Example sentences of "['s] own [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would suggest that it is probable that Marx , as a materialist , would not have disagreed with Bukharin 's exposition of the case , since Marx 's own illustrations of simple and extended reproduction were implicitly based upon the same assumptions . |
| 2 | The famous scene of the Men in Armour , leading to the final ordeals of fire and water , are drawn from even higher Masonic rituals , while the closing chorus actually contains the three words ‘ Weisheit , Schönheit , Stärke ’ ( wisdom , beauty , strength ) which would have appeared in the end-of-meeting rituals used by Mozart 's own lodge . |
| 3 | Well it does n't really make sense , simply because the carp 's own enzymes are far more effective than those which we could supply , i.e. those from sheep or cattle . |
| 4 | Sometimes other service-providers failed to understand the symptoms of dementia and therefore took inappropriate decisions on clients ' behalf ; for example , a social worker who had been asked to assess a client for residential care failed to realise that questions about the client 's own preferences would have to be phrased in such a way that the client could understand what was being proposed for her . |
| 5 | However , by then , Beigbeder was known to be against Spanish entry into the war and Serrano 's Axis sympathies were more appropriate to dealing with Hitler and more in tune with Franco 's own preferences than the anglophile leanings Beigbeder had developed . |
| 6 | Having worked his way up via his own live spoof chat show Vic 's Big Night Out , he has latterly been guesting on television 's One Hour With Jonathan Ross , a show whose format bears a strong resemblance to Reeves 's own showcase . |
| 7 | Just before Joe 's own kidnap he discovered that Waite was in danger . |
| 8 | This disappointing result indicates that control over one 's own dreams is very much more difficult than Garfield and Faraday have suggested . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , Mitchell points out that it is of the nature of commitment to come to terms with what may count against one 's own beliefs as well as what may count for them . |
| 10 | It was with the aim of contributing to such an improvement , as the representative body of employers and business investors , that the 1988 Confederation of British Industry ( CBI ) Task Force on business and urban regeneration came to three conclusions : first ( in line with the Government 's own beliefs ) , that business must take the lead in reversing urban decline ; second , that charity — governmental or voluntary — can not in itself deal with problems , and any regeneration must spring from private investment , commercially motivated ; and third , that the potential exists for such investment , provided that early projects are seen to succeed ( CBI , 1988 ) . |
| 11 | Test material which was adapted from the Better Shoe promotional scheme , incorporated the health visitor 's own beliefs . |
| 12 | This is apparent from Chlothild 's own beliefs . |
| 13 | Weiss believes friendships to be important in so far as they reflect attitudes and behaviour that are supportive of the individual 's own beliefs , and they provide a reassurance of self-worth by virtue of their acceptance . |
| 14 | The association 's own quantity surveyor and marketing department made detailed investigations . |
| 15 | The design and development work was done in-house by Ford 's own engineers , while the Dagenham plant builds engines for the entire diesel needs of the company throughout Europe . |
| 16 | Telford , though not sacked , disappeared from the project and Benjamin Bevan , one of the Grand Junction 's own engineers , at first nominally in tandem with Telford , became responsible for the later development . |
| 17 | After five months of modifications , overhauling and a complete refurbishment by Stoddard 's own engineers and tuners , the latest Bonded Machine is on it 's way to the Wellco Corporation in Georgia . |
| 18 | It was the man 's own smell , and Frankie would have recognized it anywhere . |
| 19 | Well it does n't exactly kill them kill the it 's got it 's own smell which sort of tends to mask the smell but it 's also basically to kill the germs . |
| 20 | Added in was Rose 's own smell , warm animal washed with lily-of-the-valley soap . |
| 21 | This , yoked with the survival of unpaid feudal service on the lord 's land , the lord 's continued control of woodlands , common land , open fields and meadows used for grazing , and the continued obligation of the tenant to consume only alcohol which had been distilled through the lord 's own stills , meant that while in theory Prussian serfdom was abolished by 1850 , in practice it was not really seriously undermined in Pomerania until the agricultural review of 1865 . |
| 22 | Judging jointly was local butcher John Allison , multiple past winner of the Darlington and District Butchers Association 's own pie-olympics . |
| 23 | The rapping is almost exactly like the chanty parts of Cube 's own albums , offering nothing of the intimacy of ‘ Dead Homiez ’ from Cube 's ‘ Kill At Will ’ . |
| 24 | So is this like the comedian 's own darkside acting out ? |
| 25 | NATO had proposed to create a new " rapid reaction force " in Europe , which it wanted to bear the responsibility for the front-line defence of the region , as the USA 's own troop presence in Western Europe was wound down [ see p. 38216 ] . |
| 26 | It savoured the tang of Biff 's own saliva , similarly flavoured , like a waxing and ebbing tide inside his mouth . |
| 27 | If , however , we see sexuality simply as one human attribute among others , sexual preference for one 's own sex or the opposite one becomes a matter of inclination . |
| 28 | Like all loyalty , loyalty to one 's own sex was at once necessary for the survival of the whole and self-serving . |
| 29 | or indeed from a resignation or premature retirement following the procedure , must generally be met from outside the school 's own budget share . |
| 30 | But you have to admit , it 's for the dog 's own protection to wear muzzle , as they can pick up all sorts of things in the street which can poison them . |