Example sentences of "and [vb infin] its [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Big Bill A Labour peer has put forward 400 amendments to the Maastrich Treaty Bill to try and slow its progress through the Lords Star better : Coronation Street star Lynne Perrie , 62 , who plays Ivy Brennan , is improving in a Salford hospital after collapsing four days ago . |
| 2 | Though the fundamentals of cash planning remained , the Treasury had to adapt and refine its strategy through the 1980s in response to the pressure it was under to remain ahead of the game ( Thain and Wright , 1990 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Only by steadily improving efficiency would Britain win and keep its share of the world 's markets . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In a move to expand and diversify its activities within the Spanish mainland , Sotheby 's Holdings Inc. has purchased the Madrid auction house Edmund Peel and Asociados , with whom they have had a long-term business association . |
| 9 | The IRA should have no illusions that it can bomb and shoot its way to the conference table , for it can not . |