Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [prep] its [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A curd which has been soaking in its own whey makes an acid cheese ( which explains the often sharp taste of Eastern Mediterranean white cheeses which are sometimes stored in whey ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Basically we 've looked and said there 's no reason for any knee-jerk reaction or across-the-board actions here , ’ Collis said , adding that Dell will be sticking to its own price timetable . |
| 3 | WINDSOR Women 's Centre will , quite literally , be building on its own success , when members don hard hats to construct a new complex at Broadway . |
| 4 | Each division will be looking after its own interests and will try to maximise its own profits . |
| 5 | Returning to academia he can recall the spatial remove as being ‘ out there in the field ’ ; so that much of the current anthropology at home may still only be practising in its own backyard , pursuing an exploration of ‘ exotic cultures at home ’ rather than looking into its own front room ( Cheater 1987 : 166 ) . |
| 6 | Scholars like John Aubrey ( 1626–1697 ) became interested in the information they were collecting for its own sake , and not simply as evidence gathered to prove a particular point of view . |
| 7 | The Labour Party is wrestling with its own conscience . |
| 8 | Also , contempt proceedings under the rule require the consent of the Attorney-General , unless the court is acting of its own motion . |
| 9 | For a dynamic company which is growing through its own efforts it is important that we should have other and new businesses of a similar nature coming along . |
| 10 | The Southern California Association of Governments says that the region ’ is buckling under its own weight ’ . |
| 11 | There appears to be some internal debate going on down in Palo Alto about how much damage Sun Microsystems Inc 's recent Sparcstation 10 announcement is doing to its own workstation efforts . |
| 12 | Public opinion does not go unheeded , and disabled people are not the only group which is asking for its own wishes and opinions to be recognised . |
| 13 | In a Christian view , therefore , work is not just necessary in order to live but the result of an irrepressible drive which is rewarding in its own right . |
| 14 | Samsung is working on its own version of the PA-RISC that will add high-speed memory technology to the CPU logic on the same silicon . |
| 15 | Sequent is working on its own implementation , but it wo n't comment on any release plans . |
| 16 | We also need to show in practice that the community is working with its own peoples — not taking decisions over their heads . |
| 17 | On the one hand it is evident that the old order is collapsing of its own accord , so any attempt to subvert it would be pointless ; and on the other , none of these authors portrays a main character secure enough in his own moral beliefs to propose them as a new global framework . |
| 18 | A little company in Golden , Colorado has been working on its own version of Unix for the last year and half , this one called Usix . |
| 19 | The Fifth was choking in its own certainties , and though he took no pleasure in the thought of losing his life , he would not mourn his removal from this hard and unpoetic Dominion . |
| 20 | In its panic the party was turning to its former leader , etc . |
| 21 | The publicity of Michael Banks 's death had now been replaced in the public 's mind with news of fresh disasters , and the show was running on its own impetus . |
| 22 | Most of her work would be over by now ; Dizzy was out of the way , and the party was running under its own momentum . |
| 23 | Reversing its earlier stance against the creation of a republican army , Kirgizstan had on June 1 announced that it was taking under its own jurisdiction the former Soviet military units stationed on the republic 's territory and assuming responsibility for their upkeep . |
| 24 | Reversing its earlier stance against the creation of a republican army , Kirgizstan had on June 1 announced that it was taking under its own jurisdiction the former Soviet military units stationed on the republic 's territory and assuming responsibility for their upkeep . |
| 25 | Some gave themselves fierce noms de guerre , ‘ Rambo ’ and ‘ El Negro ’ , as if their only purpose was fighting for its own sake , though even that purpose was largely wishful thinking ; much of their time was spent hanging round in the camps , doing nothing . |