Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] its [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looks and performs like a pro unit , and even allowing for its reliance on unbalanced connections ( avoid long cables ! ) it 's an all-rounder which amply suits any home or semi-pro studio . |
| 2 | These include the incidence of the tax system , the allocation of the benefits from public spending , the dynamic impact of policy ( allowing for its effect on accumulation of capital ) , and the extent of intergenerational redistribution . |
| 3 | Kapre Software Inc , Boulder , Colorado has won $3.5m second round of financing for its object application software and C++ development environment from Hill , Carman , Kirby and Washing , Boulder , Institutional Venture Partners , Mohr and Davidow Ventures , and Stanford University . |
| 4 | Adopting and extending the Gothic taste for punctuating walls with large windows , he built a skeletal structure depending for its stability on the skilful use of flying buttresses . |
| 5 | Her book is not a comprehensive history of English garden design , but a much chancier , though equally delightful narrative depending for its emphasis on what happened to find its way into the collection . |
| 6 | It is rather a display of witty dexterity , depending for its effect upon a sharing of specialized learning between author/narrator and readers/listeners . |
| 7 | Declaration of a republic , by the monarch or by Ministers , could have no legal effect upon legislation recognising the monarchy and would be revolutionary thus depending for its constitutionality upon acquiescence and effectiveness . |
| 8 | This concept of a community or culture struggling for its existence is not something attributed to it by academic observers , but one expressed in the community 's actions and statements . |
| 9 | A showcase for science struggling through its adolescence , the federally funded programme suffered both from environmental science 's immaturity and from a sometimes unhappy marriage between political goals for ‘ managing ’ the bay and the scientific means for determining how to do this . |
| 10 | Clear examples of it would be the cat leaping for its ball , or a lion in pursuit of a zebra . |
| 11 | To take a fairly dramatic example , honey-bees are capable of extremely sophisticated mathematical computations that enable them to navigate from their hives to sources of nectar , using the sun 's position as a guide and compensating for its movement during the course of the day . |
| 12 | Earlier this year the SFO was forced to increase the value of frauds qualifying for its attention from £2m to £5m . |
| 13 | He told a joint meeting of the authority with Clwyd Family Health Services Association ( FHSA ) in Mold , that the authority will be bidding for its share within the next two weeks . |
| 14 | The research of Rowe and Lambert ( 1973 ) undoubtedly led to a major reform in child care policy and practice by documenting through its research findings the plight of children in care , of whom more than 50 per cent were accommodated in residential settings . |
| 15 | This group must put across its views and gain popular support and understanding for its campaign . |
| 16 | Outline the arguments for and against the late heavy bombardment of a terrestrial planet occurring after its formation . |
| 17 | But if we want to consider how life arose , we have to look back a further thousand million years beyond even the earliest micro-fossils , to a time when the earth was completely lifeless and still cooling after its birth . |
| 18 | For the elderly who have some form of infirmity , the normal daily routine of keeping the body clean and disposing of its waste products can be exhausting , hazardous , and , in some cases even painful when the back must be bent and the limbs slowly manipulated into the appropriate positions to get in and out of the bath , and down and up from the lavatory seat . |
| 19 | The water seemed peaceful and inviting and it was hard to believe there might be something lurking beneath its surface . |
| 20 | The result is that the hammer or the bullet is pressing against its target for a period , perhaps about a hundredth of a second , which is very long compared with the time which is required to conduct the energy away from the point of impact in the form of waves of sound or stress . |
| 21 | Other comparisons of the two systems , by Reynolds and Sullivan ( 1987 ) , Sutherland and Gallagher ( 1987 ) , and by Steedman ( 1983 ) , are inconclusive on the grounds that they are not comparing like with like but the outcomes of a well established and resourced system with one still grappling with its identity and purpose . |
| 22 | You keep the line dressed and straight behind the float and a certain tension at the point where the float tip protrudes from the surface so that the slightest movement of your wrist just lifts the float fractionally without interfering with its progress downstream and you watch it lift slightly and settle and feel in your bones — if you 've executed the hold-back right — that it will surely sink to a fish before travelling another inch . |
| 23 | A company 's first accounting reference period must be a period of not less than six months or more than 18 months beginning with the date of its incorporation and ending with its accounting reference date . |
| 24 | There are few modern mixed routes here — the crags are just a bit too clean for good buttress climbing with its reliance on frozen turf and heather . |
| 25 | The suggested Directive 's objective is to protect minority shareholders against abuses of power by regulating the way in which the controlling undertaking exercises its dominant influence over the public company by interfering in its management . |
| 26 | Motivated by a selfless desire to assist an ailing firm back on its feet , without interfering in its structure , its established systems ? |
| 27 | Antarctica now has plastic rubbish washed ashore , toxic pesticides affecting bird life — not to mention the enormous hole appearing in its ozone layer . |
| 28 | But Luke appeared to have recovered almost instantly , and the smile he sent her was lacerating in its mockery . |
| 29 | Figure 4.1 shows that the performance of another group of subjects that , after pre-exposure , was required to lever press in the absence of the tone and to refrain from pressing in its presence . |
| 30 | You walk towards it , and enter the passageway — and find yourself in another crystalline cavern , dazzling in its magnificence . |