Example sentences of "[pron] [det] [noun pl] [conj] [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Detailed empirical work by , for example , Davies and Kramer and Young , focused on the ways in which planners and other public officials managed not only to frustrate the intentions of elected officials but , often in a highly paternalistic way , created strategies which simultaneously operated in their own interests while still deemed to be in the interests of the general public .
2 The political movements of the 1900s in the Glasgow region had their own peculiarities but also reflected national divisions .
3 Each view is essentially contemptuous of popular judgement , relying on the idea that people are dupes , unable to form their own ideas and easily swayed by press magnates/communist agitators .
4 The original two Peckoltia had their own territories and hardly ventured into each other 's .
5 These views are surprisingly common among women who were extremely ambitious in their own careers and subsequently transferred those competitive and careerist feelings on to their partners and children .
6 Ralph remembered his own fears and quickly explained what would happen and reassured the boy — named David — that everything was fine .
7 The two days Maxim spent ambushing his own followers and then kicked into exile by George .
8 On our descent we began by setting up our own abseils but quickly accepted an offer from the Germans to share abseils , taking turns at setting up the anchor points .
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