Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( g ) the perceived advantages and disadvantages of the takeover ( in a contested bid , the offeror will need to think carefully about what arguments it will put forward in order to persuade the target 's shareholders to accept the offer against their board 's recommendation and , where it needs its own shareholders ' approval , its arguments justifying the proposed bid ) ; and |
| 2 | Then there is the 39-member-strong Royal Society of Portrait Paints which operates from the Mall Galleries where it holds its annual exhibition . |
| 3 | Whilst DCE gets UI 's blessing , it describes OSF 's own Distributed Management Environment as ‘ too large and unwieldy , ’ although it supports its general aims . |
| 4 | This is illustrated in Fig. 1 where a household , which at first is paid an income of £100 per week , is assumed to spend all of its income in a steady stream until , at the end of each week , it has nothing left until it receives its next £100 . |
| 5 | The Ship slowed its fall and drifted down across the scrublands until it met its own shadow . |
| 6 | From that time on , the photosynthesizing organisms emerged as the predominant life forms , and the atmosphere was altered by the increasing out-pouring of oxygen , until it reached its present state . |
| 7 | If it 's a merger there 's a gradual shifting of the sands until it finds its own level . |
| 8 | If it maintains its present determination to keep little more than a naval force in the region , it will have to convince others ( the Egyptians ? |
| 9 | It is one of the world 's fastest growing industries and if it maintains its present rate of growth it will be the world 's biggest industry by the year 2000 — larger even than the oil industry . |
| 10 | And the world , if it flunks its own test in the Gulf , will have no right to ask it to . |
| 11 | It had been saddled up ready for him and as Li Yuan stood there , it turned its head curiously , its large dark eyes meeting the prince 's as if it knew its new owner . |
| 12 | TVR 's £17,699 2.9-litre S3 is a fine reminder of the big Healey philosophy and the new 3.9-litre Griffith , if it matches its claimed 148mph and 0–60 in 4.9seconds , could be a fine poor-man 's Cobra . |
| 13 | But you would still not be surprised if it ended its useful life after ten years or so of daily use . |
| 14 | The base is spared the curse of the ‘ brown-outs ’ familiar in Manila because it has its own power plant . |
| 15 | The Pru 's ‘ transparent ’ financial reporting has been dominating the headlines recently since it restated its 1991 life and pensions accounts under the accruals basis . |
| 16 | They had hardly ever been in this house belonging to Nicholas , and never since it received its new mistress . |
| 17 | PREVIOUS whisky industry wisdom had it that Whyte & Mackay , largest minority shareholder of Invergordon Distillers since it made its hostile bid , was going to wait for yesterday 's results and , if they were sufficiently poor to drive down the share price , would then pounce for the remaining 8.8 per cent of shares to give it control . |
| 18 | The court also granted a stay of proceedings for three weeks after it delivers its written judgment , in a few days , for the defence to decide whether to take its appeal to the Privy Council , the highest court to which the case can go . |
| 19 | The company also said it is working out details of a tentative $5m settlement of a shareholder suit filed after it lost its only Cray-3 customer . |
| 20 | The company also said it is working out details of a tentative $5m settlement of a shareholder suit filed after it lost its only Cray-3 customer . |
| 21 | The bone which in lizards conducts sound from the ear-drum to the inner ear originated as the hind border of a gill slit in a fish , and then became a strut bracing the jaw articulation to the skull , before it acquired its present function . |
| 22 | Indeed , initially favoured by the government to soak up excess cereal production , it was one which linked agricultural , manufacturing and commercial capitalism before it reached its proletarian consumers . |
| 23 | The paper which , unlike Haycocks I and II , was not considered by the main ACSTT Committee because it arrived too late before it concluded its five year term , was circulated by the DES to interested organizations for discussion and comment and a large number of responses was received . |
| 24 | In the social work field this was strikingly acknowledged by the Curtis Committee on the care of children , which recommended the setting up of a Central Training Council on Child Care before it published its final report recommending radical changes in the organization of the care of deprived children . |
| 25 | The Ark of Noah , before it found its final resting-place , had struck the summit of Sippan Dagh and removed its cap , thereby exposing the inner fires of the earth . |
| 26 | The reforms were designed to strengthen the government 's position before it presented its economic programme to the International Monetary Fund later in the month . |
| 27 | It only describes what happens to the system before it reaches its final state , which in our example was 50°C . |
| 28 | It can therefore pay to subject your verbal presentation to some extremely critical scrutiny before it reaches its final destination . |
| 29 | It was identified on the surveillance radar when it made its first position report and was cleared to continue to the BN non-directional beacon . |
| 30 | The saw stuck when it reached its own depth , but he kept on trying . |