Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] that [verb] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bourgie Bourgie : Appallingly-titled jazz quartet that got its just reward . |
| 2 | With the national and strategic interest of the United States as part of its more elevated terms of reference , the CIA would co-opt DEA informants at will or take over a DEA operation that suited its purpose or use the DEA as a cloak for its own interests or activities without much regard for the lesser claims of law enforcement . |
| 3 | Nicandra went down the steps and under the dark carriage portico that put its pillared bulk between evening light , or the light of the moon . |
| 4 | When , with a shout , I jerked my eye back to its hole there was no smoke anywhere , only the necessary building , perfect , even to the irises and the low picket fence that lined its path , before which ‘ Uncle Pepi ’ now stood , with one arm crooked and raised . |
| 5 | In Scotland there are two in particular — there 's the pop scene that draws its inspiration from American bohemians like Lou Reed , Arthur Lee , Tom Verlaine , and there 's your scene , which takes its cue from Bowie 's Young Americans , Average White Band , Steely Dan , Chic … |
| 6 | Leaving the Warsaw pact is not on the agenda , but Hungarians are asking what benefit their country derives from protection against a NATO alliance that touches its borders at no point . |
| 7 | The distinction here is between two very distinct schools of harpsichord-making ; a tradition carried on by native craftsmen who flourished during the first 25 years of the 18th century and an imported tradition initiated by Hermann Tabel that displaced its native rival as effectively as a cuckoo might take charge in a sparrow 's nest . |
| 8 | Caught in the middle of the rumbling European Community-US trade skirmishes , which threaten to deteriorate into all-out trade war that would benefit nobody apart from posturing politicians with abnormally over-developed egos , British Telecommunications Plc has launched a judicial review to try and escape Community legislation that restricts its ability to purchase US telecommunications equipment . |
| 9 | They work by detecting the by-products of the vaginitis bacteria that cause its characteristic fishy smell , and can be carried out in the surgery in two minutes , thus avoiding the usual five to 10-day wait for lab test results — and prolonged discomfort . |
| 10 | Even a certifiable Moon rock that makes its own way to the Earth will be called a meteorite . |
| 11 | The second window disappeared and the metal surface that took its place was optically softened by a group of three small air intakes . |
| 12 | We have created a flexible motor industry that increased its exports by 78 per cent . |
| 13 | The one bird in the control treatment that opened its container in the training session did not drink the milk . |
| 14 | 3DO Inc , the San Mateo , California start-up that revealed its licensable standard for a multimedia system of the future last month and has specified the Advanced RISC Machines Ltd RISC as the core of the Interactive Multiplayer ( CI No 2,082 ) , wants to capitalise on the excitement generated by making an initial public offering of about 2.5m shares at between $10 and $12 a time to raise $30m or so ; 3DO and its chief executive , Trip Hawkins , have already raised some $20m from from partners including Matsushita Electric Industrial Co , its MCA Inc , Time Warner Inc , AT&T Co , Electronic Arts Inc and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. 3DO has signed Morgan Stanley & Co , but the prospectus is not out . |
| 15 | One distinction is the French ideology of the fresh start and the ‘ plan ’ — which goes beyond the vogue for state planning that reached its high plateau under de Gaulle . |
| 16 | Vocal mimicry even occurs in a brood parasite that kills its nest mates . |
| 17 | The tall , straight young back that sauntered away down-river , to come about in a wide circuit via the fence of the curator 's garden , and the box hedge that continued its line , maintained too secure an assurance , and too secret a satisfaction of its own , in spite of the dexterity with which it had removed itself from censure . |
| 18 | We lived in the tenement block that ran its whole length in a top-storey room and kitchen with no bathroom and an outside toilet shared with several other families and reached by an open staircase . |
| 19 | Nintendo Co does plan to use satellites for delivery of computer games : the company says it plans to broadcast a game via satellite in Japan , and owners of its game computers that buy a decoder and adaptor — for about $85 — will be able to pick the thing up ; Nintendo also plans a national competition for high scorers in satellite games ; meantime Nintendo of America is poised for its largest launch of a video game ever this week in a bid to best Sega Enterprises Ltd — it plans to spend up to $15m in a month-long promotion of Star Fox , a science fiction action game inspired by Star Trek and Star Wars that uses its new Super FX technology , which includes a RISC embedded in the $60 games cartridge ; it claims to have 1m advance orders for it . |
| 20 | The brewery , which blends so harmoniously with its surroundings , is fed from a four acre lake that draws its water from the infant River Dickler . |
| 21 | Maybe it 's the fact that the Goliath retailed at around £60 with a plywood case that made its demise inevitable , even without the attentions of C.F.Martin . |
| 22 | Comparing the show scene with that in Barbados , I would say that the fact that there was an established breed club that held its own breed show with specialist judges made all the difference , Barbadian entries being quite small in comparison to the Jamaican ones . |
| 23 | The three-tined sai is a karate weapon that has its origins on the island of Okinawa . |
| 24 | The everyday defects and difficulties that arise , such as the catering truck that backs into an aircraft puncturing the pressurised fuselage near the door or the mainwheel tyre that throws its tread on take-off , and the thousand and one other events that amount to a deviation from normal operation of the aircraft , are all investigated to some extent , according to how serious they might be , and a report is raised to the appropriate department which should then effect the necessary corrective action . |
| 25 | As it is , they create a culture that compensates for life at work ; a myth system that draws its sustenance from being separate from the culture of management . |
| 26 | The styles and values of both employees and managers currently support a job design philosophy that has its roots in work study and industrial engineering practice , and it flies in the face of conventional wisdom to believe that jobs can actually be designed rather than simply be the result of technologically determined requirements . |
| 27 | and the wire mesh that caged its overhang . |