Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [verb] [prep] its [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Of leek , or pepper fruiting in its climb ,
2 There will be violation and jealousy of the resources or territory that another group or department has at its disposal .
3 A further reason that may be advanced for insisting that police interference of whatever kind must be legally justified is that it is an understandable human reaction to respond with some indignation to an allegation or suspicion believed by its object to be unjustified .
4 ‘ For the purposes of this Article an article or substance is not to be regarded as properly used where it is used without regard to any relevant information or advice relating to its use which has been made available by a person by whom it was designed , manufactured , imported or supplied . ’
5 This concept of a community or culture struggling for its existence is not something attributed to it by academic observers , but one expressed in the community 's actions and statements .
6 The whole point of radio communications is the very versatility and freedom associated with its use .
7 Likewise no scheme for seeking American assistance in getting rid of sterling balances was made a serious part of the loan negotiations , even though there are many indications of US suspicion of the sterling area and willingness to assist in its dismantlement [ Van Dormael , 1978 ] .
8 Apparently the offer from the department to submit itself to cross-examination came about because of a gaff in communications between the department and counsel instructed on its behalf by the Treasury Solicitor .
9 Access to published areas is quick and easy via the standard Windows File Manager , and E-mail gets to its destination without too much fuss .
10 Despite the enterprise and labour put into its acquisition it has been estimated that all the gold won between the mid-fifteenth and mid-twentieth centuries could be contained in a cube of fifteen yards .
11 In 1991 the Chilean National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation stated in its report on human rights abuses in that country after the 1973 military coup : ‘ The true cause of human rights violations was the lack of a national culture of respect for these rights …
12 Vital Signs monitors 30 indicators " ranging from energy efficiency and atmospheric temperature to wind-power capacity and bicycle sales " to give the same kind of picture of the global environment that indices such as trade , production and GDP do for its economy .
13 It seems that financial prudence would have led third parties to ensure that the manager was acting on behalf of the Council , whose credibility and creditworthiness rested upon its character as an international organisation of member States .
14 A regime whose ‘ raison d'être , prestige and pride rested on its claim to defend Russia 's standing in the world ’ was singularly ill-equipped to back down or even postpone a reckoning with the Central Powers .
15 Big small disk drive maker Conner Peripherals Inc , San Jose warns that continued weakness in demand and price declines for its disk drives , and a shortfall in orders from its European distributor will hurt its first quarter results and that the expected lower sales will cause earnings per share to fall below analysts ' expectations : it says it is evaluating restructuring alternatives to reduce costs and that any restructuring action could result in additional charges to the quarter ; chief executive Finis Conner said the disk drive market is affected by price competition and excess capacity in the industry , which has caused customers to defer buys and reduce their lead times .
16 The circulating system wanders a little closer , deepens , is classified under a new title — a moderate tropical storm — and is given a name , Agnes perhaps , or Bob , an innocent , unassuming , rather cosy , old-fashioned sort of name that makes no connection in anybody 's mind with a swirling mass of warm air and piled clouds that is bearing down on the coast , thunder and lightning flickering from its belly , the waves beneath it being whipped up into a fury .
17 Although its milling days are long over , the mill now forms a useful storage building as well as housing a small electronics workshop , a far cry from the days of steam and dust featured throughout its century of use .
18 That Superbrain with a quarter megabyte of memory has only a finite life and then any records and software dedicated to its operating system is material for the e-paleographers .
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