Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [prep] its " in BNC.
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1 | This may relate to its revival in the garden , where the style , as architecture , first secured a footing . |
2 | Otis Ferguson was aware that the film depicted a ‘ phony strike ’ and that there was no real analysis of labour-management problems but he still felt that it had ‘ this air of life whatever we may think of its social content ’ . |
3 | Whatever one may think of its application to the particular case , there can be little doubt that Banfield has at the very least described in an ideal form a society in which thrift , enterprise , trust and cooperation are impossible , and therefore one in which political and economic development along liberal democratic and capitalist lines are grossly inhibited . |
4 | It is considerably harder to characterise the form of exchange at a local level , although we may hypothesise about its nature on the basis of the organisation viewed through alternative forms of evidence . |
5 | Whatever we may make of its influences , Leonard is clear that he ‘ never recovered ’ from its dénouements ; its ‘ illumination of human behaviour ’ ; its horror ( which he termed ‘ metaphorical ’ ) . |
6 | On the other hand , there are three points which may count in its favour : First , it provides a straightforward account of the very varied uses of adjectives in English , and points to a quite direct correlation between observable facts and a highly economical set of assumptions about basic grammatical relations . |
7 | To demonstrate , then , that prices are inflexible in the sense that we mean in the remainder of this chapter , it has to be established that the price may deviate from its equilibrium value over a given interval . |
8 | However , by-products are by-products , and we ought to concentrate on its intended use . |
9 | As the figures show , Conservative supporters are keenest that their party should govern on its own . |
10 | Moreover , the farther from shore a duck sleeps the greater the distance a cat must cover in its final uncovered dash . |
11 | Sutherland , stressing that it is the largest land-based district council area in Britain , is one of the Highland authorities that believes it should remain on its own . |
12 | Carb heat makes the air less dense , and so richens the mixture without using the mixture lever , which should remain in its cruise position . |
13 | Besides the technical rarity and interest of this work , one must comment upon its aesthetic resemblance to the art of Rembrandt and recall that they were contemporaries . |
14 | Each must relate to its mating part to provide the overall function . |
15 | A federal district court in Washington D.C. ruled on May 14 that the large accounting practice of Price Waterhouse should compensate for its earlier discrimination against Ann Hopkins , a former employee , by awarding her a partnership in the firm . |
16 | The New Secondary Education , the pamphlet approved by Ellen Wilkinson and issued in 1947 , observed somewhat unhelpfully : ‘ The Modern School will be given parity of conditions with other types of secondary school ; parity of esteem it must earn by its own efforts . ’ |
17 | There are four key areas that any quality assurance programme should cover in its detailed schedules : |
18 | Any magazine , whether it deals with fashion , fishing , or nuclear fusion , must appeal to its readers and must look and feel relevant to the subject matter with which it deals . |
19 | The acceptance of such a scheme meant that the government had accepted , albeit for economic and demographic reasons , the principle that ‘ society should include in its economic structure some form of direct financial provision for the maintenance of children , instead of proceeding on the assumption that , save in cases of exceptional misfortune , this is a matter which concerns only individual parents and should be left to them because normally men 's wages or salaries are , or ought to be and can be made to be , sufficient for the support of their families ’ ( Rathbone , 1940 ) . |
20 | Note that it is not possible to apply for a family assistance order ; the court must act of its own volition . |
21 | The vendor should consider with its lawyer whether a confidentiality agreement is necessary . |
22 | This was an extremely important distinction that Bukharin was making in his debate with Preobrazhensky , since it entailed the question of how the Soviet state should act in its relations with the peasant population . |
23 | This technique should result in its more widespread application . |
24 | It was his wish that C.A. should benefit from its value , and also that others in their turn might now have the joy of collecting such books . |
25 | The heading in the manuscript appears to tally with a stage direction in the word-book , ‘ A Chinese Man and Woman dance ’ , printed between the final verse and chorus ‘ They shall be as happy as they 're fair ’ But this direction means merely that the Chinese Man and Woman are to dance to the music of the verse , just as the next printed stage direction , ‘ All the Dancers join in it ’ , which follows the words of the final chorus , means that all of them should dance to its music . |
26 | A different kind , studied by David Fraser and his student Farid Azhar , concerns the precise signals which the robot 's electronics should send to its stepper motors . |
27 | Ideally , we would like just these settings Sk to appear , and no others ; and each should appear with its natural frequency Fk . |
28 | The proposed transaction should succeed in its object of ensuring that the monies used to pay the interest on the borrowings will not be taxable upon the borrower . |
29 | Accordingly the older the child concerned the greater the weight the court should give to its wishes , certainly in the field of medical treatment . |
30 | The Stock Exchange believes that every listed company should report on its compliance with the code of best practice drafted by the Cadbury Committee , but it does not intend to require compliance . |