Example sentences of "its [noun pl] [vb base] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The preferences of the state are at least as important as those of civil society in accounting for what the democratic state does and does not do ; the democratic state is not only frequently autonomous insofar as it regularly acts upon its preferences , but also markedly autonomous in doing so even when its preferences diverge from the demands of the most powerful groups in civil society ( Nordlinger , 1981 , p. 1 ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Respect for the individual ’ still drives personnel policies , but its manifestations move with the times . |
| 3 | Some channels are direct , as when a computer firm sells its products direct to the users . |
| 4 | Each schema is like a web placed in the mind 's heavens where its images glitter like the stars . |
| 5 | The main river of the strath is not called Conon but Meig and its headwaters rise on the slopes of Moruisg/Ceannaichean above Achnashellach , giving a through route which was once as busy as Strath Bran but now only sees the rare backpacker with an eye for good cross-country walking . |
| 6 | Its troubles begin with the regulators and public that helped to create it . |
| 7 | However , its critics point to the problems harmonisation must present across States with such varying traditions . |
| 8 | The strongest critiques of local government as it was in the 1970s concentrate not on its localness , but its position within a national system and , above all , use it as an example of what its critics see as the failings of bureaucratic decision-making . |