Example sentences of "[pron] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence Hercules remained the Deity to propitiate in order to find treasures , whose god was Dis ( identical with Pluto ) who carries off Proserpine ( another name for Ceres or grain ) to the underworld described by the poets , according to whom its first name was Styx , its second the land of the dead , its third the depth of furrows … |
| 2 | Two things happened , however , to divert trade unionism from the adoption of that role and to lead it instead into what has been called its revolutionary period , one which for a time made the ownership and control of industries by the people who worked in them its main objective , which sought in short to displace the organisation of industry on the capitalist model by an industrial co-operative commonwealth . |
| 3 | These men are going to spend two weeks installing desperately needed cooking facilities within several orphanges and the Region is pleased to give them its full support . |
| 4 | The company is pleased to give them its full support , which includes supplying a 38 ton lorry . |
| 5 | Never are we invited to a reading of ‘ The Beast in the Jungle ’ in which that figuration is followed to what seems to me its logical conclusion . |
| 6 | My free associations about wealth changed dramatically : ‘ Prosperity flows through my heart as a channel of pure light — the Light of the universe , which offers to me its vast abundance . |
| 7 | Nobody could tell me its correct name and it was known simply by the Greek equivalent of ‘ night-bloom ’ . |
| 8 | Annie Lennox 's first solo LP Diva ( an ironic title , she claims ) will comfortably pick up the Eurythmics ' many fans , but to me its high-quality designer soul has a sterile scent . |
| 9 | That kind of money might interest a little guy like you , but to me its just insurance money . |
| 10 | If however you hear anything of the matter , urge it as much as you can , and believe me I will leave no unconnected links in my track — and that in two years I will leave but little to be discovered here , if it please Providence to continue to me its wonted care . |
| 11 | I just wanted to take up the point that 's been raised again , and it keeps popping its its little head up from time to time , this issue of building rates . |
| 12 | Similarly , any leading capitalist country which wishes to exert hegemonic influence over the other capitalist economies must be seen to be capable of defending those political and strategic interests which its economic supremacy has given it . |
| 13 | Each phospholipid series is characterised by a phase transition , below which its fatty acyl chains are in a quasi-crystalline array and above which the chains are in a more fluid state . |
| 14 | But it is worthwhile to reiterate that , in a sense , every book published about recent history is of value as a source and the conventional ‘ official ’ documentation does not necessarily occupy in recent history the commanding place which its comparative isolation in a sea of illiteracy gives it in earlier epochs . |
| 15 | Perhaps the chorus of the English people , which its wide-arching melody and plangent harmonising , sums up the whole work . |
| 16 | Judging from the excitement with which its nearest rival , Josef Halda 's Genus Primula was greeted in America last year , Richards will probably prove controversial . |
| 17 | The IMF announced on Oct. 9 that it was to realign the currency weightings which were used to calculate the value of the special drawing right ( SDR — the unit in which its internal dealings and most of its loans were denominated ; for the last five-yearly review see p. 34140 ) . |
| 18 | Should theology accept the valuation which its contemporary world appears to place upon Christianity , or should it reject it ? |
| 19 | The move has been welcomed by Datarange , which says that the financial stability which its new parent will bring will better enable it to pursue its business strategy . |
| 20 | ‘ The refinancing will place the necessary cash at the disposal of Norsk Data A/S , enabling it to carry out a private resolution in which its unsecured creditors are offered a cash dividend of 25% , but the banks ‘ required as a condition for financing that the present share capital shall be written down to zero , and that a share issue shall be carried out by partly converting the banks ’ debt into equity . ’ |
| 21 | Another way of putting it is that even though the academic community is founded on a culture of critical discourse ( see Chapter 7 ) , normally it gives little thought to the criteria by which its critical judgements come into play . |
| 22 | In essence , a new unincorporated business will pay tax in the tax year in which its first accounting period ends ( rather than the year in which it commences trade under the present system ) , but will pay tax on at least a full year 's profit in the tax year in which it ceases to trade . |
| 23 | I afterwards met Mr Blair at the Congress , and observing his deep solicitude for Kildalton , I admitted the claims which its neglected state had upon my faith and affection , and remarked that it was not the pecuniary sacrifice that I should make that would deter me , so much as the expenditure I had lately incurred on my House and Glebe , and which would in a measure be thrown away , by my moving to Islay . |
| 24 | The mind has the power to produce health , as well as illness , and ways in which its healing powers can be harnessed are described here . |
| 25 | A special League conference was called on 25 November 1934 , at which its National Council was given executive powers to take action on contemporary political issues . |
| 26 | Conversely , information about local consumer preferences can be used by manufacturers ' sales forces in selling to a retail outlet those lines which its local customer profile is most likely to purchase . |
| 27 | Another lyric makes even more explicit this identification of life in time with the Crucifixion as the only means by which its true value may be realised : Such lyrics embody an understanding of the process of transfiguration at the heart of the Christian faith which is realised by the mystics in experience and gestured towards in their texts . |
| 28 | The yellow may nymph is best adapted for rough boulders , while the marsh brown nymph fits against smooth stones , upon which its gill-like plates press down , thereby creating a vacuum . |
| 29 | Er we did we were gon na raise a point on that the clash of the regulatory rules and the producery duty of under trust law , you know and I I think there you know there there was a comment that that I picked up with Professor Gower you know in his report which I think where he said the Government obviously have greater confidence than I in reliance on pristine trust law in relation to modern commercial developments such as unit trusts and occupational pension schemes , which its founding fathers never contemplated . |
| 30 | Er well we did , we were gon na raise a point on that , the clash of the regulatory rules and the duty of under Trust Law , you know , and I , I think there , there was a comment tha that I picked up with Professor Gower you know in his report which I think , where he said the Government obviously have greater confidence than I in reliance on pristine Trust Law in relation to modern commercial developments such as unit trusts and occupational pension schemes , which its founding fathers never contemplated . |