Example sentences of "[vb infin] its [noun] to the [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 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 .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 Labour will limit its protests to the predictable press conferences .
9 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 .
10 Above : Despite its size , the Honey Gourami will defend its nest to the last .
11 If agreement is reached , Reed will sell its interests to the other three parties , who will also take over responsibility for Reed 's guarantees .
12 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 .
13 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 .
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