Example sentences of "own [noun sg] [coord] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Exceedingly self-reliant , each man seemed to be able to do his own thinking and to be purely democratic and independent in his ideas and purposes . |
| 2 | Furious at such perfection , she turned Arachne into a spider , condemning her to spin thread from her own body and to be weaving a web for ever after . |
| 3 | The progress of sport as a ‘ commodity ’ either to be sold to the media in its own right or to be used in order to sell other products was slower and more halting than might be imagined . |
| 4 | From 1948 when the National Insurance Scheme started , married women were given the option to pay the full-rate contribution for a pension in their own right or to be dependent on their husbands ' contributions and to pay a very reduced rate contribution — called the small stamp . |
| 5 | Theoretically , in today 's educational environment , the disabled pupil has the right to be different , to be accepted in the ordinary class , encouraged to participate in it fully and in his own way and to be considered as an individual , a totality with assets and strengths in addition to those disadvantages or difficulties which arise from his disability . |