Example sentences of "its [noun] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are all unclean ; and in the boys ' initiation rites we find that the mudyi tree also has its part to play in the symbolism of circumcision . |
| 2 | This complex web includes : a ) local and regional offices of central government departments , such as the DSS and DOE ( see Young 1982 ) ; b ) non-departmental public bodies usually dealing with a single specialized function , such as health and water authorities ; c ) decentralized units of public corporations , such as electricity boards ; d ) innumerable autonomous and semi-autonomous official and quasi-official organizations , each with its part to play in the policy-making process , such as tenants ' liaison committees and youth service advisory councils ( see Cousins , 1982 , 1983 ) ; e ) elected local government ( see Figure 8.2 ) . |
| 3 | Abel Goumba of the Front patriotique oubanguien — Parti du travail said that the " regime appears to be using stalling tactics to push it back as far as possible " and that the opposition would increase its activities to press for the conference to be convened earlier . |
| 4 | The capitulation of the General Council on the 12 May , and its decision to call off the strike without any guarantees that those involved would not be victimized , might also be seen as evidence of failure . |
| 5 | Following its decision to move into the Unix arena ( UX No 317 ) , Computer Associates International , is angling to get its first batch of Unix-based applications out the door by the end of the year . |
| 6 | Following its decision to move into the Unix arena , Islandia , New York-based , Computer Associates Inc , has signed an agreement with Novell Inc to port CA-Unicenter , its systems management software , and its vast collection of mainframe applications to the NetWare network computing environment . |
| 7 | The SLORC regime had been eager to attract foreign investment ; this was thought to have been the major factor in its decision to proceed with the election . |
| 8 | What was undoubtedly important , however , was that the ICS briefed and trained its interviewers to deal with the part of the questionnaire which dealt with sexual offences , and indeed when a case was uncovered by a male interviewer he always offered a follow-up interview conducted by a woman . |
| 9 | The regime became increasingly draconian in its attempts to deal with the problems it was confronting ; the society , in turn , began to establish public associations of all kinds , most notably the workers ' defence committee ( KSS-KOR ) , which were independent of party and state control . |
| 10 | Cummins has offered him a senior position with the company and the chance to spearhead its attempts to break into the East European engine market . |
| 11 | Disagreements within the FNCD , especially in relation to the Aug. 13 disturbances , led the Movement of the Organization of the Country ( MOP ) to ask its deputies to withdraw from the FNCD parliamentary bloc . |
| 12 | The extent to which the PCF was committed to popular front cultural politics can be appreciated both by the amount of time and energy that it devoted to the anti-fascist congresses , peace movements and revolutionary cultural associations of the period , and by its willingness to engage in the policy of la main tendue ( " the outstretched hand " ) in its relations with sympathisers of any persuasion , ideological or religious , willing to collaborate in its struggle against capitalist warmongering , imperialism , fascism and oppression . |
| 13 | In its reply the profession , while acknowledging its willingness to co-operate in the provision of relevant additional information , expressed concern that concentration on expenses and charges , while ignoring more important aspects of product and company selection such as the investment return , might not be in the best interests of consumers . |
| 14 | The government stated its willingness to abide by the UN sanctions policy , but sought to postpone their application for as long as possible . |
| 15 | The trip was conducted in a cordial atmosphere , and Roh expressed satisfaction that the Chinese government had signalled its willingness to assist with the process of Korean reunification by assuming the role of " honest broker " . |
| 16 | Vietnam , while expressing its willingness to help in the matter , insisted that it was an essentially humanitarian issue and should not be coupled with the larger political relationship . |
| 17 | Delegates agreed to resume negotiations on March 21 , or earlier , provided that the Soviet Union signalled its willingness to comply with the terms of the accord . |
| 18 | It is seen that the programme was only of small benefit to the people of Bangladesh , owing to its inability to cope with the conditions of this developing country . |
| 19 | And although they maintained none of County Durham 's 5,000 teachers would lose their jobs the higher than expected pay deal will make the county dig into its reserves to pay for the salary hike . |
| 20 | As Professor Elton has argued , Parliament 's importance in England rested on its utility to the monarch , on its readiness to co-operate in the business of ruling . |
| 21 | However , the UK failed in its attempt to head off the EC Commission , even though it made a last-minute offer to bring forward compliance of five water supplies contaminated with nitrate , from 1995 to 1991–4 , ‘ a shift , ’ according to ENDS , ‘ which , until then , the UK had insisted would be impractical . ’ |
| 22 | It is unique in its opportunities to establish from the outset good habits in terms of expectations of parental involvement and willingness to participate in honest exchange about the child 's progress . |
| 23 | Hungary 's preliminary announcement at the June meeting of its intention to withdraw from the Pact by the end of 1991 opened the way for Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland to announce in January 1991 their withdrawal with effect from July 1 , and Romania and Bulgaria also announced plans to leave the organization [ see p. 37979 ] . |
| 24 | The largest party in the League of Free Democrats electoral alliance , the LDP had the day before renamed itself and declared its intention to merge with the West German free democrat FDP , if possible by the end of 1990 . |
| 25 | The government had earlier made known its intention to repeal in the course of 1991 the 1913 and 1936 Land Acts which reserved more than 80 per cent of South Africa 's land for whites . |
| 26 | Yesterday TWA signalled its intention to step into the gap . |
| 27 | It has announced its intention to co-sponsor with the USA a UN resolution imposing an indefinite moratorium on the use of drift nets from the end of 1992 . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , the NSF-controlled radio and television services had been calling its supporters to come to the square ; some were brought by lorry , and by mid-evening they had forced the anti-NSF demonstrators , now outnumbered , to retreat from the Square . |
| 29 | The insect also communicates through ripples , using its legs to tap on the surface of the water . |
| 30 | But to describe the issue as one which depends on whether or not the bank must be taken to have appointed the husband as its agent to deal with the wife and to procure her consent serves , in my opinion , to mask the basis upon which in certain cases creditors have failed to enforce their security against the third parties and upon which in other cases they have succeeded . |