Example sentences of "its [noun sg] [adv] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Baden 's railway station is the oldest in Switzerland , and owes its existence partly to the Swiss love of hot rolls for breakfast . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | Meanwhile , the second capacitor passes its charge on to the third capacitor . |
6 | Its relationship both to the Gaussian curvature of two-dimensional surfaces and to tidal forces is discussed . |
7 | The US government continued its efforts to explain the aims of its policy both to the international community and to US domestic opinion . |
8 | Firstly , the USA experienced low inflation in its economy up to the early 1960s due to ‘ conservative economic policies . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | The foal cringes , lowering its shoulders , extending its neck , and raising its muzzle up to the other horse . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | The intrepid band braved a precipitous mountain track snaking its way up to the highest peak on the Arabian Peninsula [ Jeebl Nabi el Shwayb — 3,666 metres , or about 12,000 feet ) . |
14 | A significant proportion of this expenditure found its way in to the mass media field . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | Having been trapped , and being so heavy , it will work its way down to the absolute bottom of wherever it is caught . |
18 | There are two cottages here above the beck which passes the church on its way down to the old woollen mill . |
19 | By measuring the scattering of X-rays by hirudin , when linked to a key blood coagulation factor called thrombin , his team deduced its structure down to the last atom . |