Example sentences of "[adv] [vb -s] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mere existence of national , sexual and racial oppression does not refute historical materialism , but rather constitutes its explanandum . |
| 2 | The music by Dominic Muldowney is no more than pleasant , but it effectively fulfils its main purpose , which is to keep at bay recollections of Lerner and Loewe . |
| 3 | No work shall be automatically excluded except where the law of the land expressly forbids its circulation . |
| 4 | DEC DULY LAUNCHES ITS ALPHA PC FOR WINDOWS NT |
| 5 | DEC DULY LAUNCHES ITS ALPHA PC … |
| 6 | Final pricing depends of course on how Sun eventually pitches its Tsunami offering , which is to be announced two days prior to HP 's roll-out . |
| 7 | For a discipline that generally deals simplistically with social relations , and rarely studies its own or its subjects ' histories , such an approach is especially important . |
| 8 | THE history of science is a sequence of conflicts between incompatible theories in which each side vigorously defends its own theory until conclusive evidence persuades a majority to accept one view . |
| 9 | Left to their own devices , most roses tend to develop new growth into which they direct their sap and energy , bear bloom , and which then — as it becomes old and tired — gradually either becomes starved , by-passed , neglected and finally aborted as the plant constantly turns its attention to new growth , or it develops a barky exterior layer as it settles down to becoming no more than a main road communicating between the raw material goods received from the warehouse in the soil and the production factory upstairs — quite often , a very long way upstairs . |
| 10 | Breaking a ring obviously destroys its magic . |
| 11 | Burdened by hindsight , by a chronic fear of becoming bloated and self-indulgent , this indie generation tries to freeze-flame development at the point just before ‘ it all went wrong ’ , and so turns its back on the few things that went right . |
| 12 | Champagne ages perfectly in the producers ' cellars with a cheap crown cork , and only sprouts its traditional mushroom just before it goes on sale . |
| 13 | In the first three sentences , be obviously has its " activity " sense and one gets the impression of continuous efforts of the subject in order to make himself behave in a calculating manner , to make his followers act in an orderly way or to keep someone quiet . |
| 14 | Critics may argue that it has not moved enough with the times , is not as up-to-date in its special effects as its counterparts across the Atlantic , but this perhaps highlights its attraction . |
| 15 | If the ground is moving slowly , the insect moves its antennae inwards and so beats its wings more strongly , while if the ground is moving by too fast , it compensates by moving the antennae outwards . |
| 16 | Just as the overall Tory campaign has had its weaknesses , so has its most important subsection : the Major campaign . |
| 17 | Firm A has a balancing allowance in year 3 of 26.25 and so has its corporation tax reduced by 9.19 ( i.e. 26.25 × 35% ) in that year but ends up with a balancing charge of 23.75 in year 4 and so has an additional tax liability of 8.31 ( i.e. 23.75 × 35% ) in year 4 . |
| 18 | Although not as devastated as Gunnerside by the effects of mining , this end of the dale none the less has its scars and wounds . |
| 19 | THE Poultry Association of Northern Ireland only holds its conference every other year . |
| 20 | The city not only has its own traditional dolphin stew , but also a dish known as iruka kuroshioboshi , dried dolphin meat cured to the consistency of leather . |
| 21 | The elephant not only has its beginning in a single cell , a fertilized egg . |
| 22 | Kristian Schmid , alias Todd Landers , told us : ‘ Neighbours not only has its own style , it makes people feel good . ’ |
| 23 | Referring to Figure 5.7 again , a part that occurs more than once in an assembly only has its new node and box stored at second and subsequent occurrences . |
| 24 | A part that occurs more than once in an assembly only has its new node shown at subsequent entries . |
| 25 | Although people sometimes think of unemployment as having lots of leisure , in fact leisure only has its real meaning when it 's set against work . |
| 26 | ' ( The last phrase is omitted in Smith 's quotation of this passage , which omission somewhat alters its significance . ) |
| 27 | ‘ The freedom to travel independently is taken for granted by most of us and only assumes its real importance when it is limited or even removed , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 28 | But running between the feet of elephants , as the company colourfully describes its market position , is a dangerous business , particularly when the trend in the train-building industry is towards the creation of larger international suppliers . |
| 29 | But running between the feet of elephants , as the company colourfully describes its market position , is a dangerous business , particularly when the trend in the train-building industry is towards the creation of larger international suppliers . |
| 30 | The eventual sex ratio can vary widely and our mechanism merely buffers its range . |