Example sentences of "its [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throwing back its bearskin cover , he lowered her carefully to the mattress and stood looking down at her . |
| 2 | If the acquirer 's solicitors are to prepare the agreement , it is very important that they are fully informed as to the acquirer 's aims and concerns about the acquisition and its assessment of its bargaining position and that they discuss the draft with the acquirer before it is released to the seller . |
| 3 | The departure of government forces from Mavinga in May and June under a counterattack by the forces of the Uniao Naçional para a Indepéndencia Total de Angola ( UNITA ) [ see p. 37558 ] appeared to indicate a strengthening in UNITA 's military position and hence its bargaining position with the ruling Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( MPLA ) . |
| 4 | The ‘ worms in Lucretius ’ explanation of inflation works as follows : a trade union , because of its bargaining strength with monopoly powers , secures an increase in the remuneration of its members , say , 5 , 10 , 15 per cent — what they call ‘ excessive ’ or ‘ unjustified ’ . |
| 5 | To show the effects of this process , consider a labour market in which there is a powerful trade union which resists wage cuts and uses its bargaining strength in an attempt to raise its members ' real wages . |
| 6 | The shop stewards movement , contrary to the arguments from some quarters , would not necessarily be demobilised in a context of incomes policy , but would be able to use its bargaining strength at enterprise level to insist on measures of control over the broader issues of enterprise policy . |
| 7 | Hard-pressed Warburg may become part of a single federal research Institute to increase its bargaining power |
| 8 | A sector which faces a monopoly buyer may wish to organize itself to increase its bargaining power , the welfare effects of such a move are ambiguous . |
| 9 | Diplomatic sources commented that the government evidently hoped to use its successes at Mavinga to increase its bargaining power at ceasefire negotiations . |
| 10 | β-Thromboglobulin ( MW 35 000 ) is the most abundant specific platelet protein and its platelet concentration is 30–104 times higher than in other tissues ( Ludlam , 1979 ) . |
| 11 | The product certainly scores well in the initial ‘ small object of desire ’ stakes , but its overall success will largely depend on the quality of its handwriting recognition software . |
| 12 | Samsung Software America Inc has spun out its Replix fax software solution into a separate business under Dr Hikyu Lee , former president and chief executive officer of SAA . |
| 13 | It 's due for its MOT test . |
| 14 | Dumping is a euphemism for the EC 's determination to prevent the demise of its electronics industry . |
| 15 | After the repurchase of PPFE 's Portuguese offshoot and a United States marketing business , along with its electronics section , £27.5million will be realised from the deal , including a special dividend . |
| 16 | Our rotten mainmast began whipping sickeningly to and fro and required five men constantly clinging to its lee mainstay to cushion the strain . |
| 17 | Half-finished knitting dragged off its needles and wrapped in its knitting pattern . |
| 18 | Those who thought it would fall to pieces within 5000 miles were confounded , even if those who hoped it would sail the test with BMW-like dependability could hardly crow about its reliability record . |
| 19 | This was published and printed from tiny offices in the centre of Dar es Salaam by R.B. Thaker , an Asian printer and stationer who had become committed to the nationalist cause and assisted TANU with its printing work on a number of occasions . |
| 20 | As for its printing business — Olivetti proudly claims it produced more than 500,000 units in 1992 and is promising to make a number of new announcements through 1993 . |
| 21 | Courtaulds Fibers Inc puts craft trainees through a four-year , 8,000-hour programme at its viscose rayon plant in Mobile , Alabama . |
| 22 | Production ceased at the Cornwall , Ontario , site on November 23 , following a decision by Courtaulds to reshape its viscose fibre operations . |
| 23 | It is recognisable by its cottage loaf shape and bronze coloured rind . |
| 24 | He recalls that US researchers came up with a list of programmes of which they approved , including The Waltons , and those of which they disapproved , including the old Batman series , with its camp humour and captions saying ‘ Pow ’ when he punched the baddie . |
| 25 | Exercise not only burns off calories , it also has an energising effect and assists the breakdown of stored fat into its component fatty acids , encouraging the body to use these as fuel . |
| 26 | Digestion of the starch into its component glucose units takes place at the luminal surface of the gut epithelial cells , but these glucose units are immediately absorbed by the sodium ion/glucose cotransporter so that they do not contribute to the osmotic activity in the gut lumen . |
| 27 | Staphylococcus aureus which binds to the Fe portion of some immunoglobulins via its component protein A ( 42,43 ) or other forms of insolubilized protein A , lectins or antibodies ] . |
| 28 | All the same , the insurer has so far agreed to pay £8 million in compensation to investors , a significant pile of money even for a major company , and a nasty hit to take for one slip in its monitoring system . |
| 29 | He had also shown a gift for learning languages , first in India , and when in August 1951 he returned to the BBC , it was to join its monitoring service at Caversham as a report writer . |
| 30 | ‘ Following the recent substantial reduction in interest rates M0 growth may be above its monitoring range in the period ahead . |