Example sentences of "its life " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is currently , in 1990 , fighting for its life . |
| 2 | By myth is meant here what has generally come to be accepted within sociology and social anthropology since the work of Levi-Strauss : an account of the origins of a society or of particular crucial events in its life , which unite the cosmos to the social structure by actively shaping everyday life perceptions . |
| 3 | This has a clear relationship with Pius XI 's teaching , eight years earlier on the same subject : ‘ the very fountainhead from which the State draws its life , namely , wedlock and the family ’ ( 1929 : 14 ) , and with the dispositions of the then current Code of Canon Law which had come into effect in 1917 : ‘ The marriage of baptized persons is governed not only by divine law but also by church law . |
| 4 | With silver-plated cutlery , part of its appeal is the scratches it gets in the early period of its life . |
| 5 | For such , God only frowns on the world , and stirs it to judgment ; the butterfly can not break loose into flight ; it merely expires , as Leonard expressed it , ending ‘ its life in three flag-swept days . ’ |
| 6 | In fact the Cheese Shot Skit — my all-time favourite — owes its life to him . |
| 7 | Peneaeus monodon , the Asian prawn , spends much of its life in coastal waters , migrating at maturity to deeper water for spawning . |
| 8 | I see The Galleries as a focal point , a powerful force aiding the city , a proper part of the centre designed to enhance its life and character . ’ |
| 9 | The apparent aim was to strengthen the Sunday Telegraph , which with a circulation of 667,000 was nearly half a million copies behind the daily and facing a fight for its life . |
| 10 | In this chapter we are able to witness a typical day in its life . |
| 11 | Pregnant mothers who are given the tetanus vaccine provide their baby with natural immunity for the first 12 weeks of its life . |
| 12 | The old Victorian hospital , which has performed miracles on thousands of sick children from all over the world in the intervening years , had reached the end of its life . |
| 13 | If you slow its metabolism by restricted diet , it will mature more slowly and live longer than normal : the clock of its life will slow down . |
| 14 | And let those who contribute to extending its life 's breath be called — COLLABORATOR . |
| 15 | William Barnes , a distant Stanhope cousin , lived here for a time , but for most of its life it has been a farmhouse , which it remains . |
| 16 | Pan Am fights for its life |
| 17 | Children born in the United Kingdom to students , visitors or illegal immigrants no longer automatically acquire British citizenship at birth , but they will still be able to register as British citizens if either parent later becomes a citizen or settles in the United Kingdom , or if the child has spent the first ten years of its life in the country . |
| 18 | Fighting for its life causes chemical changes in the flesh . |
| 19 | Christ 's example is not that of helping us across a road , or showing us what good neighbours we must be — but costly , redemptive , self-emptying love ; love which lays down its life for others so that they might be restored to God . |
| 20 | In one of his celebrated aphorisms about the monarchy , Bagehot remarked that ‘ Its mystery is its life . |
| 21 | A cow , reared for the first six months of its life in an environment of people and horses , may refuse to have anything to do with cows in its own paddock for all the years that follow . |
| 22 | Normally the foal receives affection from the very beginning of its life , first from its mother , and then , when it becomes a bit more adventurous and outgoing , from other foals and companions . |
| 23 | The horse may suffer anxiety in relation to one specific part of its life : shoeing , trailering , saddling , mounting , and so oh , but if it has been hurt in a number of situations , it is likely to learn to be anxious in relation to anything to do with people . |
| 24 | Whatever we do with a horse from the beginning of its life will influence the creation of habits or forms of behaviour which it may well keep for the rest of its life . |
| 25 | Whatever we do with a horse from the beginning of its life will influence the creation of habits or forms of behaviour which it may well keep for the rest of its life . |
| 26 | As we have so much control in forming a horse 's habits it is up to us to teach it good ones ; and not through our own lack of thought or knowledge , or want of kindness and sensitivity , impair the horse ; or even worse , teach it such bad habits that its life will be a misery to itself or others . |
| 27 | For Bury was an Army Town ; not like Aldershot or Pirbright : just a modest place which had , at one point in its life , slowly bled to death from the loss of its young men in the First World War . |
| 28 | That is too meagre a ration of choice for a country that spends the equivalent of nearly a full day out of every week of its life in front of the set . |
| 29 | The main focus now will be on the domestic operations , which are taking a more ‘ selective ’ approach to general insurance , and on expanding its life operations , particularly in Europe where it is still a relatively minor player . |
| 30 | ‘ Solving problems , however was not Highlander 's purpose , its purpose to ‘ help people learn to solve their problems in their own way , ’ and in its life since then Highlander has always worked with the under-privileged , exploited , relatively powerless communities which have approached it for assistance . |