Example sentences of "that it [vb -s] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | The L & NWR is unique in that it manufactures its own accumulators for carriage lighting plants . |
| 2 | The art deco style brasserie attracts discerning customers from the Bourse stock exchange at lunchtime and theatregoers in the evening who ensure that it keeps its standards high . |
| 3 | The apothecary 's rose grows at Provins in France and has the property that it keeps its perfume even when the petals have been dried and powdered , thus making it of great use to add to medicinal compounds and ensuring that they are pleasant and soothing . |
| 4 | Sadism had always been of theoretical interest to Freud , and he suggests in Beyond the Pleasure Principle that it derives its energy from the death instincts . |
| 5 | A sport , like a new spouse , can be so infatuated with its glamourous partner that it loses its head . |
| 6 | ‘ Assessment is not in question ; it is when it becomes an automatic and unvaried process that it loses its value both for teacher and pupil . ’ |
| 7 | The Ecology Building Society argues that it is recreating the original grass-roots feel of a membership-owned mutual society , and says that it involves its members closely in the development of new savings accounts . |
| 8 | £350 million needs to be spent by the Council by the year 2000 to ensure that it meets its statutory responsibilities — this is £165 million , or 90% more than the level of investment allocation likely to be approved by the Scottish Office in this period . |
| 9 | Originally a Roman colony , legend has it that it takes its name from the first lord of its castle Rufus , Marquis of Obertenghi , who had thick red hair , or , perhaps more romantically , that it is named after the sunset hues which turn the mountain here from a gentle rose to red each evening . |
| 10 | Simply apply lateral cyclic and tail rotor commands to bank and turn the model so that it presents its side view to the direction of travel . |
| 11 | Your filter mat has been heat bonded to ensure that it retains its shape and that loose fibres do n't slip through to jam powerheads . |
| 12 | The court ruling comes at a sensitive time for the Japanese government , which is claiming a lead role in environmental affairs , and has strenuously denied that it encourages its hazardous industries to relocate to third world countries . |
| 13 | When you visit your local Beefeater , you 'll discover that it has its own individual style and character with tasteful decor , comfortable furnishings and a relaxing atmosphere . |
| 14 | Newcomers to CAD say that it has its own jargon . |
| 15 | You may be dissatisfied with your reflection in the mirror but you do have to admit that it has its good points ! |
| 16 | No more than the fact that a company owning a fishing vessel is incorporated under the laws of the United Kingdom does the fact that it has its principal place of business in the United Kingdom and that 75 per cent . |
| 17 | But martial arts historians tend to believe that it has its origins almost 5,000 years ago . |
| 18 | The clue to the GL 's satisfying performance is that it develops its maximum torque at a modest 2,500 rpm , pulling strongly from low revs , making it an easy-going cruiser without the need for constant recourse to the five-speed gearbox . |
| 19 | This work offers a good illustration of the range of economic support which is given between kin , and is also important in that it stresses its two-way nature . |
| 20 | Use in rural areas is extensive , but it is in urban areas that it reaches its apogee , with some 30 per cent of home-work trips and 64 per cent of home-school trips made by cycle . |
| 21 | Research on field independence in a wide sample of people has shown that it reaches its peak at fifteen years of age , remains on a plateau until the mid-thirties and thereafter declines . |
| 22 | Is it possible to work out some fancy way of writing this headline , so that it implies its meaning ? |
| 23 | Spain has the added advantage as a comparator , therefore , that it contains its own recent ‘ internal comparison ’ between markedly different political systems . |
| 24 | Tucson , Arizona-based Artisoft Inc warns that it expects its results for the third quarter to March 31 to be at break-even or slightly below — it expects to increase reserves and allowances , take one-time charges , and accelerate accruals by a pre-tax total of $1.5m to $2m , and it expects third quarter revenues to be below year-ago revenues of $20.3m ; it blames a shift in the sales mix for the revenue shortfall — ‘ Given the current trend toward the LANtastic software only option , the company is cautious in its expectations over the next several quarters for recovery in revenues and earnings to the levels achieved in the first and second quarter of the fiscal year , ’ the company said — it also offers it with adaptors . |
| 25 | Making it clear that short-termism is not an affliction from which Siemens AG suffers , the company says that it expects its loss-making semiconductor division to show a profit in the 1995-96 business year , which starts October 1 1995 : it looks for sales of some $2,000m that year , compared with about $1,187m last fiscal year ; the company aims to achieve profitability via tight cost control , strategic cooperation with other companies and the moving of labour-intensive activities to south-east Asia ; the division 's workforce will be just under 12,000 in 1995-96 compared with some 13,200 at present . |
| 26 | But , he said , its new management is going all out to ensure that it becomes more efficient cost-wise , that it focusses its research more effectively , and that it becomes more market-led . |
| 27 | Telling one 's own stories to children of different ages is extremely satisfying and also shows you where you went wrong in the rhythm of a sentence ; unconsciously you alter it to fit the audience in front of you and get it right , so that it makes its point swiftly and powerfully . |
| 28 | The whirligig sometimes moves so fast that it overtakes its own ripples , and then any slight slope in the surface alerts it to an obstacle . |