Example sentences of "for our own " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one end of the scale , some of use make things solely for our own use , or to give away to our friends and relations . |
| 2 | Homi Bhabha , in a significant essay arguing the urgent need to re-engage with Fanon in and for our own time , shows why . |
| 3 | ‘ We took a lorry load of turf for our own fire and sold the rest in bags door to door . ’ |
| 4 | Are we prepared to discipline ourselves to restrictions and regulations that we feel we ought to impose for our own good ? |
| 5 | Not only would we be able to provide battle-winning equipments for our own forces , but our balance of payments would benefit from a flourishing export trade in armaments . |
| 6 | For our own part , we decide on the beef teriyaki , medium rare . |
| 7 | For our own end , for our benefit or satisfaction . ’ |
| 8 | foods rich in fat or refined sugar might seem very attractive but usually prove to be far too tempting for our own good ; it is far too easy to over-indulge in these kinds of food . |
| 9 | However difficult it may be , it is worth the effort , both for our own sake and for the sake of the emergent nations of the world . |
| 10 | May we learn to accept responsibility for our own actions and inactions and for our mistakes as well as for our success . |
| 11 | ‘ We 'll all just pay for our own . ’ |
| 12 | But perhaps this is something we presume for our own convenience . |
| 13 | One of the lessons of the conflict for our own policy makers is that , as a result of these advances , a major step forward has occurred in the apparent effectiveness of defensive weapons systems . |
| 14 | … We 've jilted them and eliminated them and we 've got to find our own solutions for our own peculiar moral problems … |
| 15 | In the first place , we all need to mourn for our own sins and for the negative contribution we bring into the world . |
| 16 | In the modern world , we are reduced to an idealized figment of the communist imagination or we fall into secular despair , but we can not be exalted as a personal being , uniquely loved for our own sake . |
| 17 | Of course , we also need to pray for the needs that others have , as well as for our own needs . |
| 18 | As for our own species , the oldest evidence , going back to possibly about 35,000 BC , reveals that the dead were not only equipped with weapons , tools , and ornaments but also with food , which must often have been in short supply among the living . |
| 19 | It talks about the confident assumption that life on earth will exist in some form however much we manage to foul things up for our own species and those close to us . |
| 20 | ‘ As you all know , ’ she said , ‘ ever since the Pack was formed we 've held our meetings in this fine old barn , which Farmer Maynard has let us have for our own use . |
| 21 | We fit lines whenever possible because they are simple , not only for our computers but also for our own brains . |
| 22 | ‘ On the body were discovered certain papers which made it only too clear to the marshal and me , though not to those halfwits at the frontier , thank God , that Fräulein Müller and her companion were not , as we had assumed , acting for the Austrians , but for our own High Police . ’ |
| 23 | My boyfriend says that ladies like me huv been just too liberated for our own good . |
| 24 | If the death of our parents helps us to think about death in a constructive way and to prepare for our own , the experience is neither negative nor morbid but of positive value and importance . |
| 25 | I have concentrated on the higher forms of life , not only because they are easy to observe but also to some extent because they have greater meaning for our own species . |
| 26 | Or was the whole episode simply an occasion for our own informed superior merriment ? |
| 27 | ‘ Training for our own trainers ’ … |
| 28 | It is we who do not know , and like Peter we can be too sure of ourselves for our own good . |
| 29 | We destroy as much life as we think necessary for our own sustenance and preservation . |
| 30 | It never allows us to blame others , or avoid responsibility for our own actions . |