Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] its [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour party is not trusted on tax matters , and that is small wonder when its Members of Parliament say things like that . |
| 2 | In 1973 , the US Army engaged in its first domestic operation since the Civil War when its forces , including armored cars , assisted heavily armed FBI agents in laying siege to the village of Wounded Knee . |
| 3 | In 1973 , the US Army engaged in its first domestic operation since the Civil War when its forces , including armored cars , assisted heavily armed FBI agents in laying siege to the village of Wounded Knee . |
| 4 | This is that , once life ( i.e. replicators and cumulative selection ) originates at all , it always advances to the point where its creatures evolve enough intelligence to speculate about their origins . |
| 5 | Somehow , in a little over 100 years , science has let its hard-won reputation be whored down to a point where its priests might as well be selling chocolate or cars . |
| 6 | But it had another trick up its sleeves . |
| 7 | international interdependence especially its implications for fiscal and monetary policy , exchange rates , commercial policy , energy and the price of oil , and the European Community as a policy-coordinating and economic system . |
| 8 | In essence , that 's all a standalone fax really is — you could say it was a poor quality copier that prints out its copies somewhere remote from the scanning part . |
| 9 | Also , since 1989 , it has offered Custom Blend — a service whereby its consultants create a foundation or powder to exactly match your skin while you wait . |
| 10 | The Muslim Brotherhood was less concerned with the liberation of Palestine than with the establishment of an Islamic state by peaceful means , possibly as a part of Jordan where its activities were tolerated by the authorities . |
| 11 | President , Kevin , Lancashire region , in the light of your comments , I must admit I do n't expect anything less or more of G M B than what it always does , and that 's put its actions where its words are . |
| 12 | THE Royal Ordnance Factory at Leeds yesterday delivered to the British Army the first production version of the Challenger tank , less than three years after the Ministry of Defence ordered the vehicle.The army is receiving more than 200 Challengers , costing about £300 million , to beef up its defences in Germany against Soviet tanks . |
| 13 | Mr Dromgoole said this would flatten , if not drop in the new year , as the group reins back its activities to minimise the amount of levy paid to the Government . |
| 14 | Then , there 's never been a shortage of contributions for London 's musical guidebook ; have all helped to flesh out its pages , along with ‘ Kings Cross ’ , a song that the Pet Shop Boys wrote ( a ) ‘ Because it 's the London terminus you reach if you come down from the North-East ’ ; ( b ) Chris Lowe lived there ; and ( c ) ‘ It seemed like a good title about people waiting . |
| 15 | To be sure , if a person accepts the legitimacy of an authority then its instructions are accepted by him as reasons for conforming action . |
| 16 | For a brief moment it seemed that the rain still hesitated , that it would only patter dispiritedly on the dust-filled gutters where its drops rolled like quick-silver . |
| 17 | Wall Street is beginning to firm up its forecasts for IBM Corp 's first quarter figures , with the consensus at around 20 cents a share and the more bearish going for 50 cents — but if Technology News of America 's straw poll of the market around the US and Europe is anywhere near right , the loss is going to be a whole lot worse than that : the returns suggest that the company will have sold at best between 25 and 30 mainframes this quarter , where the Wall Street forecasts assume it did nearer 50 machines . |
| 18 | Wall Street is beginning to firm up its forecasts for IBM Corp 's first quarter figures , with the consensus at around 20 cents a share and the more bearish going for 50 cents — but if Technology News of America 's straw poll of the market around the US and Europe is anywhere near right , the loss is going to be a whole lot worse than that : the returns suggest that the company will have sold at best between 25 and 30 mainframes this quarter , where the Wall Street forecasts assume it did nearer 50 machines . |
| 19 | If a character rides in a chariot then its points value including any additional crew is also included in the character points value . |
| 20 | Similarly , if a character rides in a chariot then its points value including that of its crew is included in the Characters ' point allowance . |
| 21 | If a character rides in a chariot then its points cost including any additional crew is added to the character 's points value . |
| 22 | The EC-listed company must make a public announcement about the acquisition or disposal in all member states where its shares are listed within ten calendar days , although member states can require disclosure to be made by the competent authority rather than the EC-listed company itself . |
| 23 | The play exposes the horror of a world which , drained of its rituals , is left exposed to a released and enacted wickedness neither its individuals nor its institutions can contain . |
| 24 | I spent over an hour checking out all those that were for sale but the only one I kept coming back to had displayed in blue on gold down its sides , ‘ The biggest barrow in the world ’ . |
| 25 | It had already overshadowed all other places in 1801 when its population had reached 865,000 , but a century later its inhabitants numbered over 4½ millions , i.e. more than one-sixth of the entire population of England . |
| 26 | The living animal has by this process been transformed into something approximating a circuit board in a computer , and the researchers can go about exploring its properties rather as if they were electrical engineers , presented with a novel piece of equipment and trying to understand from scratch how its circuits function . |
| 27 | If you include a magic standard then its points value is included with the points value of the regiment . |
| 28 | If you include a magic standard then its points value is included with the points value of the unit . |
| 29 | If you take a magic standard then its points value is included with the points value of the regiment . |
| 30 | As it was , however , the US was slowly , and not too slowly , getting itself into a position where its responsibilities tended to supplant rather than complement those of the French : and this was something which at least had to be offset against all the delays that would ensue in European rearmament . |