Example sentences of "[pron] its name " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just give me its name and tell me the place where I can find it . ’ |
| 2 | The computer told me its name . |
| 3 | In red brick and white stone , it had a façade of great length matched by a high tower which reached up to the light which its name celebrated . |
| 4 | This is the basic underlying principle of homoeopathy and the one from which its name is derived . |
| 5 | I ca n't tell you its name , |
| 6 | The canal never actually reached Ashby-de-la-Zouch , which gave it its name , but it was a very successful commercial waterway . |
| 7 | Usually held in October , it lasted for eight days and met outside the North Gate near the sloe tree which gave it its name of Sloe Fair ; discipline and disputes were enforced by a ‘ pie-powder ’ ( dusty feet ) court which sorted out the inevitable problems . |
| 8 | The coat is a yellowish grey with large , handsome grey blotches , the ‘ clouds ’ that give it its name . |
| 9 | A single-track lane had taken them down through a straggling copse to a brackish meander of the Beaulieu river and Mossop had stopped the car just short of the cottage so they could see the building , the garden , the overgrown jetty which had given it its name and the shadowed finger of the pontoon reaching out into deeper water , without themselves being seen at all . |
| 10 | For those unfamiliar with the latest manifestation of Sodom and Gomorrah stateside , AIDS is just what its name says : a collection of illnesses which invade the bodies of people whose immune systems can no longer cope . |
| 11 | The device was exactly what its name suggests . |
| 12 | The name is unfamiliar but it is only what its name implies : the capital liabilities that have been discharged , in this case , by repayment of loans . |
| 13 | The Gozinto chart does exactly what its name implies . |
| 14 | The Gozinto chart does exactly what its name implies . |
| 15 | It is perhaps ironic that today the Holstein of North America is rapidly overwhelming the dual-purpose Friesian of Europe , whatever its name . |
| 16 | Anyway , whatever its name , it put up a noble fight before it was gaffed and brought on board , and I had my photograph taken with the catch after we landed back on the beach . |
| 17 | Whatever its name , the tutorial or small learning group provides a uniquely-valuable opportunity to increase your understanding of any subject and to develop your skill in exchanging intellectual ideas . |