Example sentences of "its [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The elections had been called 15 months early after a group of five Green legislators — who had kept the minority government of Michael Field in office since June 1989 [ see p. 37877 ] — withdrew its support after disagreements over the issue of logging [ for May 1989 elections see p. 36658 ] . |
| 2 | This has its parallel with entities in the entity-relationship model , which will be represented as relations in the relational model . |
| 3 | As a loss maker , Provincial received the bulk of its income from grants from the PTEs , and from the government in the form of the Public Service Obligation ( PSO ) . |
| 4 | But this degree of involvement takes its toll on policewomen in the unit . |
| 5 | One spotlights the increasing scope and sophistication of the General Staff and its proliferation of Directorates beyond the strict confines of military-technical policy . |
| 6 | Following a meeting of United States , United Kingdom and Hong Kong government officials in Washington on June 6 , the US government stated that it was to drop its opposition to negotiations between the UK and Vietnamese governments for the " involuntary repatriation " of Vietnamese boat people not considered to be genuine refugees , and to the possible establishment of an internationally managed centre in Vietnam to hold them on their return . |
| 7 | Apted also differentiates browsing habits according to the different disciplines and points to its prominence for scholars in the humanities . |
| 8 | Reports in mid-July indicated that the government had intensified its campaign against members of the PPP suspected of terrorism . |
| 9 | Ruined cottages nestle among its birches , and miners , with guns over their shoulders , roam its maze of tracks on the look-out for duck and rabbit . |
| 10 | The Army , being manpower intensive , is on its guard against cuts in the operational commitments that underpin the existence of its named infantry and armoured regiments , whose traditions stretch back to the Restoration . |
| 11 | Ram is expanding its range of clubs with the introduction of the new Tom Watson Cobalt 53 , 55 and 58 degrees wedges . |
| 12 | The bureau has been involved in several local residents ' campaigns for improved amenities and has also produced a report on racism in North Tyneside , aimed at persuading the local authority to look at its range of services within the borough . |
| 13 | With its range of awards including the new Assessors Award , the Wordpower and Numberpower certificates in communication and numeracy skills and the Vocational Access Certificate , LCCIEB has certainly taken up the challenge to provide wider access to qualifications . |
| 14 | Bloom 's Taxonomy , for example , with its distinction between objectives in the cognitive and affective domains , has increasingly come under fire ( see , for instance , the discussion in J. H. Gribble 1970 ) . |
| 15 | This compares what the missile sees through a light-sensitive sensor in its nose with pictures of the target stored in its memory . |
| 16 | Such slow-moving particles would not be detected in conventional particle-physics experiments , which register a particle 's passage by its ionisation of atoms in the detecting medium . |
| 17 | The main beneficiary was the UK , which received grants of ECU21.7 million as part of its rebate on over-contributions to the EC budget , followed by Italy with ECU8.9 million . |
| 18 | But Britain will be able to keep its rebate on contributions to the EC — allowing us to claw back £2 billion of the £4.5 billion annually paid in by the Treasury . |
| 19 | But Britain will be able to keep its rebate on contributions to the EC — allowing us to claw back £2 billion of the £4.5 billion a year paid in by the Treasury . |
| 20 | Brimming with visual tricks and stylistic sleights of hand , NASTY GIRL has deservedly made its mark in festivals around the world . |
| 21 | Laois ) which exports all of its output to markets in the U.K. , Germany , Italy , there is something else . |
| 22 | Having seen its share of contracts with the ministry dwindle to ‘ practically zero ’ in 1987 , Mr De Benedetti says Olivetti capitulated and paid up in 1988 . |
| 23 | The dinner , a rite of the Washington spring , has always had its share of visitors from the west coast ; they tend to be more fun at your table than a deputy assistant secretary in the Veterans ' Administration . |
| 24 | The Kings Head has welcomed its share of celebrities over the year , including Turner , whilst working on his painting of Easby Abbey , Franz Liszt , who arrive late to play in the ballroom , and , more recently , Val Doonican . |
| 25 | Quebec also received recognition of its status as a " distinct society " , together with a guarantee that its share of seats in the federal House of Commons would not fall below 25 per cent . |
| 26 | The first time he had driven the van to Stowbridge he had smashed its top to pieces against the arch of the bridge , not realising it was just a few inches too high to go under . |
| 27 | Since we live on the crust , it is important to us in more ways than one , but we are only going to consider it in its relationship to events in the mantle , since these explain how Plate Tectonics works . |
| 28 | Roman Catholicism preserves clear remnants of the medieval canonical teaching in its exclusion of women from the sanctuary as altar servers , or even as participants in the rite of footwashing . |
| 29 | So I think there is a need to plan for a location where this new settlement is going to be successful , recognizing that failure to attract appropriate er private sector interest will mean poor quality design and social provision which will obviously detract from the new settlement as a place to live and also undermine its role in terms of the Greater York area . |
| 30 | The plan was for a short gathering , possibly not more than a month long , which would reassert the unity of the Church and its authority in matters of the faith . |