Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having been synthesized it has to be transported to the part of the cell in which it is required ; there it will remain for its lifetime of hours , weeks or months until it is due for renewal , when it is pulled out of place in the cell and broken down by enzymes as quickly as it was previously synthesized , its building blocks ( the amino acids ) being recycled in the synthesis of other proteins . |
| 2 | If it is correct that our trilobite lived above the sea bottom , actively swimming in the water , there are certain predictions we can make about its geological occurrence which can be tested by looking in the rocks . |
| 3 | It is considerably harder to characterise the form of exchange at a local level , although we may hypothesise about its nature on the basis of the organisation viewed through alternative forms of evidence . |
| 4 | An interesting alternative is a superconducting electron accelerator , which can often compensate for its limited peak current by combination of exceptional beam quality , high stability and very long duty cycle . |
| 5 | A federal district court in Washington D.C. ruled on May 14 that the large accounting practice of Price Waterhouse should compensate for its earlier discrimination against Ann Hopkins , a former employee , by awarding her a partnership in the firm . |
| 6 | a sentence is not autonomous , it does not exist for its own sake but as part of a situation and part of a text . |
| 7 | Last week , the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge ( SPCK ) dropped plans to bring out the book after Dr Carey hinted that he would resign as its president if publication went ahead . |
| 8 | To take again the above example , the proposition " Some living creatures are men " carries an existential commitment , and the validity of any inference that might act as its replacement , evidently , will depend on the assumption that the respective classes of objects are non-empty . |
| 9 | Truly successful marketing invariably begins with comprehensive and accurate market research , and here the IDB can assist through its Marketing Intelligence Centre and by using its links with the British Overseas Trade Board . |
| 10 | But Parliament also took account of the fact that the Crown can only act through its officers or servants . |
| 11 | But , to borrow ideas from Professor Charles Handy , partnership should still strive for its own immortality . |
| 12 | It did n't really matter much — it was an opportunity to seize on , to keep and cultivate for its potential usefulness : what a useful child … thank you , darling … |
| 13 | Note that it is not possible to apply for a family assistance order ; the court must act of its own volition . |
| 14 | Perhaps we should decline the invitation to join the forum and just keep a watching brief , but I thought I should let you know of its existence and purpose , I would be interested to know if you think there is a suitable person in your branch who would be able and interested in representing CPRW on the forum . |
| 15 | The tribunal may also direct of its own motion that there be a pre-hearing assessment . |
| 16 | It 's an intriguing , nicely-made film , but hardly calculated to excite the contemporary audience ( even though John Davis would approve of its family entertainment value ) or connect with the contemporary cultural ferment . |
| 17 | Thus a car manufacturer might merge with its headlamp supplier and a brewer might acquire public houses . |
| 18 | It had already been announced that the East German SPD would merge with its West German counterpart in September , and that the two Christian Democratic Unions would merge in October . |
| 19 | What does a cat signal with its eyes ? |
| 20 | If you are on holiday with your dog , for example , you may encounter a canal or a similar stretch of water unexpectedly , and it will be important to ensure that your dog does not plunge into its depths , as this could be dangerous . |
| 21 | From the gamut of titles , I select Stefan Buczacki 's Garden for All Seasons ( Conran Octopus , January , £8.99 , 1 85029 444 5 ) , Terry Underhill 's Heaths and Heathers ( David & Charles , February , £14.99 , 071530131 4 ) , Deni Bown 's Ornamental Herbs for Your Garden ( HarperCollins , April , £8.99 , 0 00 412831 1 ) , which you might know under its previous title Fine Herbs , and Caroline Boisset 's Plant Growth Planner ( Mitchell Beazley , March , £8.99 , 1 85732 093 X ) . |
| 22 | The vendor should consider with its lawyer whether a confidentiality agreement is necessary . |
| 23 | Being all legs at first , a foal can gallop alongside its mother within hours of birth . |
| 24 | This was an extremely important distinction that Bukharin was making in his debate with Preobrazhensky , since it entailed the question of how the Soviet state should act in its relations with the peasant population . |
| 25 | And when in 1973 the Lord Chief Justice was asked to ‘ give some guidance upon the phrase ‘ cohabiting as man and wife ’ he swiftly handed back the poisoned cup , saying that the phrase was ‘ so well known that nothing I could say about it could possibly assist in its interpretation hereafter ’ . |
| 26 | Only tonight she 'd left her hair loose , brushing it straight back from her forehead and letting it fall in its natural soft waves to her shoulders . |
| 27 | SELLAFIELD 'S nuclear reprocessing plant , due to be in operation by the end of the year , is already storing some of the 7,000 tonnes of material it will recycle in its first decade . |
| 28 | The acceptance of such a scheme meant that the government had accepted , albeit for economic and demographic reasons , the principle that ‘ society should include in its economic structure some form of direct financial provision for the maintenance of children , instead of proceeding on the assumption that , save in cases of exceptional misfortune , this is a matter which concerns only individual parents and should be left to them because normally men 's wages or salaries are , or ought to be and can be made to be , sufficient for the support of their families ’ ( Rathbone , 1940 ) . |
| 29 | Thus , the work of Fama et al on the significance of scrip issues indicated that the issues themselves did not tell the market anything it did not already know from its analysis of the company 's performance during the 30 months before the split . |
| 30 | If , as seemed increasingly likely after liberated Italy had declared war on Hitler 's Germany in October 1943 , the Allied powers were to emerge victorious , then Spain 's links with the defeated Axis would count more against it than its passive " defence " of the western approaches to the Mediterranean would count in its favour . |