Example sentences of "its [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The report makes the recommendations in light of recent committments abroad … and its felt the Glosters can play an important part . |
| 2 | The Rhine rises in the Swiss Grisons , forces its way north-west , forming for part of its course the border between Switzerland , Liechtenstein and Austria , enters the Bodensee ( Lake Constance ) in the south-east , flows through part of the lake , then out into the Untersee , over the falls to Basle , then north up through Germany on its long journey to Holland and out into the North Sea . |
| 3 | For its part the US delegation accused the host country of failing to honour its commitment to provide adequate security around the bases . |
| 4 | For its part the IRA announced on April 22 that it would suspend attacks on Protestant " death squads " , although attacks on UK government and security forces would continue . |
| 5 | For its part the German government was currently advocating a slower pace on EMU ( as did the UK ) , so that greater convergence of EC economies could be achieved . |
| 6 | For its part the UN Security Council agreed to send a high-level mission to Baghdad to demand immediate , total access to facilities , and stated that it was considering issuing Iraq with an ultimatum to produce objects spirited out of the military base where the shots were fired , east of Al Falluja . |
| 7 | For its part the Italian government agreed to convene within one month a conference of aid donors to assemble a comprehensive assistance package for Mozambique . |
| 8 | For its part the DTA secured control of three councils . |
| 9 | For its part the Oxford establishment has mainatined a stony silence on Bill Clinton . |
| 10 | For its part the Government claims that the figures are not as bleak as they would seem . |
| 11 | As I was putting the thermometer back in its case the calf suddenly toppled over and went into a frothing convulsion . |
| 12 | In Kazakhstan on April 24 the new Supreme Soviet re-elected as its Chairman the Kazakh CP first secretary Nursultan Nazarbayev , who had held the post since Feb. 22 . |
| 13 | In coming to its decision the Tribunal bore in mind the following and I quote : |
| 14 | On Aug. 5 Mobutu had threatened to suspended the conference following its decision the previous day to resume the use of the country 's name before 1971 , the Republic of Congo , and to adopt the country 's former flag , anthem and motto . |
| 15 | A volunteers ' battalion , raised in June 1915 by the Mayor of Wandsworth , Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Archibald Downay , was entitled The 13th ( Volunteer ) Battalion and had on its badge the arms of Wandsworth in place of those of Guildford . |
| 16 | Tammuz leaned over Zambia and removed a T-shirt which had hooked itself over the wall-clock in the frenzy of its removal the previous night . |
| 17 | One new church in America called its sanctuary The Living Room , so keen was it to remain normal . |
| 18 | The 1852 coffin of the Sixteenth Earl of Shrewsbury was designed by E.W. Pugin and made by Hardman of Birmingham — ‘ the edges … engrailed with gilt metal work ; at its foot the Shrewsbury arms were engraved in gilt metal ’ — whilst in October 1887 Philip Webb sketches in his commonplace book the ‘ outside dimensions of coffin & coffins for a six foot body for Lawrence Datchworth ’ , suggesting an outer case seven foot 6 inches long , three foot wide and two foot deep . |
| 19 | At its base the seta is attached by a ring of articular membrane . |
| 20 | The band was originally formed way back in the early 1900's under the name of Milltown Flute Band , but shortly after its inauguration the band 's conductor and founder member , John Millar , died and the other members decided to change the name of the band in his memory . |
| 21 | Whatever the merits of these arguments , there can be little doubt that for much of its existence the LDDC has not sought out partnership arrangements with elected local bodies — it has pursued market-led strategies whose impact on local communities has proved far from advantageous ; it has largely ignored local planning procedures ; and there has been little public accountability of its Policies and spending . |
| 22 | In the first century of its existence the Royal Veterinary College was inadequately provided with staff and with funds , and was mostly concerned with diseases of the horse . |
| 23 | It has been shown that the human conscience is a product of civilisation , and its existence the responsibility of the human race . |
| 24 | R should nevertheless not be forgotten that for most of its existence the World was despised by black political leaders . |
| 25 | In the first year of its existence the Corporation had earned only £898 from advertising . |
| 26 | Consequently throughout its existence the NHS has been complemented by a residual system of private provision . |
| 27 | For about the first 12 years of its existence the centre was carried on as an unincorporated organisation . |
| 28 | During its existence the income generation union gave a wide range of advice to NHS units . |
| 29 | Throughout the period of its existence the Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory , like the Physical Chemistry Laboratory , has received a constant stream of distinguished foreign scientists on sabbatical leave . |
| 30 | As the price of its support the Soviet Union , in the interests of its own foreign policy , required the dismantling of revolutionary changes , conventional rather than guerrilla or ‘ revolutionary ’ war , the restoration of Republican authority and a massive enhancement of Communist power . |