Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] its [noun pl] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An art historian may choose to elucidate the social context of the art , or trace its sources in the work of other artists ; these choices will be reflected in the illustrations as well as the text , while sketches , other versions of pictures and related material will be available for the reader to make comparisons . |
| 2 | Most are irrevocable which means the issuing bank is unable to amend or cancel its terms without the consent of all the parties , including the exporter . |
| 3 | 2.3.3 Rule 37.3 ( relationship with takeover offers ) and Rule 37.4 A company will not normally be allowed to buy-in or redeem its shares during the offer period if its board has reason to believe that a takeover offer for the company is imminent , except pursuant to a pre-existing contract ( Rule 21 ) . |
| 4 | China refused to sign an ‘ unofficial ’ treaty , or to change its guidelines on the treatment Taiwanese investors should receive — which is more favourable than that offered many foreign investors . |
| 5 | The acquisition will allow Quatro to widen its product portfolio and develop its strengths in the clinical sector . |
| 6 | Thatcher 's friends , such as former United Biscuits boss Sir Hector Laing , used to implore her to give British industry the kind of support that was rather more consistent than those who bought and sold its shares in the City . |
| 7 | By 1894 Glasgow Town Council , the same august body that had fought at Flodden and given its trousers to the Bonnie Prince , changed its name and became ‘ The Corporation of Glasgow ’ . |
| 8 | Envy is one of the strongest antidotes to love and has its roots in the innate and primitive anger and anxiety of infancy . |
| 9 | Tempos are almost always justly chosen and phrasing is gracious and affectionate ; and in a movement like the Adagio of No. 99 , with its glorious writing for wind band , the orchestra 's princely woodwind section shades and sifts its lines with the subtlety of true chamber musicians . |
| 10 | In a further indication of the desire among party members to see an end to the public attacks , David Clark , the convener of Motherwell North SNP — which includes the Mossend branch — called on the party to unite and concentrate its attacks on the Conservatives and Labour . |
| 11 | Although it will be easily grasped that war destroys large amounts of material means of production and means of consumption , he went further and analysed its effects upon the forces of production and the accumulation of capital . |
| 12 | The buck thrashed and spat and made a high keening noise I did n't think rabbits were capable of and beat its legs on the ground . |
| 13 | A program allows one to frequently modify the hypertext database and test its consequences for the linear form . |
| 14 | Other candidates spoke of the need to rid West Ham of its slums and provide its children with the opportunity to reach university . |
| 15 | This research will analyse this process of reconstruction and consider its implications for the continued use of scientific evidence within the criminal justice system . |
| 16 | Through the billowing smoke , shadows can be seen writhing about , one of which is wearing a devil mask that leers out of the fog and shakes its horns to the hellish racket . |
| 17 | So , if we are grooming a horse and it tries to cow-kick us , we retaliate with a sharp verbal reproach or a smack with the flat of the hand , and usually the horse decides to accept that we are the boss and minds its manners in the future . |
| 18 | But the word was out now , and joined its colleagues in the general sussuration . |
| 19 | The blowhole itself is the hinged flap of a watertight valve , and through it the dolphin can empty and refill its lungs in the unbelievably short time of one-fifth of a second . |
| 20 | He wriggled and heard its creaks amid the incessant pounding and splashing of the shower . |
| 21 | In the wake of the entry of Soviet troops into Afghanistan , Vietnam 's first priority in Southeast Asia was to legitimise its role in Kampuchea and normalise its relations with the ASEAN states to offset renewed pressures as a result of the new hostility to the Soviet Union in international forums . |
| 22 | British business and industry must sell itself better , certainly in Europe , and maintain its markets with the rest of the world , which may turn away from us as we turn more towards Europe . |
| 23 | With the power of her eyes alone she had compelled a glass of water to tip and spill its contents over the horrible Headmistress , and anybody who could do that could do anything . |
| 24 | As it made the historic journey from being a charity team for Irish immigrants in Glasgow 's East End in 1888 to being a European Cup winning team in 1967 , there is a widely held myth that the club resents spending money and keeps its funds in the infamous biscuit tin , a closely guarded money chest under the Parkhead bed . |
| 25 | It is , indeed , quite a common occurrence for a government to have second thoughts about a Bill during or after its progress through the Commons and to use its supporters in the House of Lords to make the changes in a Bill then seen to be desirable . |
| 26 | The point is not simply to abandon this type of teaching but to acknowledge and analyse its limitations in the light of a more complex understanding of the nature of racism and to develop forms of educational engagement more likely to open up racist subjectivities and common sense to alternative discourses . |
| 27 | These paintings give the sensation that Braque has felt his way visually around each object and examined its relationships with the other objects around it from several viewpoints . |
| 28 | As well as confronting the child and recording its responses in the normal way , they also walked up to its surprised mother and noted how she behaved . |
| 29 | Now it is hoping to take shares in another quartet of carriers and to spread its wings into the world 's biggest single airline market , the United States . |
| 30 | Lightning flashed at the reception windows , as if a power line had snapped and trailed its cables over the window . |