Example sentences of "of its [noun pl] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spelling out its arguments for the proposed pattern , the Council was once again reinterpreting the balance that had been at the centre of its concerns from the beginning : there was nothing in the Charter and Statutes ‘ which prevented greater recognition from being given to an institution 's own internal procedures where these could be shown to be rigorous and effective . |
| 2 | A drizzle ran in streams down the rocks and dewed the horses , but the fire kept the worst of its effects from them . |
| 3 | Even if the brain were designed so that components could be easily removed , there is the issue of what we can conclude about the functions of its components from knowing the effects of removing one of them . |
| 4 | The Financial Times said the acquisition represent a significant step towards the Royal Bank 's goal of generating at least 10 per cent of its earnings from the US . |
| 5 | But Glaxo is planning to downgrade some of its products from prescription status . |
| 6 | Close ties with Performance Fabrics remain and apart from sharing the same site Tygavac buys in about 20 per cent of its products from the Courtaulds Aerospace company . |
| 7 | Here is the research team 's summary of its findings from the detailed study of five education authorities : |
| 8 | It fully bears out both the disquiet expressed in the working party 's Report , and quoted above ; and the CDA 's dissociation of its policies from those in pursuit of which the three cases in question were projected into disaster . |
| 9 | But the Social Charter has been seriously weakened in the process of bargaining which preceded its adoption — particularly because of the opposition to all of its provisions from the Conservative government in Britain . |
| 10 | For example , when the UK government approved the merger of Britain 's two largest airlines , British Airways and British Caledonian , in 1988 , the EC Commission exercised its power to override national policy and insisted on some tough additional requirements ( e.g. BA giving up some of its routes from Gatwick ) before approving the merger . |
| 11 | But to see what limitations this brings , we absolutely need to have a more lively sense of its differences from at least the groups which neighbour it . |
| 12 | It has also developed something of an international character ; not only does it attract a proportion of its students from overseas , but it also has strong links with overseas institutions . |
| 13 | Traditionally the faculty has drawn many of its students from those who are proceeding to the ministry . |
| 14 | If the Moon also lost most of its craters from the final stages of formation then the apparent failure on Mercury of post-formation bombardment to saturate the intercrater plains may seem to indicate that Mercury was exposed to a less numerous population of small bodies than the Moon . |
| 15 | Of course , there is no direct evidence that the Moon has lost an appreciable fraction of its craters from the final stages of formation , except through any separate late heavy bombardment which merely replaces one set of craters by another . |
| 16 | The committee was to consist of 35 members and its composition would be heavily weighted in favour of the VP , with 24 of its members from the ruling group , four from the opposition Union of Moderate Parties ( UMP ) and the other seven from various social and religious organizations in the community . |
| 17 | While intellectuals secured most publicity for their support of Spanish Republicanism , the International Brigade drew many of its members from areas which were traditionally Left , particularly Scotland and South Wales . |
| 18 | Many theories have been suggested and most back to the whale by the environment and any objects , such as fish , nearby ; the whale builds up a picture of its surroundings from these echoes . |
| 19 | The designation almost trebled its original area by adding over 1500 acres to the Corporation 's responsibilities and increasing the number of its residents from 1000 to 6700 . |
| 20 | The company also plans to buy about 70 per cent of its materials from Scottish suppliers . |
| 21 | It is not at all clear whether the failure of a Local Authority to prevent one of its teachers from teaching the acceptability of homosexuality would be construed as promotion by the Local Authority itself . |
| 22 | The longstanding quota of 14 per cent on foreign imports was still in place , but Channel 4 was buying a quarter of its programmes from independent companies , and the BBC was moving in the same direction . |
| 23 | Thames Water has been losing seventeen percent of its supplies from leaks , but are now confident they can reduce that figure dramatically . |
| 24 | In 1988 , Hewden Stuart made less than 15 per cent of its profits from selling equipment rather than renting . |
| 25 | It also brings in a good two-thirds of its profits from overseas . |
| 26 | The American-owned burger chain will give a slice of its profits from the extra sales to cathedral funds . |
| 27 | Given that the company received about 20 per cent of its profits from the government 's ‘ export compensation ’ , such acquiescence was not surprising . |
| 28 | By 1995 he wants the company to earn 20 per cent of its revenues from services such as consulting , software and management . |
| 29 | Managing director of International Software , Richard North , says that , while the Brentford , Middlesex company generates 70% of its revenues from reselling software and providing support services to approximately 4,500 customers — or what he claims to be 20% of the UK corporate market — it earns the remaining 30% from negotiating favourable licence deals with software vendors on behalf of large organisations . |
| 30 | X/Open Co Ltd currently derives some 20% of its revenues from royalties : it wants that figure to rise to 100% within five years , though that does n't mean the group wo n't have any paying shareholders by that time , because some organisations will always want to pay upfront for a participation and package of services , it believes . |