Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] their [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those constructing future policies and principles should strive to make them exemplary in this regard , not least because of the encouragement this will give to schools to be rigorous in their own thinking . |
| 2 | It would also mean that Scottish programme makers would have to bid for resources to London , where priorities might well be different from their own . |
| 3 | With this knowledge inside them , people do not have to be afraid of their own anger , nor their own assertiveness . |
| 4 | There was that thing Mrs Hollidaye said , about how each person could only be brave in their own way and there was n't room on earth for everybody to be a hero . |
| 5 | The contributors all came from the Anglo-Catholic wing of the Church of England , but their shared aim was to assist the re-expression of the central Christian doctrines in a way that would be appropriate to their own time , and that would take account of the historical character both of the Bible and of subsequent theology . |
| 6 | ‘ Shell-fish can be dangerous in their own right . ’ |
| 7 | This is balanced by a growing recognition of the potential that older women have to be proactive in their own lives ( Hemmings , 1985 ) . |
| 8 | Works on areal geology , mineralogy , and the applied earth sciences may be valuable in their own way , but the information they contain is used in a different way , and by different readers , from that in geophysics . |
| 9 | Documentary sources can be effective on their own or in combination with the coins themselves , but often there are no such sources . |
| 10 | Our collections would be a random sample from the wild cocoa population , to be handed over to cocoa breeders who could screen them for genes that would be useful under their own conditions : a genotype that was susceptible to witches ' broom disease might still be useful for other reasons to farmers in West Africa , where this disease does not occur . |
| 11 | If the passengers were encouraged to deal with the hijackers themselves , it would be better for their own self respect and for everyone else . |
| 12 | In taking this up , however , it is necessary to realise that non-Republican people in the North are not disposed to agitate to get full civil rights for Republicans ; they have to be involved in their own interests . |
| 13 | The play has already been written over several months by an enthusiastic team from all the churches involved ; and by the time of going to press casting will already have taken place and all performing groups : the singers , dancers and actors , will be involved in their own regular rehearsals in March . |
| 14 | If students are really to be involved in their own Learning , then they must feel they do , in part , own it . |
| 15 | Arts teachers appear to be involved in their own arts activities , often semi-commercially . |
| 16 | who would love to be involved in their own club . |
| 17 | And although they may be sure of their own importance within their small family group , they will be uncertain of how to assert that importance when it comes to people other than their parents . |
| 18 | Therefore , while they may be independent in their own homes , dependence on others may be necessary in other settings , for example when out of doors or when travelling by public transport . |
| 19 | Safe : Distribution systems need to be safe in their own right and to facilitate or even promote safe working as far as possible . |
| 20 | From then , licencees will be responsible for their own transmitters , either owning or leasing them . |
| 21 | Allowing small farmers in the countryside to be responsible for their own plots of land and to sell any surplus above the state quota on the free market and the encouragement of small-scale private enterprises in urban areas brought about great changes in Chinese society . |
| 22 | The students could not be said to be responsible for their own actions and thoughts . |
| 23 | Individuals will be responsible for their own personal development plans which will be measured against agreed standards of business performance . |
| 24 | Further education colleges will gain new independence from April 1993 , and will be responsible for their own budgets . |
| 25 | Now those who can prove conclusively that they are self-employed will be responsible for their own tax deductions and claims . |
| 26 | One , one of the most common question of the last weeks are we yes last weeks Sunday visiting that I was involved with in my ward was from people who were perturbed , not about means testing because that is not the word that it was about , but about something that is on the same kind of sphere and that was about whether erm East Gates which decided to be their own managers would also be able to their own tenants and keep the ones that were less suitable away from the ones that knew that they were suitable . |
| 27 | And Hannah , whatever happens , will always be one of their own . |
| 28 | Hang on John , all this will do is make at least a quarter of our own members , in this union , to be inactive in their own industries . |
| 29 | Therefore it has been proposed that intronic ORFs may be capable of their own evolution , independent of the intervening sequence in which they reside ( 44 , 46 , 19 ) . |
| 30 | Chapels may be eligible in their own right if they are outstanding buildings ( grade I or II* ) , or on townscape grounds if they are in conservation areas . |