Example sentences of "[verb] its [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether or not Unix Labs is successful in its appeal , it believes it can still win its case on its other claims of misappropriation , misrepresentation , trade mark infringement and breach of contract . |
| 2 | Whether or not USL is successful in its appeal , it believes it can still win its case on its other claims of misappropriation , misrepresentation , trade mark infringement and breech of contract . |
| 3 | With sound , the garden can begin to work its magic on even the youngest ears . |
| 4 | The American ambassador in Bolivia , Charles Bowers , still believes in the wisdom of George Bush 's attack on the supply of cocaine , and insists that Bolivia has won its war on drugs . |
| 5 | We define a new function from A to C which we denote by unc to indicate its dependence on f and g by : for all a ε A , unc the image of af under g . |
| 6 | This latter idea was rejected by Iran , which maintained its insistence on negotiations on Resolution 598 in its entirety and under UN mediation , despite Hussein 's Dec. 2 suggestion that the committees could eventually lead to meetings " at leadership level " . |
| 7 | The Iranian government maintained its neutrality on the Gulf crisis [ see p. 37696 ] , reacting cautiously to news of the allied attack on Iraq on Jan. 16 . |
| 8 | Forty four members were nominated to service on ARCUK Council and the Institute maintained its representation on all ARCUK committees . |
| 9 | If it stimulates you to dissent , it is precisely because it is so closely pondered in its own terms and it never , throughout its four hours , loosens its grip on you . |
| 10 | Sri Lankan newspaper stands its ground on human rights |
| 11 | Since completing this book I have been able to obtain a cutting of rue and test its effect on my own cat . |
| 12 | The process of gestation has its parallel on the psychological level . |
| 13 | In order to deal with the problem of means , the government says , we provide housing benefits and the subsidy , this is the government speaking , the subsidy goes into the demand , it goes into benefit there 'll be no subsidy left if the government has its way on the supply side . |
| 14 | Her thesis has its gaze on the exact detail of the exchange of cattle , goats , blankets , gourds and snuff , and it tries to establish by the comparative method that these customs are part of universal human practice . |
| 15 | This was never the case and in the current working world it is even less so because of developing technology which has its impact on almost all jobs and also on the social context of work . |
| 16 | Current mood also has its effect on communicating . |
| 17 | The tightness and speed of the narrative , too , has its effect on the direct , concrete prose style which , too often in the earlier books , had become prosy and had lost shape in informative interpolations . |
| 18 | Each of these has its effect on the difficulty of reading and interpreting the data , but not always in a highly predictable way . |
| 19 | The tremendous emphasis on the romantic conception of marriage and of the wedding day as signifying life 's romantic climax , which has figured for many years in British society and which has been fostered by mass media and advertising , also has its effect on expectations . |
| 20 | One country has its eye on another . |
| 21 | However , the company has its eye on the estimated 200 000 American children with ‘ normal variant short stature ’ , who produce growth hormone but apparently lack sufficient receptors to put it to work . |
| 22 | Currently concentrating on Sparc-based hardware , Lucid has an agreement with NCR Corp that will see its compiler technology and Energize converted for the Intel 80486 under Unix System V.4 and Santa Cruz Unix : compilers have already been implemented for the IBM Corp Rios chip , and Lucid has its eye on Hewlett-Packard Co 's Precision Architecture RISC . |
| 23 | Currently concentrating on Sparc-based hardware , Lucid has an agreement with NCR Corp that will see its compiler technology and Energize ported onto the Intel 486 under Unix SVR4 and SCO Unix : compilers have already been ported to the IBM RIOS chip , and Lucid has its eye on Hewlett-Packard 's PA-RISC . |
| 24 | IXI has its eye on the very same area , but is still working on the details . |
| 25 | Either way , said Colin , the areas that LASMO has its eye on all have the potential to bring further success and prosperity to the company . |
| 26 | Allied-Maples , the present group title of what used to be Allied Carpets , built its reputation on aggressively-priced , high street carpet stores . |
| 27 | EDS built its business on three early contracts : with La Caixa , Spain 's largest savings bank ; the national railway ; and financial institution Caja de Madrid , he said . |
| 28 | Moderator could the convenor tell us why the Board wishes to be discharged its remit on health and healing when it 's been so successful in bringing this to the notice of the whole church ? |
| 29 | 5 Now think about what actually happens as your group starts its life on the island sometimes things go well ; sometimes not so well . |
| 30 | Keeping its eye on what HP was up to with its latest Snake , see page three , Sun was still dickering with its pricing schedule at the eleventh hour last week . |