Example sentences of "[pron] and its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although not a high form of participation , employees were likely to be informed of the reasons for change , how and when it will be implemented , what the new system will mean to them and its benefits . |
| 2 | " The splinters prick you and its hard to breathe , but the peg 's nearly through . " |
| 3 | Before I cover this particular problem , it is worth spending a few paragraphs on the bladder itself and its function . |
| 4 | For the last ten years or so , feminist commentators on social policy have remarked upon two particular features of the British social security system : first , that it is based on clear and consistent views about the nature of marriage and the economic and social relationship between husbands and wives ( Land and Parker , 1978 ; O'Donovan , 1979 ) ; and secondly , despite considerable changes in the position of women in society since the principles of the modern social security system were laid out in the Beveridge Report ( Beveridge , 1942 ) and consolidated in post-war legislation , the system itself and its principles have remained obstinately impervious to change ( Land , 1975 ) . |
| 5 | I had passed , and the process of anonymity used by the Legion to protect itself and its members was now explained to me . |
| 6 | Under CA 1985 , s425 a company has the power to enter into a compromise or arrangement between itself and its members , or any class of them . |
| 7 | The machine itself and its style of operation was incidental , in fact it was possible to achieve the same procedure if not quite the same discipline on the student by using programmed books with directional references to other pages at the end of each page . |
| 8 | There is now a considerable economics literature in the costs and benefits of the EMS and EMU , but the policy process itself and its effects on the nature of policies is less well understood . |
| 9 | It is the availability of the fibre optic network that helps MBS address the problem of setting up the interactive links between the service itself and its users . |
| 10 | Sir : A nation 's perception of itself and its values are reflected in the portraits on its banknotes . |
| 11 | This is particularly true of buildings where both the structure of the building itself and its relationship to other buildings on the site are important . |
| 12 | The magnificent hall itself and its gardens became a tourist attraction . |
| 13 | Prince Charles was installed as President at a degree congregation in Edinburgh in 1976 , and Sir Michael took the opportunity to underline to him that whatever ‘ the tribulations of our staff , who deal with the paper work of over 80,000 students and over 1000 courses , the Council itself and its committees and subject boards are concerned with one thing only , and that is quality ’ . |
| 14 | Here the image that offers to convey something about somebody also strives to protect itself and its subject from that process of narrative unfolding by which portraiture always seems to be accompanied . |
| 15 | The simple fact is that making the prehistoric — that is , the repressed — part of the mind conscious is a vital aspect of the further development of the ego because conscious insight into itself and its motivation is essential to the ego 's rationality and competence in administering and mastering the instinctual drives of the id . |
| 16 | For one seasoned Whitehall figure involved in the build-up to the Falklands War , in the conflict itself and its aftermath , among the starkest lessons of the greatest trauma of the Thatcher period was the way in which the shortcomings of contemporary Cabinet government were thrown into sharp relief . |
| 17 | This can be seen by considering the concept of ‘ prejudice ’ itself and its transformation from being a concept of Enlightenment philosophy to a concept , which permits , by its apparent criticism , the expression of prejudice in everyday discourse . |
| 18 | So much of his work has been lost that it is difficult to appreciate its impact , but with the backing of the ambitious mayor , Edmund Lockyer , he extensively transformed both Plymouth itself and its satellite towns of Stonehouse and Devonport . |
| 19 | To smooth a time series we replace each data value by a smoothed value that is determined by the value itself and its neighbours . |
| 20 | Rather , we seek an Iraq which uses its great resources … to build a better life for itself and its neighbours . |
| 21 | The concrete silos that form the view from the airport are not too attractive , but La Rochelle itself and its restaurants in the little streets near the harbour are lovely , although we did get wet during a torrential downpour after dinner . |
| 22 | It is thus the public elite which mediates across the country 's divisions inventing policies which are of advantage to itself and its clients . |
| 23 | The building itself and its atmosphere as a place of worship can speak powerfully to those who do not normally use it , and brings them into contact with the church community . |
| 24 | Homoeopathy , on the other hand , stimulates the body to heal itself and its use can be truly curative . |
| 25 | If the object reflecting the echoes were not a static tree but a moving insect , the Doppler consequences would be more complicated , but the bat could still calculate the velocity of relative motion between itself and its target , obviously just the kind of information a sophisticated guided missile like a hunting bat needs . |
| 26 | Unani medicine emphasized aiding the body 's inbuilt ability to heal itself and its ethics forbade any treatment which , while curing a specific ailment , harmed the soundness of the body as a whole . |
| 27 | A combination of tight controls , major capital spending ( it will be £800m this year ) and competitive pricing , the group has widened the gap between itself and its rivals . |
| 28 | Ideally the company should plot both itself and its rivals on the chart . |
| 29 | Secondly , through the enactment of a special powers Act in 1922 Stormont gave itself and its police force the powers of detention without trial . |
| 30 | … basic assumptions and beliefs that are shared by members of an organisation , that operate unconsciously , and that define in a basic ‘ taken-for-granted ’ fashion an organization 's view of itself and its environment . |