Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] own [noun] it be " in BNC.
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| 1 | For her own sake it was a side she could n't afford to see too often . |
| 2 | For a dynamic company which is growing through its own efforts it is important that we should have other and new businesses of a similar nature coming along . |
| 3 | Before you are carried away by the possibilities of information manipulation for its own sake it is worth taking a step back and examining how much more than the pen , paper and adding machine you really need . |
| 4 | Orphism appealed particularly to the Germans , since like so much of their own painting it was brightly coloured and was simultaneously a more theoretical and a more popular type of art than Cubism . |
| 5 | In terms of his own objectives it was a diplomatic coup — even if the " independent " element was qualified in practice by the British desire to minimize the costs . |
| 6 | unalterable conviction in favour of the adoption for our Palace of Administration of the revived national style — a style so characteristic of our own age it is beginning to be called Victorian — we protest against being obliged to tolerate an effete Palladian or mongrel Renaissance architecture to please those who wish to claim the merit of a breadth of view and of artistic sympathy by denying that they have any prejudices on the subject , one way or the other . |
| 7 | In my own case it is by self-denial , by acting against my own inclination , that self-control is confirmed and strengthened . |
| 8 | I think when you 're a carer , caring for a disabled person , in my own case it 's child , you 're not just erm it 's not just a disabled child , you 've got a disabled family , because the whole family 's disabled because of what holds you back with this one child . |
| 9 | In my own case it was not that I was considered pastorally unsuitable , or academically unable , which led to my being refused ordination . |
| 10 | In my own opinion it was largely the former . ) |
| 11 | If such people with planned social care can be kept in their own homes it is worth pressing for flexibility of resources to put in the extra help needed . |
| 12 | Brought on to lowland pastures in kinder climates , it gains considerably in size though in its own environment it is almost the smallest breed in Britain : only the Shetland and the Dexter of Ireland are shorter . |
| 13 | In its own terms it is sacramental . |
| 14 | Apart from representing a valuable resource in its own right it is important to note that water is paid for twice — in terms of metered supply and the effluent charge . |
| 15 | In trying to deal with non-academic work on its own terms it is carrying on the debate opened in the recent exhibitions of ‘ High and Low ’ at MOMA and ‘ Parallel Visions ’ at LACMA . |
| 16 | Although William Green was deprecatory about his own writing it is most happy for us that his Guide ( 1819 ) sets out clearly the aspirations of his art . |
| 17 | The Secretary of State is yawning at his own speech it is so boring . |