Example sentences of "the [noun sg] for its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Welsh , who congratulated The Scotsman for its sponsorship of the tournament , described the standard of performance as high . |
| 2 | The time limit for appeal can only be extended under this section if the reasons stated by the board for its decision are reasons requested in terms of s.18(2) . |
| 3 | The site for the new theatre was given by the governor , but the money for its building was donated by the Milanese , mostly the rich who bought boxes well in advance . |
| 4 | Nuclear Electric said it will spend £800,000 on modifications to the plant and the case for its operation at lower power levels , which it hopes to submit by autumn for restart by the end of the year . |
| 5 | These moans apart , The Late Show long ago clinched the case for its existence and this edition also included a thoughtful report by David Walker on the bidding for television interviews with ministers . |
| 6 | The LTTE for its part blamed government forces , saying that the killings were " meticulously planned and executed , and blamed on the LTTE at a time when the Sri Lankan government is trying to purchase weapons from Middle Eastern Moslem countries " ( a reference to a visit made by Ranjan Wijeratne , Plantations Minister and Minister of State for Defence , to Iran , Libya and Egypt in early August ) . |
| 7 | Although Novell does support TCP/IP in its UnixWare offering , the mainstay for its networking ( and the bulk of its business ) is provided by Netware 's IPX/SPX protocols . |
| 8 | The Lancashire Division publicized this viewpoint through its paper Northern Voice , and at the York Annual ILP Conference of 1934 an NAC Report , censuring the Division for its actions , was carried by 135 votes to 31 . |
| 9 | The company , whose cars were driven by stars such as Clark Gable , Cliff Richard and Henry Cooper , blames the recession for its collapse . |
| 10 | The report , which therefore predates WAB , will be presented to the University for its consideration and will carry considerable weight because its membership , which comprises a majority of university members together with representatives from public sector higher education , consists of men of influence . |
| 11 | ‘ The CVCP audit team would like to commend the University for its commitment to quality assurance , manifested in various ways and in particular |
| 12 | Quite independent of the social merits of re-using a redundant building to provide comfortable dwellings for local people at modest rents , a main factor encouraging the retention of All Saints Church was the value accorded by the local authority planners to the building for its contribution to the townscape . |
| 13 | To date , such experiments have failed under dual pressure — from the Marxist-based Left , which has been unwilling to concede the fight for its class interests , and from the Right , which has continually threatened to halt the reform process . |
| 14 | The docks project was praised by the association for its scope and imagination . |
| 15 | I was tired and thirsty and my shin was ablaze , but I could not stop : on , on , on — through a pool of sand — past one dead cow and then another — race across shingle to hit more sand and sink deep — turn backwards — heave , jerk , shout — firm ground again — race into sand — kick the wheelbarrow for its stupidity — stop , heave — trip and fall — get up and heave again — fall face down — spit sand — up and on again . |
| 16 | Clearly , Knowland agreed with BP colleagues ( see p 13 ) who have taken to lambasting the industry for its inability to plan . |
| 17 | Mr Moore flew the Spifire for its owners Rolls Royce . |
| 18 | What this appeal is concerned with , however , is only the landlord 's obligation to repay once the lease has expired without breach of covenant , there being neither any obligation on the original landlord to pay over the amount of the deposit to an assignee of the reversion nor any obligation on the original tenant to assign to an assignee of the term his contractual right to receive back the amount of the deposit when and if the condition for its repayment is fulfilled … |
| 19 | The zoned method of operation has also been utilised in the ‘ intermediate zoned system ’ , which operates in the same way as the detector-operated zoned system , but depends upon the secondary detector at the valve for its operation , the line detector being omitted . |
| 20 | The CIGS , General ( later Field Marshal ) Sir Francis Festing , felt the price of Sandys ' Reformation was too high and considered resignation , but the other Chiefs would not support him , believing that such gestures would have little impact on a government that had the full support of Parliament and the electorate for its Defence policy . |
| 21 | MARATHON man John Bishop , the Echo 's round-the-world cyclist , related his adventures to members of Liverpool Rotary Club with a tribute to the club for its support . |
| 22 | When the big night finally arrived , New York 's all-powerful theatre critics raved about the acting performances , but the play soon became , literally , a pain in the neck for its star . |
| 23 | The reason for prescribing this medication , and the plan for its use should be explained to the patient and agreed upon before a prescription is supplied . |
| 24 | Accountancy firm Ernst and Young — which is attempting to sell the dwelling for its clients — has been made court appointed receivers for Nationchoice Limited which has claimed beneficial ownership of the building . |
| 25 | Part of the reason the Open Software Foundation missed the boat with its Architecture Neutral Distribution Format technology , according to observers , is that it wrongly targeted independent software vendors as the home for its solution . |
| 26 | It is as if Owen is angry with the sun for its inability to raise the dead . |
| 27 | One correspondent , however , sees little evidence today of an agreed understanding of what constitutes monastic music or even that the music of the monastic tradition is above all the vehicle for its prayer . |
| 28 | Delta says it was the ‘ destructive acts ’ of the creditors ' committee and its advisers that prevented the reorganisation , and that it provided $115m finance and blames the committee for its losses . |
| 29 | When I was a kid I loved the seashore for its mix of beautiful , subtle colours and strong smells . |
| 30 | The interpretation of Mannheim 's project that von Schelting initiated set the scene for its incorporation into mainstream functionalist sociology . |