Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] its [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Outside the royal factories and the new concerns of Valencia and Barcelona , there was no proletariat physically and morally isolated from its employers .
2 Section 119 provides that a company if so authorised by its articles may : ( a ) make arrangements on an issue of shares for a difference between shareholders in the amounts or times of payments of calls ; ( b ) accept the whole or part of the amount remaining unpaid although it has not been called up ; or ( c ) pay a dividend in proportion to the amount paid up on each share where a larger amount is paid up on some shares than on others .
3 Section 1889 provides that a company , if so authorised by its articles , may issue with respect to any fully-paid shares a warrant stating that the bearer of the warrant is entitled to the shares specified in it .
4 Under s135 a company may , subject to confirmation by the court and if so authorised by its articles , reduce its share capital in any way by special resolution .
5 Regressive rock is an exact inversion of progressive rock : both started with a commotion ( punk , psychedelia ) and slavishly followed through its principles and logic , ending up a remote travesty of the original .
6 Almost entirely surrounded by a circle of water that formed part of the original fortifications , and still linked to its neighbours and the port of Zeebrugge about eight miles away by canals , Bruges ' attraction is that its medieval architecture is remarkably intact .
7 It will create a family doctor service more accountable to its customers and more attuned to its patients ’ needs . ’
8 They are indeed the typical items of property of the modern commercial era and particularly suited to its demands because of their exceptional liquidity .
9 As Chairman of the CNAA and strongly committed to its activities , Sir Michael Clapham was a consistent advocate of increasing the responsibilities of the institutions it validated .
10 Yes and then replaced on its legs .
11 It was questioned within the International Law Commission whether the Vienna Convention on International Organisations should differentiate between a State that is completely outside the treaty relationship , ‘ a stranger ’ , and a member of the organisation , a non-party to a particular treaty concluded by the organisation , but nevertheless bound by its commitments of membership .
12 Then they draped a rug over the basket , so the calf could be warmed by the sun , but not dazzled by its rays .
13 It grew and grew , but still kept to its tunnels , some of which it enlarged as it grew .
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