Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had been stopped in its tracks by the Railway Inspectorate and a public outcry . |
| 2 | ( On Sept. 7 , at the end of a two-day debate for which the UK House of Commons had been recalled from its summer recess , the UK government had won a vote of confidence over its handling of the Gulf crisis , by 437 votes to 35 . ) |
| 3 | This strong international potential may well be one of the reasons why Philips has been joined in its CD-I initiative by partners such as Sony and Matsushita . |
| 4 | Today , JCI 's coal mining activities are undertaken by its wholly-owned subsidiary Tavistock , which operates four producing collieries in the Witbank area close to Johannesburg . |
| 5 | It was obvious that the plane had been repainted before its journey and Whitlock suddenly wondered if it had been done to erase the memories of the previous regime . |
| 6 | In late March 1990 McKenna proposed such a compromise but the response of the Quebec legislature was to pass a resolution stating that no discussion of McKenna 's companion document could be undertaken until Meech Lake had been ratified in its original form . |
| 7 | Excavation has , unfortunately , been limited in its extent and scope , with only the 1912–13 and 1924–5 sites sampling the interior ; more recent work has been confined to the defences and the west gate and to a settlement complex in the rural-urban fringe east of the town . |
| 8 | Collagen has long been known for its hydrating power and as a source of nutrients for the skin , but its penetration into the epidermis has always been limited by its high molecular weight . |
| 9 | In the ten years since the author spent some time making films about the rich animal life of Sri Lanka for the ‘ Survival ’ series of documentaries , that pendant has , alas , been ripped from its setting . |
| 10 | FOR the past five years , Thailand has been intoxicated by its success . |
| 11 | Like a cat with its prey , Microsoft has been toying with its competition , threatening to hang a predatory $100 introductory price on the stuff . |
| 12 | Like a cat with its prey , Microsoft has been toying with its competition , threatening to hang a predatory $99 introductory price on the stuff ( UX No 413 ) . |
| 13 | Jenner 's stiff and stilted prose then went on to describe how the ‘ model ’ — the first of a number — had been allowed to recover before the serrated plates of a Kocher clamp had been placed around its tail . |
| 14 | When it had been authenticated by its silver hallmarks , Sir Charles bought it and for the rest of his life regarded it as an important heirloom . |
| 15 | Ever the traditionalist , AT&T Co chose late Friday to announce that 1,000 jobs are to go at its transmissions systems Merrimack Valley Works plant in North Andover , Massachusetts : 5,000 employees will remain after the big lay-off ; AT&T cited reduced demand and improved plant efficiencies for the cuts , which are planned for late August . |
| 16 | At the McDermott-Scotland yard at Ardersier , near Inverness , 40 workers are to go after its last job , a jacket for Amerada Hess 's Scott oilfield , was shipped out on Tuesday . |
| 17 | Franklin Hayman 's thin , wiry body was overshadowed by the large desk , even though he was seated on a swivel chair which had been adjusted to its maximum height . |
| 18 | The differences rest upon the fact that an organisation 's actions are limited by its constituent treaty . |
| 19 | The society 's woes are compounded by its inability to get federal , state , or city funds . |
| 20 | The theory of the new international division of labour has been criticized for its uncompromising condemnation of TNC operations in the Third World , on the grounds that there is not very much that is new about it and that it relies on an empirical base that is far too limited ( see , for example , Cohen , 1987 , ch.7 ; Jenkins , 1984 ; Gordon , 1988 ) . |
| 21 | The tropical forest policies of the World Bank have been criticized by its own researchers . |
| 22 | The transformation of the Japanese economy over the past 30 years has been highlighted by its stunning record of growth in output , productivity and exports . |
| 23 | It seems to me that this explosion of energy has been drained of its radical potential , diverted into areas of service provision which should be the State 's concern . |
| 24 | The company seems to have been forgiven for its oil spill in the Mersey estuary in 1989 ; it came third in ‘ community and environmental responsibility ’ , only one place down from last time . |
| 25 | Its contribution has in part been developed through its critical understanding of what a working-class adult education might be , drawing on the best elements of the liberal adult education tradition to produce an education that respects people 's culture and experience , but also subjects it to analysis and questioning . |
| 26 | Many reasons have been given for its demise : the potential high cost of registry operations ' insurance , especially since the participants ' liability had not been established ; the unwillingness of commodity traders to record their transactions in a central registry subject to inspection by competitors and tax authorities ; the reticence by the ultimate buyers of spot crude oil to acquire bills of lading from an entity designed to service intermediaries and speculators ; and the banks ' discomfort with the exclusive control of the registry business by one of their competitors . |
| 27 | It could be memorised easily and no warning had been given about its sensitivity . |
| 28 | At 07.30 , the Allied artillery , which for the previous 65 minutes had been firing at its greatest intensity , lifted . |
| 29 | The wooden cross had been dug up and a new large memorial stone had been erected in its place . |
| 30 | One bird drifts overhead and I swear it is gazing at my quill-like yellow boat as I am gazing at its white tail . |