Example sentences of "and [vb -s] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversely , when a nation begins to see itself historically and destroys its mythology , the result is secularization and spiritual malaise . |
| 2 | ‘ Upright ’ is a threat signal , in which the gull stands upright and points its bill downwards and towards the other gull it is threatening ( Figure 6.10 ) . |
| 3 | Language , like consciousness , is a function of practical activity or labour and constitutes its extension into a social form . |
| 4 | The latter covered a case where a tribunal is entitled to enter upon the inquiry but in the course of its investigation it does something which takes it outside of its powers and renders its decision a nullity . |
| 5 | Appropriate then , that the man tipped as the next Nigel Mansell should take time out of one of the most hectic weeks in the Grand Prix calendar to visit Swindon-based Raychem , the hi-tech firm which sponsors his car and supplies its electrics . |
| 6 | Funnily enough , I felt better after a couple of pints at a pub in Maida Vale ; you know , the trendy one among Guardian readers which has the really stupid long name and brews its own beer in the cellar . |
| 7 | For Thames , a joint operation with the BBC is seen as a commercial coup and guarantees its a future , at least in the short-term . |
| 8 | But my In Love body forgets about food and sleep and produces its own adrenalin to keep me flying through every hour . |
| 9 | The former is the result of its initial work and produces its current 33MHz and 40MHz Viking iterations . |
| 10 | The former is the result of its initial work and produces its current 33MHz-40MHz Vikings . |
| 11 | How one cell orientates itself and produces its spicule so that it fits perfectly into the overall design is totally unknown . |
| 12 | The Canning Shirt Company at the Albert Dock puts transfers and lettering on T-shirts and produces its own designs , including Liverpool logos , which go down a bomb with the tourists . |
| 13 | When two cats are fighting and one is forced into submission , it often performs what is called ‘ cut-off ’ , where it turns away from its tormentor and shuts its eyes , trying to blot out the frightening image of its dominant rival . |
| 14 | Stirling has already established an undoubted reputation for innovative teaching and offers its students an excellent learning environment . |
| 15 | These measures make Britain an employment dumping ground , a country that pays its workers low wages and offers its workers no protection . |
| 16 | splits up and goes its separate ways we 're not getting ten gallons a minute through that pipe or through that or |
| 17 | So far from the Church being the possessor and dispenser of the Spirit , as Käsemann would have it with his astonishing reading of primitive Catholicism into Acts ( see Essays on New Testament Themes p.89ff ) , it is the Spirit who energises the evangelism of the Church and drives its often unwilling members into the task for which God laid his hand on them ; mission . |
| 18 | The centre becomes a plc on January 1 , and launches its share issue on March 1 . |
| 19 | Duran reckons that the Institute adds value to Microsoft 's business because it receives its products first and understands its philosophy and strategy best . |
| 20 | Player ( ) has a one period life and receives its payoff at the end of its period of existence . |
| 21 | Warm , wet Pacific air rolls landward and dumps its load of water here , maintaining the rain forest . |
| 22 | The reason for the bird 's big feet is that it needs a large shovel with which to pile up the mound of compost , earth and leaf litter in which the fowl buries and incubates its single very large egg . |
| 23 | If so , then there is a sense in which homophobia may feed itself , securing the framework ( sexual difference ) which promotes and intensifies its displacement as anger . |
| 24 | Generic convention , that is , gives up its claim to refer to a world outside television , or to ‘ what people believe to be true ’ , and internalizes its play . |
| 25 | HLCAs are paid on woodland included in the farm hectarage and encourages its stocking . |
| 26 | The leading power car is in the older Inter-city livery and has its number rather than a set number displayed on the front end . |
| 27 | But light gets its knowledge — and has its intelligence and its being — by going over things without the necessity of eating the substance of things in the process of purchasing its truth . |
| 28 | The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change , which links the World Meteorological Organization and UNEP and has its secretariat in UNEP 's offices in the UN 's second city , Geneva , could be institutionalized and strengthened under the aegis of UNEP to provide the focal point for investigation , the monitoring of the impact of climate change , and ideas . |
| 29 | In flights , each lock is separated from the next by a space and has its own independent gates . |
| 30 | The Faculty offers courses on all four campuses of the University and has its headquarters at Jordanstown . |