Example sentences of "that give [pron] its " in BNC.

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1 The coat is a yellowish grey with large , handsome grey blotches , the ‘ clouds ’ that give it its name .
2 A fully secularized society was a contradiction in terms , for there could be no society that would not feel the need to uphold the collective sentiments that gave it its unity and individuality .
3 It was both horrible and necessary , if only to prevent the spread of the disease throughout the Domain ; but it was just that — the horrible necessity of death — that gave it its fascination .
4 Each dust particle inherits the characteristic defect structure of the parent clay that did the damming , the structure that gave it its damming properties .
5 The question really means : What is it about the idea of a god that gives it its stability and penetrance in the cultural environment ?
6 What , finally , is the vital , dynamic core of the community that gives it its uniquely distinctive character ?
7 What is it that gives it its " existential uniqueness " ?
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