Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Hence the modern Oedipus complex is not wholly explicable by reference to the modern family ( and therefore not controvertible by reference to modern family arrangements which allegedly do not feature it ) , but rather to both the individual 's actual family circumstances , and to the inherited and culturally transmitted conditions of the species which produced it in the first place and which determined its particular expression . |
2 | Borrowings largely relate to NGC , which had £80m of debt at the time of takeover and which finances its rapid growth from cash flow . |
3 | They 're about this big and you squeeze its little paw and it plays a Christmas tune |
4 | Whether he originated the union or not , its inspiration seemed to have been Thomas Moore , a former naval officer who campaigned tirelessly for the rights of seamen , and who became its honorary president . |
5 | It was a town created on the marshland by the first Bishop of Norwich ( Herbert Losinga , 1091–1119 ) , to whom the site belonged and who saw its wonderful possibilities . |
6 | The first is the professional core who are essential to the organisation and who manage its professional knowledge , giving the organisation its distinctive character . |
7 | She was attracted by the privation of the life , which she always linked with virtue , and she liked its sexual freedom . |
8 | We can not too strongly condemn such a practice and we recommend its total abolition … |
9 | He it was who had pressed for the creation of Christ Church parish , and he became its first incumbent ; Benjamin and Elizabeth had the singular distinction of having him officiate at their marriage — poor surroundings , then , but in the presence of a minister of great reputation . |
10 | Handel wrote the Messiah in London , where he lived in a house close to present-day King 's Cross Station , five years after suffering a severe stroke , and it received its first performance in Dublin in 1742 . |
11 | The NGA was , at one point , fined £150,000 ; some time later it was fined £375,000 and it had its entire assets of £11 m seized . |
12 | It has been debated on several occasions and it had its Second Reading in May 1989 when it was introduced by my hon. Friend the Member for Ealing , Acton ( Sir G. Young ) . |
13 | It had its posh end and it had its rough end and it had that strange indeterminate bit in the middle that was neither , but had the pretensions and failings of both . |
14 | Robert Luterell , younger brother of Sir Geoffrey Luterell , who commissioned the famous Luterell Psalter , gave his house called ‘ the Gannoc ’ on St. Peter 's Street for use as a school , and it had its own chapel of St. Mary . |
15 | The actual administration of the National Union was separated from Central Office in 1921 , and it appointed its own secretary thereafter ; it was a change of no great importance , for the National Union continued to work from Central Office and the Principal Agent continued to be Honorary Secretary , but it was a minor declaration of independence . |
16 | Primarily peasant guerilla fighters , people who were fighting in the Red Army , and it draws its mass support , the Party members draw their mass support , er from the peasants in the areas where they establish their authority . |
17 | A complex dedicated simulator can cost several million pounds and it needs its own crew of skilled operators . |
18 | But from the peace of your Munro , all such regrets at its passing as a place of tranquillity vanish and it unveils its wilder delights at the east to those who come by foot and not by a knob-head 's speed boat . |