Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb -s] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | The argument that there is a thing called capitalist society which renders its population entirely pathological and dehumanized , with the exception of certain theorists who , although inevitably living their private lives in accordance with the tenets of this delusion , are able in their abstracted social theory to rise above , criticize and provide the only alternative model for society , is somewhat suspicious . |
| 2 | Ah , the daiquiri bird which incubates its eggs on the wing ; ah , the fredonna tree whose roots grow at the tips of its branches , and whose fibres assist the hunchback to impregnate by telepathy the haughty wife of the hacienda owner ; ah , the opera house now overgrown by jungle . |
| 3 | ‘ The Civil Rights [ Disabled Persons ] Bill , introduced by Alf Morris MP as a Private Member 's Bill earlier this year , which receives its third reading in the House of Lords today , could form the basis of the new Act . |
| 4 | The scenic elements in Corolla , Angels Margarit 's solo dance work which receives its British premiere as part of New Moves this week , are not in themselves remarkable . |
| 5 | Scientific Systems makes what is called the Exploded View Computer , a £150 machine which displays its workings on a board of coloured lights . |
| 6 | The results indicated overwhelmingly that people are nowadays looking for a colour that has the versatility of white , but which displays its own unique warmth and character . |
| 7 | Idoxuridine , one such agent , can be applied to herpetic ulcers either in an ointment base or dissolved in a solvent which aids its absorption in the skin , and has enthusiastic followers , but again convincing evidence of its efficacy is lacking . |
| 8 | When a wind-blown spore — which now can be called pollen — lands on an egg-bearing cone , it germinates , not into a filmy thallus for which there is now no need , but into a long tube which burrows its way down into the female cone . |
| 9 | But taking out your own cover may not be necessary if you belong to a trade association which offers its members the benefit of confidential advice if they run into difficulties at work . |
| 10 | In contrast to an institute such as the Courtauld which offers its own degrees , the courses at the new centre will be run independently by the various departments of the Parisian and provincial universities which have , in the past , offered courses in the relevant subjects . |
| 11 | So the universe he is trying to build is one which offers its inhabitants the possibility of moral action ; one which challenges its inhabitants to transcend it . |
| 12 | Rural institutions and local government in rural areas often tend to be dominated by a powerful and unrepresentative minority which represents its own interests rather than those of the majority . |
| 13 | In recent years , folk music has shed its woolly jumper and finger-in-the-ear image and reached a new audience which appreciates its wide range of styles and influences . |
| 14 | Now , with the influx of newcomers , the population is rising again and Kilham has the air of an active community which appreciates its roots . |
| 15 | ‘ The Bee ’ starts with the sound of an irate insect which buzzes its way into an energetic European House groove . |
| 16 | ‘ The Bee ’ starts with the sound of an irate insect which buzzes its way into an energetic European House groove . |
| 17 | But the Beecham drug company , which produces its own monitor of flu occurrence in Britain , says its scale of between 100 to 300 shows an epidemic rating of 200 . |
| 18 | Its 7-cm picture , which appears on a twisted nematic liquid-crystal display , is visible only in the dark because it is backed by an electroluminescent material which produces its own light . |
| 19 | Exceptions are ‘ Handsworth New Silver ’ , whose leaf margins are silvery-cream , contrasting well against the purple bark on the young stems , and Ilex x altaclarensis ‘ Belgica Aurea ’ which produces its best berries when container grown . |
| 20 | It was the first export award for the company , which supplies its software products to North and South America , Europe , the Middle East , Japan and Pacific Rim . |
| 21 | A " works contractor " , on the other hand , is an organisation which supplies its own employees to undertake work at the premises of a client and which retains control over them whilst they are working there . |
| 22 | The golden rule is to use a drawing program which builds its image from instructions rather than individual dots . |
| 23 | The referendum question , which gained a 61.4 per cent " yes " vote ( 81.6 per cent turnout ) , asked whether Tatarstan should be " a sovereign state , a subject of international law , which builds its relations with the Russian Federation … on an equal basis " . |
| 24 | Thus , in spite of the problems involved in clearly identifying and measuring the contribution which education makes to economic growth , the balance of the available evidence suggests that an advanced industrial society which neglects its educational system does so at its own economic peril . |
| 25 | An essential component of any local management scheme is the staff training which precedes its introduction and continues throughout its operation . |
| 26 | However as the open society is one which confronts its citizens with choices , it would be helpful in an age which emphasises skills to spell out to target groups the " skills contribution " which effective history teaching can make to education for citizenship . |
| 27 | Operations will begin at the end of this year and the plant already has a £9,000 million order book which guarantees its capacity well beyond the year 2002 . |
| 28 | Liberal Democrats will neither support nor participate in a government which turns its back on reform . |
| 29 | I hope that the hon. Member for Sedgefield ( Mr. Blair ) will , in the House this afternoon , condemn the antediluvian attitudes of the TGWU , which sponsors him , and which turns its back on help for the unemployed made available by the Government . |
| 30 | Others have adopted a more holistic approach but in the form of an ecological reductionism which turns its back on science and technology , stressing traditional craft means of production and prescientific knowledges , such as astrology and alchemy ( which are imbued with a deeply humanistic Utopianism — noticeably absent from contemporary science and technology ) . |