Example sentences of "it be in [pron] own " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's in their own interests to do so . |
| 2 | Right there 's erm it 's a tin of fruit salad but I 've put in some er kiwi and grapes so it 's fresh fruit , it 's in its own juice , so it 's not in a heavy thick juice , there 's Viennetta or you can have a bit of each |
| 3 | It 's in our own hands now . |
| 4 | ‘ There is no single acceptable location , as they see it , unless it is in their own country . |
| 5 | Bearing in mind the reluctance of users to accept discipline , even if it is in their own long-term interest , Guide has opted for freedom . |
| 6 | On the other hand , rather than move away from an area where similar firms operate , some firms may consider that it is in their own particular interest to move into such a location . |
| 7 | It is less likely that any significant number of such staff will be persuaded that it is in their own interests to initiate sweeping reforms . |
| 8 | Western governments , and the populations that vote for them , have to be persuaded that it is in their own interests , quite apart from any considerations of common humanity , to start the reconstruction of the developing world . |
| 9 | It is in their own interest to do so : each wants to pursue its own policies , which it believed to be in the best interests of the country , without having those policies tempered or abandoned because of the need to enter into alliance with another party . |
| 10 | The art of persuading a nation that it is in its own interests to make sacrifices is known as leadership . |
| 11 | Every tale — depressing as it is in its own right represents another body blow to the leasing industry . |
| 12 | Where this is overlooked , it is not unknown for the continuing partners to have difficulty in persuading their former colleague that it is in his own interest that changes need to be made . |
| 13 | But it is in our own interests to act as if they were there . |
| 14 | Most philosophical systems of ethics , and most popular moralizing , are radically flawed because they recommend morality to us either as what it is in our own best ultimate interests to do , or alternatively try to promote it by appeal to our feelings , for example feelings of compassion , or ( like Hutcheson ) by reference to some kind of moral sentiment which just happens to be part of human nature . |
| 15 | The important fact is that President Yeltsin is there now , and we have an obligation to assist him ; it is in our own interests to do so . |
| 16 | It is in our own interests to create a profile amongst the unemployed . |
| 17 | ‘ It is in our own hands we have to stop worrying what other clubs are doing . ’ |
| 18 | I wanted to go to Sunderland because it is in my own region , the far north . |
| 19 | This is such a complex matter , with so many variations to take into account , that it is in your own interest to act slowly . |
| 20 | Well you know er , as I said , I think really an awful lot of it is in your own perception of , I mean what someone here might call emotional abuse , I would just regard as a challenge . |
| 21 | It is in your own interests |
| 22 | Every effort will be made to ensure that the information held is accurate and up-to-date and it is in your own interest to tell the Personnel Department if your personal circumstances change ; for example , if you get married or move house . |
| 23 | It was hung the other way around from her own , and the door handle was on the right hand side ; not on the left as it was in her own time . |
| 24 | If the weather pattern was as uncertain as it was in her own country , she should take the opportunity of going there while the sky remained unclouded and the clear air of the city simmered with a body-relaxing warmth . |
| 25 | In this way the child learnt that it was in his own interest for the experimenter to go to the empty box . |
| 26 | It was in his own hand and read : |
| 27 | From my thirteen-year-old daughter 's account it is still as uncritical as it was in my own schooldays . |
| 28 | No it was er it was er oh how can I say er I used me head and er , if you follow what I mean , and imagination and er I could envisage what , perhaps , people wanted , it was in my own mind and I 'd make it up some way or another . |