Example sentences of "[pron] [be] [v-ing] in its " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | With a military model of management in his mind , the individual manager is working on the assumption that conflict within the ‘ ranks ’ , so to speak , is impossible because all the jobs and statuses have been defined and all who take roles within that framework will be committed to maintaining the order of the enterprise which is engaged in ‘ battle ’ with a hostile environment , which is persecuting in its demands . |
| 3 | ( b ) a shareholder may not hold shares for others save as nominee for another solicitor with a practising certificate or an RFL or recognised body who is a shareholder or officer of the recognised body or who is working in its practice ; a shareholder may not create any charge or other third party interest over his shares . |
| 4 | Lalage looked up only when Dada , having completed a diagram of salt and pepper pots , directed her attention to the flat silver dish she was delaying in its stately passage round the table . |
| 5 | Nell Anderson knew she was seconds from death , and that despite her desire for it , the moment it was on her was terrifying in its violence . |
| 6 | But Luke appeared to have recovered almost instantly , and the smile he sent her was lacerating in its mockery . |
| 7 | You 'll never be short of things to do in Dublin — whether it 's shopping in its modern centre , or simply relaxing over a Guinness in one of the city 's excellent pubs . |
| 8 | It is binding in its entirety and applicable simultaneously in all member States , and has been used mostly in the nationally sensitive area of agricultural policy . |
| 9 | It was shocking in its coarseness and to her gentle Victorian mother alarmingly primitive , nearly pre-moral . |