Example sentences of "[n mass] [conj] [verb] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Hercules pilot reported turbulence so violent that he was unable to read instruments for five to ten second periods because of airframe vibration , recording ± 2g/-1g loads on the airframe , while pea-sized hail stripped paint off the aircraft and damaged its wing leading-edges . |
| 2 | Sun Alliance sold the majority of its 14.24% stake in Commercial Union for £280m and merged its Australian non-life operation with Royal Insurance 's to form the fourth largest general insurer in Australia . |
| 3 | For most of the 1975–76 civil war , the massive stone keep of the twelfth-century Castle of St Gilles that still towers over Tripoli was occupied by a Sunni Muslim militia that made its head-quarters in the crusader banqueting hall . |
| 4 | ‘ But they seem to trust in the power of the nine-tailed whip , and they will continue in that until a regiment breaks out of its barracks and makes its own way home . ’ |
| 5 | Despite the recession , Volvo Bus 's performance has been improving ; last year , it delivered a record 5,582 chassis and increased its profits by SK220 million ( £19 million ) . |
| 6 | Last May it sold three of its four Ford dealerships to a management team for £6.7m and changed its name from Godfrey Davis ( Holdings ) . |
| 7 | Other methods have included timing the swimming fish from the known speed of the ship the fish is passing or circling , and filming the speeding fish and calculating its speed by comparing its position on each frame of the film . |
| 8 | Chicago-based VideOcart Inc say it will undergo a corporate restructuring that includes reducing its payroll by about 15% and realigning its executive office . |
| 9 | But when bad debt provisions , the lost opportunities and the thousands of management hours were taken into account , it became apparent that the Crocker episode had cost the bank more than £1.5bn and destroyed its pretentions as an international force . |
| 10 | The Crocker episode had cost the bank more than £1.5bn and destroyed its pretentions as an international force |
| 11 | And , with recruitment and turnover of staff , the company should examine its procedures thoroughly to find out whether its inability to recruit skilled people or reduce its high turnover rates could be the result of bad management practice rather than the location . |
| 12 | It walked sideways on its perch and hunched its shoulders , looking slyly up at her as though it could tell a tale or two , if it chose . |
| 13 | When another objector pointed out that the Pan-Am jumbo jet which exploded in mid-air over Lockerbie in Scotland in December 1988 , killing 270 people and scattering its debris for miles , had just minutes earlier passed over the Chapelcross nuclear power station , the reality came frighteningly close . |
| 14 | Oak Marketing realised the solution to selling Brewking was to take it direct to the people and explain its process face to face . |
| 15 | North Sioux City , South Dakota-based Gateway 2000 Inc reports net sales the year to January 31 were $1,100m , up about 76% on the 1991 figure ; pre-tax profit was up some 77% to $106m , the company said , adding that it expanded its workforce 43% to 1,847 in 1992 and intends to hire more people and to expand its product line and geographic reach . |
| 16 | At Hinde House this team of teachers was selected by the staff and centred its attention on the transition from middle schools to the secondary sector and the curriculum which should be provided in the Y8 group . |
| 17 | The Institute has worked hard to ensure recognition of the professional work done by such staff and operates its own qualification procedures . |
| 18 | But the album will reside in the charts for months , chalk up incredible sales and launch its writers , singers and players into megastardom . |
| 19 | … the grains of dust which the Australian detaches from the sacred rock are so many sacred principles which he scatters into space , so that they may go to animate the totemic species and assure its renewal . |
| 20 | As a governor to a Compact school you would be in a strong position to learn about how a school works and influence its management and curriculum policies . |
| 21 | The grammar translation method of teaching languages is based largely on finding out how a language works and analysing its structure . |
| 22 | By 1996 , the group plans to inject £85m and double its airport retailing space . |
| 23 | As well as sustaining the health and vigour of the plant , they can control the quantity and quality of its fruit and direct its size , shape and height to positive effect . |
| 24 | Thus , if we take any volume of any gas at 0°C and reduce its temperature by 273°C at constant pressure , the final volume will be zero . |
| 25 | ( 1972–84 ) , or The Bill ( 1988- ) , Miami Vice ( 1984- ) and Hill Street Blues ( 1980–9 ) except to define each series as constituting its own generic subcategory ? |