Example sentences of "its [noun] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | the jet held on its course by the steady pressure of an image |
| 2 | Psychologists tend to focus on behaviour as the expression of certain psychological propensities while sociologists tend to see human behaviour as shaped in its course by the social context of human life . |
| 3 | The sergeant rammed the rolled copy of the Edinburgh Mercury into his back pocket and fished down the ring of cell keys from its hook by the door . |
| 4 | Iraq 's decision to bow to UN pressure had been preceded by a robust defence of its policies by the Deputy Prime Minister , Tariq Aziz . |
| 5 | When the London Brewers ' Company resolved in 1442 to keep its records in English , it justified its decision by the fact that Henry had preferred the ‘ common idiom ’ in his letters ( 135 , pp.117–19 ) . |
| 6 | The German athletics federation ( DLV ) panel , which is expected to announce its decision by the end of the month , has put a great deal of emphasis on the findings of the reports . |
| 7 | It was the second of the new Abbasid caliphs , Abu Jaafar Mansur ( 754–75 ) , who founded the city of Baghdad , a resplendent centre-piece for the empire until its sack by the Mongols in 1258 under Hulagu Khan . |
| 8 | In the reconstruction of the city about 475 B.C. , after its sack by the Persians , Hippodamos was able to put forward his ideas on urban planning . |
| 9 | It expects to present a new business plan to its board by the end of the month . |
| 10 | I held its stretcher by the middle bar , |
| 11 | It saw a slight recovery of demand for its products by the end of 1992 and during the first months of 1993 . |
| 12 | The choice of cream base is very important in maintaining the stability of the active substance and in controlling its absorption by the skin . |
| 13 | The commission hopes to have 110,000 offerings on its computer by the end of the year , including stately homes , factories , warehouses and high rise flats . |
| 14 | As lack of funds was one of the reasons for the BDDA 's national ineffectiveness an experiment was begun in 1928 to augment its income by the appointment of " official collectors " . |
| 15 | Once more among his Party faithful in Nuremberg in September 1938 , his proclamation contained the usual cliché about the infant Nazi Party beginning the fight against the greatest enemy threatening the German people , international Jewry , and a few days later , still at the Party Rally , he attempted to justify Germany 's attempts to rid itself of its Jews by the stereotype reference to an over-populated country . |
| 16 | Then , scampering up behind Handlebar 's bird it grabbed its rival by the neck , gripped , and forced it down on to its side . |
| 17 | Since 1976 , the use of the grant by local authorities and its administration by the Home Office has been criticised . |
| 18 | As though some enormous beast nuzzled her then picked her up in its mouth by the scruff of her neck . |
| 19 | Our results demonstrate the importance of an intact tRNA-structure for its recognition by the tRNA modifying enzymes tRNA ( m 1 G37 ) methyltransferase , Q34insertase , tRNA(Ψ40)-pseudouridylate synthase and tRNA ( m 2 G26/m 2 2G26 ) methyltransferase(s) . |
| 20 | He himself had not ceased to ‘ press for its review by the full Cabinet ’ , pressure which eventually brought about his downfall . |
| 21 | The small white car was found on its side by the bridge . |
| 22 | Sheffield was already known for its knives by the fourteenth century — Chaucer refers to the miller in The Canterbury Tales as carrying a ‘ Sheffield thwitel ’ ( a large knife ) . |
| 23 | ( 2 ) A sale by auction is complete when the auctioneer announces its completion by the fall of the hammer , or in other customary manner ; and until such announcement is made any bidder may retract his hid . |
| 24 | ‘ A sale by auction is complete when the auctioneer announces its completion by the fall of the hammer , or in other customary manner ; and until the announcement is made any bidder may retract his bid . ’ |
| 25 | Section 57(2) goes on to state that a sale by auction is complete when the auctioneer announces its completion by the fall of the hammer , or in some other customary manner . |
| 26 | The temporary nature of the appointment meant that its confirmation by the Senate was not required , although Cheney stated that a permanent appointment , which would require Senate approval , would be made in the near future . |
| 27 | as if enraged at its defeat by the mountains , the hurricane once more turned inland . |
| 28 | A 16-year civil war between Unita ( National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ) and the ruling MPLA ( Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ) flared again last September , shattering a Portuguese-mediated peace accord implemented in 1991 , after Unita rejected its defeat by the MPLA in elections . |
| 29 | With respect to the reason for Molla Fenari 's going on the pilgrimage , he writes that an invasion of Edirne and its environs by the combined forces of Seyh Bedreddin and Duzme Mustafa led Molla Fenari to seek permission to go on the pilgrimage , though it is not clear whether Husameddin means that simply the fact of the invasion or that Molla Fenari 's supposed complicity with Seyh Bedreddin led him to decide to " remove himself from the scene : in any case both the circumstances and the chronology of events in the period are too uncertain to allow one to evaluate the argument properly . |
| 30 | This way of understanding ideology emphasizes both the process of its determination by the sphere of material relations and the process of distortion . |