Example sentences of "[to-vb] [that] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | A more credible explanation is that the NICRA leadership was unwilling to accept that its marches should be treated as sectarian and provocative . |
| 2 | A factor which could facilitate this process is the selection of chairmen and members in sympathy with the government 's aims for the NHS , or at least willing to accept that its views are paramount . |
| 3 | In the early 1980s Moscow refused to accept that its new SS-20s upset the military balance in Europe , relying perhaps on widespread anti-nuclear protests in Western Europe to prevent the introduction of new American weapons . |
| 4 | Ramsey cried to the Church to be itself ; to know that its being rests upon a death and an empty tomb ; and to be itself whether modern Britain will listen or close its ears . |
| 5 | A child under 10 incurs no criminal liability for its acts ; a child over 9 , but under 14 , incurs no such liability , unless it is shown that it had sufficient capacity to know that its act was wrong . |
| 6 | In order to establish that its terms were incorporated into a particular contract , a business must show that they were accepted by , or on behalf of , the other contracting party . |
| 7 | Thus if a business manages to establish that its terms are incorporated into its contracts by signature , it may still find that it can not rely on any of the terms which are subject to the reasonableness test under the Act if , for instance , the business knows the signer did not read the terms before signing . |
| 8 | ‘ 1(1) The rules and practices of the organisation must be such as to secure that its members are fit and proper persons to carry on investment business of the kind with which the organisation is concerned . … |
| 9 | ‘ 1(1) The rules and practices of the organisation must be such as to secure that its members are fit and proper persons to carry on investment business of the kind with which the organisation is concerned . … |
| 10 | Moreover , it refused to certify that its decision raised any point of law of general public importance , thereby precluding any further hearing under domestic law . |
| 11 | The Court of Appeal refused to certify that its refusal to relist raised a point of law of general public importance , foreclosing any prospect of redress in the domestic sphere . |
| 12 | Replace old foam-filled furniture at the earliest opportunity with furniture labelled to indicate that its covers and filling meet the requirements of the 1988 Furniture and Furnishings ( Fire ) ( Safety ) Regulations . |
| 13 | Note that the form of the verb changes in a passive structure to indicate that its subject is the affected entity rather than the agent . |
| 14 | This seemed to indicate that its distribution corresponded to the town 's market or service area , with more distant projections down the main roads . |
| 15 | But when one is dealing with associative use , we have to do with a binary distinction ; the adjective is introduced solely to indicate that its property , even though applicable to some other entity , is associated with the entity of its noun phrase , and here there are only two possible states — either the property is associated , in the view of the speaker , or it is not ( and of course by a slightly curious consequence of the communicational process , the state must always be the positive one , since if the property were not felt to be associated with that entity and needed for identification , then the adjective which designates that property would simply not appear ) . |
| 16 | Although any new administration prefers to pretend that its policies differ markedly from those of its predecessor , in this the White House is doing itself a disservice : President Bush , and his trade representative Carla Hills , were no champions of free trade . |
| 17 | For instance , the verb regret seems to presuppose that its complement is true , and so we could try the following characterization : the sentence John does n't regret cheating can only be used appropriately in contexts where it is known ( or believed ) that John cheated . |
| 18 | This is to signify that its national and its global membership may be distinguished for the sake of convenience , but that the concept of the TCC entails global interests . |
| 19 | So many people have benefited from its help that this year the parish council have made a grant of nearly £2,000 to see that its work continues in the village . |
| 20 | It might also encourage the lordly ones who run the Trust to see that its properties only have real value and interest when set in a wider social background that the rather greenery-yallery context in which too many of them are set for us by the Trust 's publications . |
| 21 | If you grew up in a society which is strange to me , I have first of all to acknowledge that its customary approvals and condemnations are as spontaneous in you as are your more personal reactions . |
| 22 | Now the object of a handful of inquiries into influence-peddling and the mismanagement of taxpayers ' money , the EPA has at least been able to claim that its science is pure . |
| 23 | His party , though divided over Macedonia and the economy , is entitled to claim that its record includes nothing as bad as the Socialists ' foolish first few years in power in the 1980s . |
| 24 | The third party must be able to claim that its assent is invalid if any of these grounds can be substantiated . |
| 25 | It is tempting for any regime to claim that its very survival proves that it has consent and support . |
| 26 | It is no cheaper per yard than permanent cattle-mesh fencing , but is so light and easy to erect that its versatility outweighs the cost . |
| 27 | Astonishingly the Commission failed to realize that its proposed ratio of one additional member for three constituency members would be inadequate . |
| 28 | Within twenty-four hours of the publication of the Report , Boyle rose in the House of Commons to announce that its recommendations on the scale of necessary expansion were accepted by the Government , that funds were being made available to cover the next ten years , including £650,000,000 for capital expenditure on building by universities . |
| 29 | Banyan also took the opportunity to announce that its StreetTalk global directory will also support Novell NetWare by the end of the year . |
| 30 | FOSTER Wheeler Wood Group [ FWWG ] is pleased to announce that its graduate training scheme has achieved continued accreditation from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers [ IMechE ] for a five-year period . |