Example sentences of "own [conj] [noun pl] ' [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the imperative to refrain on this occasion the child may advance , as he observes the situation recur in his own or others ' experience , to his first general principle : |
| 2 | Griffin is right to the extent that we do entertain fantasies of inhabiting other ‘ skins ’ ( David Garnett 's Lady into Fox ( 1932 ) is a good example of the literary genre , although Kafka 's Metamorphosis ( 1961 ) is pre-eminent in casting the shadows of paradox involved in the attempt ) but the failure to achieve this does not in any way put at risk our understanding of what others say of their own or others ' consciousness . |
| 3 | The campaign will aim at increasing elderly passengers ' assertiveness and heightening their own and others ' awareness of their vulnerabilities . |
| 4 | Wilberforce doubted that humanitarian zeal had sufficient staying power despite his own and others ' expression of it in 1792 . |
| 5 | Monitoring our own and others ' behaviour . |
| 6 | There seemed little if any concern for research into the description of linguistic interaction in the classroom — a particularly sad observation , as this is an area where teachers are well-equipped to find a base for research , and need to be able to monitor their own and others ' performance effectively . |
| 7 | They knew from their own and others ' research that there was a diminishing prospect for children returning home once they had been long in care . |
| 8 | It was their much-praised BCR exhibition in 1986 that revived his own and others ' interest in the old railway and led to the process of discussion that ( in the relaxed South Shropshire way ) led to the formation of the Society three years later . |
| 9 | Another US study found that firms averaged 2 patents per $1m of own R&D , and 0.6 patents per$1m of rivals ' R&D , suggesting that own and rivals ' R&D are complementary ( Jaffe , 1986 ) . |
| 10 | Further , there is very little evidence to suggest that R&D spillovers seriously undermine incentives to invest in R&D , partly because own and rivals ' R&D is often complementary and partly because many firms must invest in R&D in order to be able to benefit from spillovers . |