Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is so , for example , if its inclusion is not material for the purposes of giving a true and fair view or if , in effect , the parent is not able to exercise dominance over the subsidiary or holds its interest in the subsidiary exclusively with a view to resale , or the information necessary for group accounts can not be obtained without disproportionate delay or expense . |
| 2 | But it does make clear a belief that the divine being reveals or manifests its nature in the world . |
| 3 | Similarly , under Rule 37.4 , if the offeror buys-in or redeems its own shares , this has to be disclosed as a dealing under Rule 8 and in the offer document in the case of a securities exchange offer . |
| 4 | Or has its value genuinely undergone a sea-change ? |
| 5 | Or loses its unique load bearing power . |
| 6 | Rule 37.1 provides that where a company redeems or purchases its own voting shares , with the result that the directors and any persons acting in concert with them hold 30 per cent or more of the voting rights , then a Rule 9 obligation to make a mandatory offer arises . |
| 7 | the company does not commence its business within a year from its incorporation or suspends its business for a whole year ; |
| 8 | Where a licensing board : ( a ) refuses to grant , renew or transfer a licence under this Part of this Act , or ( b ) on an application for the grant of a licence under this Part of this Act , specifies , as types of liquor which may be sold under the licence , types other than those in respect of which the application for the licence was made , or ( c ) on an application for renewal of a licence under this Part of this Act , does not comply with any request duly made by the applicant for a change in the specification of the types of liquor which may be sold under the licence , or ( d ) requires modifications in the rules proposed to be made as to the persons entitled to use the canteen , or withholds its consent to a variation of those rules , or ( e ) makes an order under section 42(4) of this Act , the applicant or , as the case may be , the licence-holder may appeal to the sheriff from such a decision of the licensing board . |
| 9 | Neither is it our view ( as some correspondents have suggested the envelope implies ) that rape in any way morally compromises or degrades its victims , or that women 's lives should be defined primarily in terms of their relationships with men , or that rape is not grossly abhorrent in itself . |
| 10 | Where government withdraws or reduces its direct contribution to welfare it may still make an indirect contribution if the social security system subsidizes private provision , or it may have to acquire a new range of regulatory concerns about the quality of private services , or it may face increased problems in the other areas of concern because of the new pressures placed upon individuals and families . |
| 11 | Then , when it is ridden in the show ring , or it sees something possibly threatening , its anxiety peaks — it promptly stands on its hind legs or pulls its tongue back over the bit . |
| 12 | In physical terms , anything that moves or changes its form causes a disturbance in its surroundings which gives rise to sound waves . |
| 13 | So , if the horse rears or puts its tongue over the bit , the chances are that it has been hurt in the mouth by a rider with bad hands . |
| 14 | Is it when i t has been built , or completed its testing or hauls its first train ? |
| 15 | Is the Clio a pan-European standards-setter in the supermini class , or does its Gallic charm lose its appeal this side of the Channel ? |
| 16 | Armchair strategists are currently wondering whether Novell Inc will wait to see if Univel Inc pans out ( UX No 388 ) or makes its move to acquire more of Unix System Labs before the end of the year instead . |
| 17 | and we must insist that the Government either justifies or reports its position . |
| 18 | Our knowledge of this comes very largely from David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel , who worked together for twenty years at Harvard Medical School , recording from single neurons of the visual cortex — the part of the neocortex that receives its input mainly from the eyes . |
| 19 | It will be recalled that , according to this theory , a stimulus is held to be fully effective only when it is able to generate the Al ( primary activation ) state in the node that constitutes its central representation . |
| 20 | The New Critics did not believe , of course , that the value of poetry lay in isolated metaphors or similes ; on the contrary , they insisted that in good literature all the components of the text contributed to the reconciliation of opposites that constitutes its poetic function . |
| 21 | In this way , the new upper floor is prevented from crossing the original three-light arched windows which serve the end bays of the lower storey , and the stair is prevented from conflicting with the central window of this range by the introduction of a further quarter-landing at an intermediate level that turns its lowest flight parallel to the side elevation at a level just below the window-sill ( Fig 49 ) . |
| 22 | Is a set of floppy discs for Windows 1.0 , say , like the telescope with an identity that transcends its state of repair ? |
| 23 | What we need is managerial hierarchy that understands its own nature and purpose . |
| 24 | When a lymphocyte is presented with an antigen that fits its receptor as a key fits a lock , the lymphocyte is literally ‘ turned on ’ , with its metabolism rapidly increasing . |
| 25 | The existing libertarian order in the West is no longer rooted in a consensus that drains its inspiration ultimately from a common set of unquestioned beliefs . |
| 26 | You have to go with it , riding the pain like a horse that flattens its ears and shies away from you . |
| 27 | Any more massive star that exhausts its nuclear fuel will collapse completely under its own gravity . |
| 28 | Your Committee , far from hibernating , has not ceased from mental strife , nor has its sword slept in its hand , if we have not yet built Jerusalem , we have at least laid siege to the walls of Jericho in the shape of Crestacare Management . |
| 29 | Scritti Politti also moved out of the shadowy margins and proposed a schizoid project — the making of perfect pop that contains its own internal deconstruction . |
| 30 | Every time we try to slip past Art 's table , there 'll be a pause , and then a thick whisper that beats its way right across the room , ‘ Tod Friendly : had more ass than a toilet seat . ’ |