Example sentences of "its [noun sg] [be] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , conscience begins to have marked effect , as the attitudes and strictures of which the child has bad experience during its upbringing are supported or modified by the beginnings of life within society , and is built into the sexual persona of the boy or girl ( increasingly meaningful terms at this stage ) which the child now finds itself to be . |
| 2 | Its contract is to guarantee that the doctors consulted by members of the public are properly qualified and will give competent treatment . |
| 3 | Its skin was stripped and rolled . |
| 4 | However , because of the importance of investigative work , samples of marking schemes used by teachers experienced in its assessment were collected and analysed . |
| 5 | Its function was to commission and buy programmes from independents and the franchise companies , not to make them itself . |
| 6 | The super-ego is introduced as a concept to cope with this problem , its function being to censor and keep repressed material repressed . |
| 7 | It was half-blind and its fur was staring and it expected nothing and desired nothing save the crust by the table leg on which its half-gaze was fixed . |
| 8 | Its weakness was revealed when middle-ranking officers defied orders to attack the Russian Parliament Building ( the ‘ White House ’ ) because of the likelihood of many civilian casualties . |
| 9 | In a letter to the British Medical Journal in 1938 on the treatment of pneumonia he stated that sulphapyridine was active against pneumococci only when helped by leucocytes , and ( true to the tradition of Almroth Wright ) its action was improved if anti-pneumococcal serum was administered at the same time . |
| 10 | Its closure was estimated as reducing capacity by approximately 100,000 barrels per day ( bpd ) , at an annual cost to the economy of US$500 million . |
| 11 | ( 5 ) ( a ) Where one of the following specified events happens , to a member of or a beneficial owner of a share in a recognised body , that is to say : ( where such member or beneficial owner is a solicitor ) his name is struck off or removed from the roll or his practising certificate is suspended ( including automatic suspension on bankruptcy ) or withdrawn ; or ( where such a member or beneficial owner is a registered foreign lawyer ) his name is struck off the register or his registration is suspended ( including automatic suspension on bankruptcy , or on striking off or suspension in his own jurisdiction ) or cancelled ; or ( where such a member or beneficial owner is a recognised body ) its recognition is revoked or expires ( including automatic expiry on liquidation , making of an administration order or appointment of an administrative receiver ) ; |
| 12 | ( 5 ) ( a ) Where one of the following specified events happens , to a member of or a beneficial owner of a share in a recognised body , that is to say : ( where such member or beneficial owner is a solicitor ) his name is stuck off or removed from the roll or his practising certificate is suspended ( including automatic suspension on bankruptcy ) or withdrawn ; or ( where such a member or beneficial owner is a registered foreign lawyer ) his name is struck off the register or his registration is suspended ( including automatic suspension on bankruptcy , or on striking off or suspension in his own jurisdiction ) or cancelled ; or ( where such a member or beneficial owner is a recognised body ) its recognition is revoked or expires ( including automatic expiry on liquidation , making of an administration order or appointment of an administrative receiver ) ; |
| 13 | ( 7 ) In the event that a Member dies or in the event that the name of a Member is struck off or removed from the roll or his practising certificate is suspended or expires without being renewed or where a Member is a registered foreign lawyer his name is struck off the register of foreign lawyers or his registration is suspended or cancelled or ( where a Member is a Recognised Body ) its recognition is revoked or expires , the Directors may require the Member or , as the case may be , his legal personal representatives , trustee in bankruptcy , liquidator , administrator or administrative receiver to give a Transfer Notice in respect of all the Shares then registered in the name of the Member or deceased member . |
| 14 | ( 7 ) In the event that a Member dies or in the event that the name of a Member is struck off or removed from the roll or his practising certificate is suspended or expires without being renewed or where a Member is a registered foreign lawyer his name is struck off the register of foreign lawyers or his registration is suspended or cancelled or ( where a Member is a Recognised Body ) its recognition is revoked or expires , the Directors may require the Member or , as the case may be , his legal personal representatives , trustee in bankruptcy , liquidator , administrator or administrative receiver to give a Transfer Notice in respect of all the Shares then registered in the name of the Member or deceased member . |
| 15 | Its effect is to deny that authoritative instructions can serve the mediating role assigned them above . |
| 16 | For this system to work , the click must be so short that its echo is heard before the next click is made and drowns it . |
| 17 | Its completion was delayed because of the case . |
| 18 | But the Corporation said : ‘ Its future is assured and these stories are absolute rubbish . ’ |
| 19 | As it moved inland its force was reduced and , on the afternoon of Aug. 26 , it was officially downgraded to the status of a tropical storm . |
| 20 | Its engine was coughing and spluttering , stopping and then picking up again . |
| 21 | Its range is limited and sensitivity is limited by the film used . |
| 22 | There were 44 tournaments on the Challenge Tour this season , the idea behind its formation being to discover and launch new talent for the future good of European golf . |
| 23 | Its job is to decide whether some change in activity in a cell reflects the presence of such an event or is simply a spontaneous change unrelated to function . |
| 24 | Its aim is to see whether safeguards such as standards for prison conditions , independent inspectorates , and independent tribunals in internal disciplinary hearings , make any difference to the ‘ quality of life ’ of inmates or to the good running of the prisons , and whether a failure in the effectiveness of any one safeguard has any consequences for the effectiveness of others . |
| 25 | There will be no decent future for our young people unless they acquire skills , and no future for Britain unless its population is educated and trained to world standards . |
| 26 | Its magnitude is given as 6.6 , but I have always found it an elusive binocular object . |
| 27 | This world system and its evolution are seen as providing a historical framework , an account of world history . |
| 28 | It seems to have been the tenth raid which did the greatest damage , when the ‘ sea island , with its H-jetty was hit and a Korean tanker loading there set on fire . |
| 29 | A magnetometer is installed in a down-well tool in a special non-magnetic section of the drill-string , and its output is recorded as it moves along the well . |
| 30 | When a Palestinian delegation asked to participate in the armistice negotiations , its request was rejected and the armistice was signed only by East Bankers . |