed ; local recruitment was important for it was thus hoped to build on , or build up , neighbourhood contacts around the dementia sufferer and his or her family .
16 To provide an illustration , a child who gets into trouble is much more likely to come before a court if he or she is from a poor home and has parents who do not get on with the welfare authorities or the police , than if his or her family is prosperous , respectable and willing to co-operate with the police and social services .
17 The student nurse can also learn much from the patient and his or her family .
18 As the cost of subsistence and accommodation for a student unaccompanied by his or her family is unlikely to be less than £60 per week , it is recommended that an overseas student embarking on a course should have at least this amount available .
19 As the cost of subsistence and accommodation for a student unaccompanied by his or her family is unlikely to be less than £65 per week , it is recommended that an overseas student embarking on a course should have at least this amount available .
20 Mum said of him : ‘ He 's gone meshugge ( daft ) … the shiksa comes from nowhere , we know nothing about her , or her family , and she looks like a shmatte ( rag ) . ’
21 Professor Martin Mott believes that support for a child suffering from cancer , and his or her family , plays a major role in overcoming the disease .
22 This is obviously disturbing for both the child and his or her family , particularly if they have not had a great deal of contact with hospitals previously .
23 Their involvement with the child and his or her family begins at diagnosis and continues until the outcome of the case is resolved , either by the cure or by the death of the patient .
24 Here they have found that one convert will lead his or her family to Christ .
25 But the bonding between an infant and his or her family is so strong that within a few days , as in the case of Marie and her partner Peter , you are convinced you know your own baby from any other in the world .
26 To be chosen as the Queen 's handmaid is the highest honour for an Elf-maid or her family , just as to be chosen as her consort is the dream of every youth of Avelorn .
27 A more telling example is that there is no UN chain of command to carry the news of a casualty in the field speedily to his or her family at home .
28 As we have seen , for example , the raw fact that an admission to care takes place as a result of a care order made by the court , and thus appears in official statistics as further evidence of compulsion , may tell us little about how this action is experienced either by the child or by his or her family .
29 Emergency admissions to residential care were unplanned with no chance of preparation for the child or of pre-placement visits by the child and his or her family .
30 The findings of our survey can be summarised to produce the following picture of the typical ‘ officially known ’ Wirral heroin user : a young , unemployed , single person ( usually male ) , living with his or her family in a socially deprived area , with few or no educational qualifications .
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