Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [prep] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent to which the member firm is responsible on a strict liability basis , regardless of any intention or negligence on its part , is a moot point . |
| 2 | JWP Inc , the Rye Brook , New York electrical and plumbing services conglomerate that bought struggling Businessland Inc and almost immediately regretted it , has decided that it has had enough of computers altogether and on Friday announced that it will sell its information services business ; it has retained Lazard Freres & Co as its financial advisor to attempt to find a buyer ; the unit now provides personal computer-related hardware , software and integrated services primarily to large corporate and institutional customers , has some 3,000 staff and had 1992 revenues of $1,700m . |
| 3 | Now a fleet of mobile pet crematoriums can incinerate a dead Gnasher or Felix at its owner 's doorstep for about £150 . |
| 4 | for its test or trial or the test or trial of its accessories or equipment in the ordinary course of construction or repair or after completion in either such case ; |
| 5 | Apollinaire , whose enthusiasm and readiness to support any new cause ( often without any very deep understanding or sympathy with its aims ) did much to add to the artistic confusion of the period , was himself persuaded to write a Futurist manifesto which appeared in Milan in June 1913 — L'Anti-tradizione Futurista . |
| 6 | Messily directed by John Schlesinger , it fails to evoke admiration or sympathy for its characters . |
| 7 | The Israeli-backed South Lebanon Army ( SLA ) released 40 Shia Moslem " hostages " or prisoners from its notorious Khiyam prison in southern Lebanon on Oct. 1 . |
| 8 | ( 3 ) It possesses the monopoly of violence throughout this area , by virtue of which it has the capacity , even if not the moral authority , to guarantee the finality of its decision in political disputes arising from the conflict of individuals or groups within its territory . |
| 9 | This source can choose to delegate all or part of its authority to other bodies so that they can carry out duties on behalf of , or in the name of the source . |
| 10 | ‘ Mixed fund ’ assets which partly back taxable life assurance business and partly exempt pension business will qualify for deferral of corporation tax on chargeable gains when a life assurance company transfers all or part of its long-term business to another company , according to a new Inland Revenue statement of practice ( SP 7/93 ) . |
| 11 | When contemplating a buy-out of the company or part of its business , he will also be considering his position as a future shareholder . |
| 12 | The questionnaire connected with this review is aimed at identifying a school 's needs in terms of the strengths or weakness of its individual parts . |
| 13 | On the one hand , much empirical evidence seems to point to the fact that fire-cults in which fire-wheels are rolled down hills , thrown into the air , or in which bonfires are kindled on Midwinter 's or Midsummer 's Day all reflect solar symbolism ; the object of these practices being to ensure the return of the sun , or protection against its heat or whatever . |
| 14 | The centre needs a choirmaster or mistress for its choir , the ‘ Visionaires ’ , and volunteers to aid keep-fit , craft and cookery classes . |
| 15 | There is a bull 's head rhyton from Mycenae with a gold rosette or sun-burst on its forehead . |
| 16 | Despite the strong reception for the Prolinea machines , Compaq does not believe it is out of the woods yet and it is cutting 1,000 employees or 10% from its worldwide workforce over the next few months , with 700 to go this month , including 100 in Scotland . |
| 17 | In medieval times , each abbey and castle can be seen as the administrative head or caput of its scattered holdings . |
| 18 | FETAL DEATH is death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception , irrespective the duration of pregnancy ; the death is indicated by the fact that after separation the fetus does not breathe or show any other evidence of life , such as beating of the heart , pulsation of the umbilical cord , or definite movement of voluntary muscles . |
| 19 | The tables dare clearly set out and the book should provide a valuable and compact alternative to the bulkier McCance & Widdowson with its various supplements . |
| 20 | 9.1.3 undertakes that it will promptly disclose to the other Parties and to the Secretary of State any facts or circumstances which come to its attention indicating or suggesting any infringement or material risk of infringement of any patent or other Intellectual Property Right of any other person not being a Party to this Agreement through the expected mode of use or exploitation of its own results or background provided always that this undertaking shall not be deemed to impose or imply any specific obligation to undertake any patent searches of intellectual property rights or make any enquiries . |
| 21 | In this way the law ensured that the government was given no unfair privileges or advantages over its citizens . |
| 22 | Provided that the Cabinet was aware of the company 's power , which of course it was , the company had little need to campaign or lobby for its case . |
| 23 | Hence , it will always be necessary to understand how a client has approached a proposed acquisition and to consider the possible flaws or gaps in its method . |
| 24 | The system only interacts with the user in order to try to overcome the complexities or limitations of its own mechanisms . |
| 25 | Some of them undoubtedly were pirates in the straightforward sense that they were ready to seize and plunder any passing ship without regard to the religion or nationality of its owners , but Spanish charges ranged much more widely . |
| 26 | Boasting a record of never having had a serious incident or accident in its history , Aurigny is careful about the selection of its pilots , most of whom are mature and experienced aircrew with backgrounds in airline and/or military flying . |
| 27 | One , the German firm Clean Concept based at Augsburg , can not fly its twin turboprop to Ipswich , but must land at Stansted or Cambridge on its regular visits , with executives completing the trip by car . |
| 28 | The Vietminh had subjected the people to an extremely painful strain , practically a permanent mobilization , with its unending meetings , mass demonstrations , and the like , with its requisitions , with its control of thoughts and acts , with its atmosphere of suspicion and its informers , with the arrogance — and often the arbitrariness — of its officials , with its youth corps ( the Tu Ve ) , and with the arrests , the abductions or assassination of its opponents and even of those considered lukewarm or suspect . |
| 29 | To suggest that the board was cowering timorously before the Government is ludicrous and pays no tribute or attention to its good work and to the robust way in which it represents its interests and those of the industry . |
| 30 | When a fish depends heavily on electricity or water movements to respond to its environment , we visualise it using the stimulus to form an image or picture of its surroundings . |