Example sentences of "[subord] its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The public was putting its money where its heart was , and at the off Desert Orchid was 11–10 on favourite ( though he had opened in the betting at slightly shorter odds ) . |
| 2 | A good example is Amstrad plc , where its share price fell by more than 80 per cent between 1988 and 1989 following quality problems with new computer ranges and alarmist rumours about the viability of the company . |
| 3 | In Central America , United Distillers is very well placed in Mexico , the largest and fastest growing market in the region , where its brands have 55% of the Scotch market . |
| 4 | Now if she re-dialled she would only get the apartment ringing incessantly ; the call before she had lost and she had n't a clue where its destination was . |
| 5 | There is even one corner where life in the year 2000 B.C. is represented : when Alford , or whatever the site would have been known as then , would have consisted of straw huts where its inhabitants might have been weavers and flint tool makers . |
| 6 | Her gold hair lay round her like a mantle , but where its strands crossed her face they stirred a little with her breathing , so that the tailor knew she was alive . |
| 7 | The Government controls Parliament 's time and it is therefore able to limit debate where its proposals are proving controversial or where a rational examination of them is turning out to be embarrassing . |
| 8 | Last week it agreed in principle that Switzerland could take part in projects where its participation would strengthen the research effort . |
| 9 | There was n't earth behind , but another stone , a bigger one , chalk , and I could n't even find where its edge was . |
| 10 | Given these areas of uncertainty , the Bill is expected to be fought over vigorously in Parliament , where its opponents will be the anti-gambling lobby and the lobby for the football pools , which feel seriously threatened by its introduction . |
| 11 | Its lands reached from abbeys in Yorkshire as far as Borrowdale and Eskdale , where its sheep runs extended over the fells . |
| 12 | Unix , meanwhile , derives its greatest unequivocal advantage from kernel robustness , where its maturity earns it a high degree of reliability . |
| 13 | where its spread fingers sink |
| 14 | Thus , it does not apply where the evidence establishes the existence of a collateral contract ; where it can be shown that the document was not intended as a complete record of the contract terms ; where its existence or operation was dependent upon some prior unexpected stipulation ; or where it was procured by some illegality or misrepresentation . |
| 15 | Through the placing of contracts , the planning of directly provided services , and control over where its residents may be treated , Type I systems give the home authority the potential to ensure that its priorities are pursued and that the planned balance between health care groups is maintained . |
| 16 | Every Elf city was required to have a martial field where its soldiers could train and fight mock battles . |
| 17 | Where its influence has been felt , productive new lines of inquiry have been opened . |
| 18 | Although there was a break in the snowfall , the wind still blew fiercely from the north , moaning round the house and whipping up the fallen snow so that it skimmed across the fields like fine powder , piling up in deep drifts where its progress was interrupted by hedgerows . |
| 19 | The Supreme Court enjoys an effective if indirect and delayed veto over legislation and executive actions , and where its decisions are based on the Constitution they may only be overridden by constitutional amendment ( involving the approval with two-thirds majorities , of the House and of the Senate , and of three-quarters of the states ) . |
| 20 | India is the home of this strongly aromatic plant where it is perennial , and where its history of use stretches back many thousands of years , It is regarded as sacred by the Hindus and was much used for disinfecting where malaria was present In the house . |
| 21 | Industry sources say the company is likely to adopt the same marketing strategy as in the US , where its range of domestic batteries are targeted predominantly at women . |
| 22 | The unit moved to Loughborough University in 1976 , where its title was subsequently changed to the Centre for Library and Information Management ( CLAIM ) , and where its new objectives are to improve the effectiveness of service to users . |
| 23 | Where it licked the Wizards ' Quarter it burned blue and green and was even laced with strange sparks of the eighth colour , octarine ; where its outriders found their way into the vats and oil stores all along Merchant Street it progressed in a series of blazing fountains and explosions ; in the streets of the perfume blenders it burned with a sweetness ; where it touched bundles of rare and dry herbs in the storerooms of the drugmasters it made men go mad and talk to God . |
| 24 | I found the SD Ribbon especially successful with complex , large scale music ( choral , operatic , large orchestral ) where its scale and authority , and well defined and authoritative midband were allowed to do their best . |
| 25 | The company 's strategies in the mid-range — where its RISC machines and AS/400s show great potential for growth and profitability — are said to have been constrained by concerns over self-impact . |
| 26 | The setting up of the European environment agency has stalled because of a lack of agreement over where its headquarters should be . |
| 27 | This idea of the diversified , fully funded scheme ( that is , run to match assets with present and future pension liabilities ) has been applied most widely in America and Britain , where its principles have been written into law ; it has also spread into Japan but scarcely at all into Germany , where company pension reserves frequently remain invested in the firm 's own shares . |
| 28 | Taken as a single body of water , between its source and where its waters reach the sea at Marienburg as the Reik , this is the longest and most substantial river system in the Old World . |
| 29 | Only when Benazir its strict rules within its walls , so each household also has a well defined ‘ parish ’ where its members are allowed to operate . |
| 30 | Food is the theme at Oxford Gallery in the High Street from January 11 to February 10 , where its interpretation will be as multifarious as the artists themselves . |