Example sentences of "[to-vb] its [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The theory only requires that the learner should be a kind of humanoid receptacle in a maximal state of receptivity so that the input can enter to work its mysterious way . |
| 2 | In contrast the Pacific , being so huge , and travelled across by aircraft that tend ( at least for now ) to fly principally between East and West and back again , manages to contain its major routes within a few distinct bands . |
| 3 | The difficulty is that every handful of weed that 's pulled out is likely to contain its fair share of aquatic creatures too . |
| 4 | Banbury Lane , now in part a main motor road , is the oldest of the roads on the map , though there is little about it today to indicate its great antiquity . |
| 5 | Though there is much evidence to indicate its increasing popularity as a news medium , radio 's impact on the popular press has yet to be taken into account when examining this period . |
| 6 | An ancient aphorism , ‘ Energy Follows Thought ’ , is most applicable to the understanding of the problem as well as the nature of those who have had the misfortune to suffer its terrible consequences . |
| 7 | The lizard loses fat stoned in the tail , and yet has to find the wherewithal to repair its wounded body and regenerate its tail . |
| 8 | Ireland was told to pull its equal pay socks up or else . |
| 9 | ICI shrugged off a decision by house broker Hoare Govett to pull its current year forecast back within the market average ( cutting from £1.04 billion to £900m pre-tax ) , the shares ending the session 9 higher at £12.58 . |
| 10 | The development of the Clos des Galées at Rouen , under the patronage of the French crown ( notably in the reign of Charles V ) , is matched by the steps taken by Henry V to develop a royal shipyard at Southampton , so much better positioned than the traditional one at the Tower of London , and by the appointment of royal officers to supervise its working and administration . |
| 11 | The recent decision of the Russian government to revive its nuclear-energy programme indicates that the Soviet common joint energy grid , once the largest in the world , may help Russia to restore at least some economic control over its former empire . |
| 12 | But one person , however , is undaunted by the corporate blood that has been spilled over La Cinq : Silvio Berlusconi , the Italian media owner is now bidding for Britain 's Channel 5 after twice failing to revive its French namesake . |
| 13 | In an effort to improve its image before the UN Human Rights Commission passed judgment on Guatemala later in the month , and to revive its diminishing foreign aid income , the government of President Jorge Serrano Elías in mid-February announced a seven-point plan to safeguard human rights and revive the peace talks , while Guatemalan diplomats visited other Latin American countries and Europe . |
| 14 | A project to revive its Eurochemic plant for reprocessing nuclear fuel , at Mol in the northeast of the country , has just obtained the senate 's approval . |
| 15 | A survey was conducted in five countries which were critical cases for the hypothesis : Britain and the United States of America as countries which had the most successful democratic states , Germany and Italy as countries that had experienced fascist regimes within twenty years , and Mexico as a less well-developed country struggling to establish its democratic process ( Almond and Verba 1963 ) . |
| 16 | When a patient is admitted the nurse should observe the skin to establish its normal colour and tone and identify any problem areas . |
| 17 | ‘ At present we are carrying out a detailed review of the loan book to establish its likely realisable value . |
| 18 | A history which limits ‘ progress ’ to the sphere of a certain conceptualization of individuality can only see the collective associations of conventions and repetitions as regressive ; they represent the manipulative mould of mass society , together with a pseudo-archaism which that society uses to establish its historical credentials . |
| 19 | It will take sometime for the Siporax to establish its dual occupancy of bacteria — that is , aerobic ( oxygen-loving ) in the outer layers of each sintered glass cylinder , and anaerobic ( oxygen-hating ) towards the core . |
| 20 | Peek is fairly confident of its long term prospects reckoning that its rivals have been weakened by recession and that its worldwide markets show significant growth potential : it will be seeking to consolidate its international position with alliances and joint ventures . |
| 21 | EUP is planning to consolidate its current output rather than launching another major expansion , but there is no lack of challenge in David Martin 's job . |
| 22 | The statement also stressed the private sector 's role in attaining objectives and the need to consolidate its economic role by stimulating investment . |
| 23 | It was looking for a new programme and trying to consolidate its confused followers . |
| 24 | Its significance rested upon its ability to censure the High Authority and to demand its collective resignation , a blunt sanction that was never to be applied . |
| 25 | That it is inadequate for trade unions to merely pay lip service to a European prospective , or to be deterred by the refusal of the U K government to accept its European responsibilities and deny rights to U K workers that are enjoyed by every one of our European colleagues . |
| 26 | But they hope Colditz should be ready to accept its new inmates within a few years . |
| 27 | Can we take from Marxism certain elements without having to accept its atheistic commitment ? |
| 28 | Will he exercise influence on the Soviet Union to accept its moral responsibility ? |
| 29 | Lakatos 's emphasis on the conventional element attached to work within a research programme , on the need for scientists to decide to accept its hard core , has much in common with Popper 's position with respect to observation statements , which was discussed in section 2 of the previous chapter . |
| 30 | The Lords ' remaining authority was in practice to be removed in consequence of the 1867 Reform Act , though not until the twentieth century was the House forced formally to accept its diminished status . |