Example sentences of "own [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The single unemployed living on their own are the only group who have lost significantly from the changes — by an average of £2.16 a week . |
| 2 | There 's been a sharp increase in so called distraction burglaries — old people living on their own are the main victims . |
| 3 | out on their own are the crew of Dodo 's Delight … the boat from Oxfordshire that 's sailing around the world … the wrong way against the winds and currents … the crew of old boys from Kingham school have landed in Rio next stop is the Falklands where they plan to be ashore for Christmas Day … |
| 4 | As much as he could be aware of someone else 's problems , his own were the ones that preoccupied him most . |
| 5 | One about Flaubert , one about Ellen , one about myself My own is the simplest of the three — it hardly amounts to more than a convincing proof of my existence — and yet I find it the hardest to begin . |
| 6 | I think that it is going to have a good effect on improving trading for the better parks and attractions in this country and as you know I think , Alton Towers is the leading er , park of its kind in this country , Chessington which we also own is the second er , leading park , one and a half million visitors a year , Alton Towers approximately two million visitors a year in this country . |
| 7 | It got me noticed here although I think the one-man show I did outside on my own was the real deciding factor with the RSC . |
| 8 | Owen thought wretchedly that his own was the lighter task of the two . |