Example sentences of "its [noun sg] [prep] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was perfectly clear to everyone that the company could carry on enough trade to flourish only if it supplemented its income by bringing in more goods than its treaty permitted , and the smuggling trade became large enough to disturb the Spanish authorities . |
| 2 | If this assertion is correct , then it would not matter if the standing requirement was abolished entirely , provided some other mechanism was put in its place for weeding out hopeless and crank cases . |
| 3 | Later technical changes in transport were to make it possible for the city to change its nature by spreading out great suburban dormitories , and electrification would help to decentralize industry . |
| 4 | Max Klein , its incumbent for going on ten years , revelled in those qualities . |
| 5 | In Mandla v Dowell Lee , ( 1983 ) , a school was unable to convince the court that its policy of playing down cultural diversity to create a harmonious , racially integrated environment justified the decision to refuse to allow a Sikh boy to attend the school wearing a turban . |
| 6 | Now the army is back in control and has marked its victory by boosting up new pictures of Saddam , always with the same smile , the white of his teeth emphasized by the dark moustache . |
| 7 | This is a measure that will cause real and conspicuous hardship , and the Government should occupy the year before its implementation in drawing up proper measures to soften its impact on vulnerable groups , not all of whom will be covered by upgrading of benefits . |