Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last week it agreed in principle that Switzerland could take part in projects where its participation would strengthen the research effort . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | A charge will obviously deter a second financier from providing the company with funds where its charge would rank after a charge that the company has already created over its assets . |
| 4 | Deloitte has an impressive list of audit clients although its management consultancy practice is only half the size of Coopers . |
| 5 | The factory , faced by demands from minority groups that it should not discharge its waste into the local river , will be unmoved by such considerations if its productivity and its economic survival depend upon keeping costs down . |
| 6 | Hydraulic lifting equipment was rushed to the scene and the animal was hauled to safety and housed in nearby stables until its owner was traced . |
| 7 | In the first two months since its advent , that process has reduced by 40 per cent . |
| 8 | In just three months , Kaliber was reformulated for the Spanish market and launched by Cruzcampo in July 1992 as Kaliber Sin , containing 1 per cent alcohol In the six months since its launch , sales of Kaliber Sin have been double original expectations . |
| 9 | A large entry may require a number of editing sessions before its content is approved . |
| 10 | A rare fish among fishkeepers though its range stretches from Australia through the Indo-Pacific and , although it is rare in Hawaii it is common in the islands to the southwest . |
| 11 | The mailed hand in his kept hold firmly enough to draw him down to his knees as its owner sank back into the turf . |
| 12 | ICI underwrote massive losses as its Fibres operation struggled hard with a series of ‘ single-minded programmes ’ to secure a future . |
| 13 | When justices are advised not to have regard to statements of evidence and to medical reports on that ground they are being deprived of potentially valuable material in these difficult cases and I wish to make it clear that hearsay evidence is available to assist the court in all these cases although its weight will always be a matter for the judgment of the court . |
| 14 | Resistance to TMP is a growing problem in developing countries where its use is widespread because it is cheap and effective . |
| 15 | However , Marsilid also had more unwanted effects than its companion drug , and some patients experienced psychotic episodes . |
| 16 | Collegiality in management matters if its absence leads to signs of misunderstanding and discontent on the part of other staff , governors or parents . |
| 17 | The sickle lasted for so long as a harvesting tool for this very reason : it was still used in preference to the swap-hook and scythe in some areas because its use , although slower , conserved the grain . |
| 18 | A bigger unit can take more casualties before its combat worthiness is eroded . |
| 19 | Van den Berghs ' marketing director Bill Young took the UK marketer of the year trophy in recognition of his deft handling of the I Ca n't Believe It 's Not Butter controversy , which showed that even the monolithic Unilever can be quick on its feet when its brands are under threat . |
| 20 | In infected areas as its use may spread the infection |
| 21 | Critics may argue that it has not moved enough with the times , is not as up-to-date in its special effects as its counterparts across the Atlantic , but this perhaps highlights its attraction . |
| 22 | Only last year we saw how building workers who left the Union of Construction , Allied Trades and Technicians when its leadership fell into the hands of the far left were prevented from joining the General , Municipal and Boilermakers union , even after the GMB had indicated that it would welcome them . |
| 23 | It seems quite reasonable to assume that , when a speaker is organising a ‘ speech paragraph ’ which has two connected elements as its foci , both elements can be made phonologically prominent in the introduction . |
| 24 | Cardew , on the same lines as its twin establishment in Soho . |
| 25 | GERMANY looks set to slam the door on hundreds of thousands of foreign refugees when its parliament votes on whether to limit political asylum rights . |
| 26 | So Geoffrey le Bel , who would brook no interference with the privileges he had granted , tore up one of his own charters when its beneficiary , Gerald Bellay , had infuriated him . |
| 27 | A member state may call upon the chair of the committee of senior officials to make contact with the state or states involved within 24 hours if its concerns about another member 's " major disruption to peace " are not adequately answered ; the committee 's chair in turn calls an extraordinary committee meeting , involving the full CSCE membership , within 2-3 days if 13 members support such a meeting . |
| 28 | But when the nuclear fuel runs out , the star contracts until its matter becomes highly dense . |
| 29 | It was clear that the department would need to move with the times if its pupils were to continue to get good results , and , encouraged by her new Head of Department , Joanne found herself entrusted with the management of a curriculum innovation for the intake year . |
| 30 | Stuffed specimens are , however , to be seen in most collections where its form and plumage may be studied … ’ |