Example sentences of "[noun pl] for its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The World Bank has invoked environmental as well as economic reasons for its refusal to fund a massive drainage project planned for central Venezeula , which conservationists warn will have disastrous environmental consequences . |
| 32 | One of the chief reasons for its loss of support had been the protracted struggle between Prime Minister David Lange and his Finance Minister , Roger Douglas , the architect of Labour 's laissez faire approach to the economy , colloquially known as " Rogernomics " . |
| 33 | The Granada Group gives similar reasons for its 13% cut — a simplified group structure and a reduced number of acquisitions and disposals in the group . |
| 34 | I find that a thoroughly unsatisfactory situation , in which this court should hold , if it properly can do so , that the board ought to give reasons for its recommendation . |
| 35 | But a complete justification of authority has to do more than to provide valid reasons for its acceptance . |
| 36 | More specifically , an analysis of Scottish kingship , and of the particular reasons for its strength , enables us to discard the lingering idea that Mary 's failure was predetermined by the fact that she was a woman — and worse and more pathetic , a young woman . |
| 37 | Norris ( 1986 ) points to five reasons for its importance . |
| 38 | A legislative authority on the other hand is one whose job is to create new reasons for its subjects , i.e. reasons which are new not merely in the sense of replacing other reasons on which they depend , but in not purporting to replace any reasons at all . |
| 39 | Advantage uses the widely recognised 1000 Watt Metal Halide Lamps for its illumination . |
| 40 | On McDowell 's account , it would presumably be either as the language acquired such new structure , developing something like a pronoun system and ( iterated ) belief attributions or as , quite independently , behaviour became more complex , calling for higher-order indexical belief states for its explanation ( cf. |
| 41 | Social gerontology draws on a broad range of social science disciplines for its theories and methodologies , but to date its debt to economics and economists has been slight . |
| 42 | The matter is important , as Volvo clearly blamed the Government 's economic policies for its decision . |
| 43 | The company has essentially eliminated annual volume discounts for ‘ commodity ’ hardware products in favour of low-end pricing policies for its sales channels and end-users . |
| 44 | Now our London art market correspondent talks to Christophe Lázar about the changes in the intervening months and Colnaghi 's plans for its Paris gallery . |
| 45 | The problem was , although the programme had been identified , little real work had been done by the Bulgarians and the plans for its achievement were well behind schedule . |
| 46 | One of the last things I was able to do was to help in the preparations for a Service of Reconciliation to be held at the Burma end of the Burma-Siam railway line , both in the preparation of the details of the service and the plans for its publicity . |
| 47 | In its November 1987 Offer For Sale Eurotunnel stated that ‘ safety and security considerations have been central to the overall design of the System and the plans for its operation ’ . |
| 48 | The Irish Times meantime had suggested that British Telecommunications Plc and AT&T Co were bidding for a stake in Telecom Eireann ; a spokeswoman for Telecom Eireann said that the company had received an assurance from the Irish government that there were no plans for its privatisation . |
| 49 | DEC has also previewed future plans for its Alpha AXP RISC in a roadmap which describes increased clock speeds and further superscalar enhancements . |
| 50 | Digital Equipment Corp has previewed future plans for its Alpha AXP RISC in a roadmap which describes increased clock speeds and further superscalar enhancements . |
| 51 | BT continued to make headway as the Government outlined plans for its £5 billion plus sell-off of its remaining 21.8pc stake in the telecommunications giant . |
| 52 | Kenny MacAskill , the party 's transport spokesman , spelt out its determination to return ScotRail to public ownership if the Government 's plans for its sale went ahead . |
| 53 | Former Ewart 's Warehouse ( 1869 ) Bedford Street , a former linen warehouse , designed in opulent Venetian Renaissance style — plans for its future have been put ‘ on hold ’ , outlook now uncertain . |
| 54 | Each Council has its own plans for its area and is very willing to advise and in many cases back up advice with grant aid . |
| 55 | Interactive Development Environments has set up IDE Canada in Toronto to handle direct sales and support operations for its CASE products . |
| 56 | Carol Bartz , Sun Microsystems Inc vice-president of worldwide field operations , has jumped ship to become chairman , president and chief executive of Autodesk Inc , Sausalito , replacing Alvar Green : she is succeeded at Sun by Joseph Roebuck who becomes vice-president of worldwide field operations for its Sun Microsystems Computer Corp arm . |
| 57 | It is not so much that the stuff itself is pink ( the stuff itself is chartreuse , as a matter of fact ) but that everything connected with it and surrounding it is : its packaging , its bottle-top , the invitations and programmes for its launch at the Opéra-Comique — its vie , if you like , is en rose . |
| 58 | At the coal face , the butties were responsible for the actual mining processes , overseen by colliery company officials ; the butties were in charge of organizing and paying for the winning of coal , though not in all cases for its transport to the pithead . |
| 59 | Surely such a spot offers few inducements for its selection as a place of permanent abode … an area of Jews , thieves , rags , filth , foul smells , and wretchedness . |
| 60 | It was to these crucial years , therefore , that I turned attention in an endeavour to understand not the triumphal march of the party as such , but rather the broader cultural structures that laid the foundations for its success . |