Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] ' own " in BNC.

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1 It binds IGG , one of the major immunoglobulins produced by the human blood in response to attack from outside and which doctors think they be destroying the AIDS patients ' own tissues .
2 Such a patron could , of course , also dictate what ‘ his ’ composer should write : Prince Nikolaus ' own favourite instrument was an archaic and unwieldy form of viola da gamba , called a baryton .
3 In this section I will use a study of conversations within Caribbean families to try to put more detail on the pattern of language use which has emerged from community members ' own reports .
4 For the band members ' own ‘ salaries ’ , a Certificate of Tax Deposits can be purchased from the Inland Revenue .
5 Water suppliers ' own records for 1987–9 showed that such surprising areas as Bath , Brighton , Huntingdon , Braintree and Waveney had lead pollution of drinking water above the MAC .
6 The first big postwar EDA campaign was in 1954 : the ‘ Four Foundations of Modern Living ’ advertisements promoted electric cookers , water heaters , refrigerators and washing machines , and were heavily supplemented by the Area Boards ' own campaigns .
7 And of course teachers ' own families , and having fun with their own children , can be an enormous source of satisfaction .
8 The ultimate decision , however is taken by the Church Commissioners ' own Redundant Churches Committee .
9 The French bank originally heard about the headhunters they had employed by word-of-mouth contact , and BICC had based their choice — perhaps more dangerously — on a review of headhunting firms ' own literature .
10 In doing so , General Nelson Miles ' own words tell everything about the nature of Chief Joseph and his brave people :
11 As a gesture , government ministers ' own salaries will be cut by 10% .
12 Building societies ' own retail inflows are already modest — a mere £145m in the latest reported month — but luckily , so is demand for mortgages .
13 The most significant changes made to building societies ' own accounts relate to the balance sheet and its two dominant asset groups — liquid assets and commercial assets .
14 Not only that , but on hatching , the young cuckoo throws out the host species ' own eggs or young so that it has no competition for the foster parents ' time and attention .
15 Any action has to be additional to member states ' own policies ; it has to take into account the views of the region ; it has to be adopted unanimously by the Council , and the European Parliament ( EP ) can veto it .
16 Therefore it is in women teachers ' own interests , as well as those of their female pupils to initiate or support anti-sexist reforms .
17 It 's generally cheaper to steer clear of garage manufacturers ' own hire purchase schemes unless the quoted APR is unusually low .
18 In some cases the language tutors ' own training and experience lead them , understandably , to a rather prescriptive , narrow approach to language use and learning .
19 The emphasis in recovery is that the unmanageability of the family members ' own life is a matter of personal choice : the actions of the primary sufferer do not inevitably dictate the reactions of the family member .
20 In Nelson , three miles away , an equal number of women went out to work , yet the infant mortality rate was lower than in John Burns ' own constituency of Battersea .
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