Example sentences of "its [noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1980 , with the IPC ‘ H ’ line to Haifa long since closed , there remained the 1.4 million b/d ‘ T ’ line to Tripoli on the Lebanese coast , with its branch off to the Syrian port at Banias . |
| 2 | At the time it seemed as though the Midland had miraculously got its money back from the ill-fated venture . |
| 3 | For all the apparent scepticism levelled at these bodies from other quarters , the senior financial officers canvassed for their views of the ICAS research study found little to question in its setting out of the existing problems and the responsibilities for central elements of corporate governance . |
| 4 | I am sure that West Yorkshire will welcome any assistance that the schemes can give , and will also appreciate that its rate support grant has increased by 16 per cent. , but that does not mean that it can bring its force up to the required standard . |
| 5 | Several key factors will influence just how quickly Ireland can get its rugby back on the right track : fitness , tough competition and coaching . |
| 6 | Some of this , such as traveller 's joy ( Clematis vitalba ) , has extended its range on to the alkaline mortar-rich soils of the urban wasteland . |
| 7 | I am aware of most of its history in America , its formation out of the Pontiac Buggy Company , its takeover by General Motors and its sibling Pontiac — that is all fairly well documented . |
| 8 | Britain , free of its ERM obligation to keep interest rates high and sterling strong , urged its recovery on with a massive easing of monetary policy . |
| 9 | Finally , even if all the factors mentioned so far are not influencing the cat , it may still turn its nose up at a particular dish of food . |
| 10 | So I drove to Portsmouth expecting a great camel of the ocean , a small luxury liner even , at least a boat that could hold its head up in the seafaring world . |
| 11 | Ford retained market leadership with its share up from a lowly 20 per cent last September to 25 per cent — a volume increase from 34,421 to 38,445 . |
| 12 | Firstly , the USA experienced low inflation in its economy up to the early 1960s due to ‘ conservative economic policies . |
| 13 | Behind the horses , the curricle , its hood up against the piercing March wind and the oncoming rain , shifted on the cobbles , and settled again . |
| 14 | Through the mist he could see the vague outlines of the priory church and followed its outline round to the ruined oak stump where Lady Eleanor had received her mysterious messages . |
| 15 | The merlin establishes its territory up in the heather-covered hill areas , and searches out suitable hooded crows ' nests from the year before which it will appropriate for its own brood . |
| 16 | As it hisses in its fake-snake manner , following the spit , it completes the illusion by thrashing its tail about in a serpentine way . |
| 17 | Properly discounting the three notorious rescue cases , we can cite its performance along with the Spanish , American , French and Italian examples as evidence to bear out the theoretical expectation that industrial co-operatives should perform at least as well as conventionally organised businesses ; and that the extra that Co-operation has to offer as an ingredient necessary to full success , a potential in motivation , is indeed available to help industrial co-operatives out-perform conventional businesses . |
| 18 | The foal cringes , lowering its shoulders , extending its neck , and raising its muzzle up to the other horse . |
| 19 | My task , after having been subjected to a six months ' course to learn Russian , was to supervise the packing up of the Wilhelmshaven dockyard , and arrange its shipment back to the Soviet Union as part reparation for the enormous damage that had been done to that country by Nazi Germany . |
| 20 | As the smoke from the fire gently filters upwards through the drying malted barley , the peat gently imparts its distinctive aroma , which will in time find its way through to the finished malt whisky . |
| 21 | A presence forcing its way through from the Other Side . |
| 22 | Even her fingernails were perfect like the ones to be bought in shops , but natural , unvarnished , each curving its way up from a pale , expressive finger to a delicate point . |
| 23 | A significant proportion of this expenditure found its way in to the mass media field . |
| 24 | There is every chance that the IDO application will eventually find its way back to the Welsh Office , who have declined to ‘ call it in ’ voluntarily . |
| 25 | In return for this concession the English government obtained a number of crucial episcopal appointments , not least the translation of Sudbury to Canterbury ; moreover , the good offices of the pope were assured in the current peace negotiations ; finally , some of the money would find its way back to the English crown for the ransom of the pope 's brother , Roger Beaufort , who was then an English prisoner of war . |
| 26 | Anxious to film the final " fire " scene , we desperately tried to overtake the tail of the throng making its way back along the narrow causeway , but our legs were betraying us . |
| 27 | Having been trapped , and being so heavy , it will work its way down to the absolute bottom of wherever it is caught . |
| 28 | There are two cottages here above the beck which passes the church on its way down to the old woollen mill . |
| 29 | When a wind-blown spore — which now can be called pollen — lands on an egg-bearing cone , it germinates , not into a filmy thallus for which there is now no need , but into a long tube which burrows its way down into the female cone . |
| 30 | SCOTLAND 's engineering sector is still resolutely clawing its way out of the recessionary pit , according to the latest quarterly review issued yesterday by Scottish Engineering , the employers ' organisation . |