Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] its [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The price of land there has skyrocketed since Nagano announced its bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics " . |
| 2 | As Kelly stood watching the string , her hands sunk deep into her windcheater pockets , Harry Short 's Mercedes made its way along the gallops between the path and the road . |
| 3 | Bruce , defending the expansion of university extra-mural work since the war , saw the future role of the WEA primarily as a student-body rather than as one with a teaching responsibility , ‘ an organisation of all adult students ’ with little or no emphasis on the working-class element : ‘ in the general interest , it would seem best … for the WEA to concentrate its attention upon the stimulation and organisation of demand … all but the most elementary pioneer work could become the responsibility of Extra-Mural Departments or local authorities ’ with the WEA left as ‘ the mouthpiece of lively , conscious student demand ’ . |
| 4 | When the United States regulated its coinage under the legislation of 1792 it displayed independence by designating the silver dollar as the basic unit . |
| 5 | Pressnell suggests that only a brilliant speech by Keynes prevented its rejection in the Lords.The loan was damaging to British pride , while among its terms the insistence on sterling convertibility within a year of payment of the first instalment was particularly ominous . |
| 6 | The PNC reiterated its support for the peace plan it had approved in 1988 [ see p. 36438 ] , which was based on UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 , and the guaranteeing of the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people . |
| 7 | The PNSF had previously been staunchly anti-Arafat and the initiative was regarded by some sources as an attempt by Syria to strengthen its influence over the PLO [ for March reports of Syrian plans to increase its influence within the PLO see p. 38121 ] . |
| 8 | The United States widened its rift with the World Bank when it rejected a compromise on a capital increase for the International Finance Corporation , the arm of the Bank that deals directly with the private sector . |
| 9 | The WBO owed its formation to the cold shoulder presented by the world to South African sportsmen during the apartheid era . |
| 10 | The Country Club of Mount Dora takes its name from the quaint local town in which it is situated . |
| 11 | Novell Inc Japan , which will be Univel Inc 's distributor there , is n't waiting around for the Japanese version of UnixWare to start its assault on the market . |
| 12 | In the long run Dulles expected the superior economic strength of the United States to ensure its success against the USSR . |
| 13 | In the contest for the governorship of Tokyo the LDP switched its support from the 80-year-old incumbent governor Shunichi Suzuki , to Hisanori Isomura , the candidate supported by the national leadership of the opposition Komeito ( Clean Government Party ) and Democratic Socialist Party ( DSP ) . |
| 14 | Presumably the KGB kept its side of the bargain and freed the agents he had betrayed . |
| 15 | Meanwhile , the United States increased its share of the world production of steel from 29 to 43 per cent . |
| 16 | The WEA presented its evidence to the Committee of Enquiry in November 1953 . |
| 17 | In response the Kremlin tightened its grip in the East still further . |
| 18 | On the opening day of the conference , the Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal urged the United States to resume its dialogue with the Palestinians [ see also p. 37626 ] . |
| 19 | A 5 p.c. reduction in gross margins on lower-margin desk-top computer products and the weakness in the market were blamed for last year 's downturn but ICL says its share of the British computer market rose by one point to 19 p.c . |
| 20 | With December seeing only 2 full weeks activity and with Scotland enjoying its holiday over the New Year I trust Scottish colleagues enter 1991 appropriately refreshed and renewed . |
| 21 | A View of the Present State of Ireland enforces its perspective of the savage nature of the Irish by giving them a curious ethnogeny . |
| 22 | It is through the London money market that the Bank of England exercises its control of the economy . |
| 23 | Wakeham rejected its plea on the grounds that the market is now functioning reasonably well , and pool prices are already having a restraining influence . |
| 24 | The TNP withdrew its support from the government during the January 1991 budget debate , its chief executive , Bennet Andrews , complaining that the ruling party was run by a clique which governed without reference to the party 's constitution . |
| 25 | The Republic of Ireland took its system off the peg . |
| 26 | In my garden at Wells I have a wonderful well — indeed , there are five of them and the city of Wells derives its name from the five springs in the palace grounds . |
| 27 | Although the JSP increased its representation in the lower chamber by 53 seats and its share of the vote by more than 7 per cent , much of its success was won at the expense of the other opposition parties , all of which suffered a loss of support . |
| 28 | The CDU increased its share of the vote by about 7 percentage points . |
| 29 | Well , Gain has reportedly just snared a porting pact with IBM to move its software to the RS/6000 and once it 's ready IBM will apparently co-market the stuff worldwide especially to users with mission critical distributed applications . |
| 30 | A firm called The Commondale ran its business from the floor above his office , advertising its presence with its name emblazoned on the window . |