Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [prep] its [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Satyāgraha also effects a transformation in social structures as the examples I have given of its application in South Africa and India clearly show . |
| 2 | Commentators on Spanish culture through the centuries have pointed to its emphasis on dignity and the corresponding fear of shame which leads to behaviour that is continually concerned to respect others and , above all , their individuality ( Pitt-Rivers 1977 ) . |
| 3 | It is a measure of how seriously the Government take the committee 's work that we have responded to its recommendations within a month of their being submitted to us . |
| 4 | Moderator in commending these reports to the general assembly and in particular , in presenting its work on ritual abuse , the Board is conscious of its deep indebtedness to those who have looked on its behalf at the mixture of evidence and conjecture on this most disturbing area of modern human depravity . |
| 5 | Most commentators on the Tomlinson report have agreed with its emphasis on improving primary and community care . |
| 6 | This is paid for out of general taxation and although those drawing a pension may feel that they have contributed to its cost by virtue of their earlier contributions , the state scheme in fact operates on a ‘ pay as you go ’ ( PAYG ) basis . |
| 7 | The economic crises of the 1980s have contributed to its expansion in this decade . |
| 8 | Six people have been made redundant at its European Headquarters in Egham , Surrey and two sales staff have gone from its office in Munich already . |
| 9 | I may say that I ‘ perceive ’ the indigestibility of something I have eaten through its effects on me ; the unpleasant feelings I have in my stomach . |
| 10 | The Electrochemical Technology business has been built up since 1981 to capitalize on ICI 's expertise in chlor-alkali production and electrochemistry. the FM21 membrane cell has been sold since that year , mainly as part of a chlor-alkali production package , but recent developments have led to its use in the manufacture of more complex speciality or ‘ effect ’ chemicals . |
| 11 | I have remarked on its dominance in Oxford English , and a generation ago it was given magisterial expression in Northrop Frye 's Anatomy of Criticism , which aspired to a ‘ scientific ’ criticism where there would be no place for evaluation , since it is not nobler to study stars than earthworms . |
| 12 | It is a bit like considering the multiple forms that vehicles based on the internal combustion engine have taken since its invention at the end of the last century . |
| 13 | Mr Devaty , a former spokesman for the Charter 77 rights group and an associate of the dissident playwright , Vaclav Havel , is , like Mr Havel , one of four organisers of the ‘ Several Sentences ’ petition for political reform and liberalisation , which more than 30,000 people have signed since its launch in June . |