Example sentences of "own terms but " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prelude of Suite No. 3 is a characteristic example , full of dynamic contrasts and bold gestures which work well in their own terms but will not be to everyone 's liking . |
| 2 | EPR had won the battle on their own terms but , like Bohr in his very different way , they had defined the rules so as to assure themselves of victory . |
| 3 | The king would probably have liked to attract liberals on his own terms but all attempts at an amnesty after 1816 came to nothing . |
| 4 | It will produce , in all probability , an adventure novel or thriller , something perfectly good in its own terms but not what we are concerned with here . |
| 5 | Reforms , like those carried out by the Younger Pitt , were impressive in their own terms but could do little to diminish the greater role of the Excise . |
| 6 | One such model , which would not only provide an insightful analysis of the story in its own terms but would also help clarify some of the reconstructions discussed earlier , is the framework of natural narrative proposed by the sociolinguist William Labov . |