Example sentences of "[vb infin] its [noun] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have followed our series on the use of the C programming language , then you will recognise its value to the practising engineer . |
| 2 | The Operator Terminal must have a fixed terminal address or Decserver port so that Offline can direct its messages to a known and expected destination . |
| 3 | A staff function should be positioned so that it can funnel its services to the organisational levels who may be the public face of the organisation to outside groups . |
| 4 | It is hoped that a detailed study of this sort of one country will make its contribution to the general understanding of economic growth , now a topic of growing interest . |
| 5 | However , the label ’ semantic ’ will continue to be used , although it is intended that the reader should not restrict its denotation to the strict linguistic sense . |
| 6 | This project will now generalise its findings to the graphical teaching of more powerful logics and to the choice of media of expression in the design of computer interfaces . |
| 7 | Curtis , meanwhile , as the result of his meditations on how a federated empire might collectively discharge its duty to the backward races under British rule , had begun to reach the conclusion that the answer was to train them for eventual self-government . |
| 8 | Liverpool city council recently gave backing to the scheme , and on January 3 the company will present its plans to a special meeting of Wirral council . |
| 9 | The British colony , already fretting over whether China will give its nod to an expensive new airport in the territory , can ill afford the economic blow of a change in China 's status . |
| 10 | A territorial sunbird can time its visits to a particular flower such that its nectar has built up to a high level . |
| 11 | Yet God still speaks by his Spirit to throw fresh light on his word so that we might see its relevance to the contemporary world , and he speaks to his servants to guide them through the perplexities of life . |
| 12 | Labour will limit its protests to the predictable press conferences . |
| 13 | Finally , it provides that ‘ the state which makes the preliminary enquiry … shall promptly report its findings to the said states and shall indicate whether it intends to exercise jurisdiction ’ — in other words , whether to prosecute or extradite . |
| 14 | Above : Despite its size , the Honey Gourami will defend its nest to the last . |
| 15 | Even more to the point , how can it move its gripper to a given position ? |
| 16 | On security issues , Solomon reassured the leaders that the US would not abandon its commitment to a strong regional presence . |
| 17 | Gwynedd Health Authority has also issued an assurance that the disaster will not alter its commitment to a multi-million pound investment programme . |
| 18 | If agreement is reached , Reed will sell its interests to the other three parties , who will also take over responsibility for Reed 's guarantees . |
| 19 | And he made clear that even if British Coal decided against a reprieve the Government would not block its sale to a private company . |
| 20 | Additionally , there would be the potential for widening the scope of the ‘ shorter-paper ’ series by including more non-systematic papers , which would increase its appeal to the academic community . |
| 21 | A wolf skulked past , sniffed at the totem , scrabbled in the hard snow for the corpse of the grandmother and dragged out one of her arms , limping into the night with this meagre feast , to find some place where it could chew its way to the frozen marrow . |