Example sentences of "[v-ing] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the end of the afternoon , an east wind was chivvying its self-important way across the North Sea , the sun was losing its heat , and most people had gone home . |
| 2 | The powers of the Lords , in relation to any Commons Bill which he so certifies , are restricted to delaying its ultimate passage for only one month . |
| 3 | It is important to know what the acceleration of a body down a surface would be without friction as a start to explaining its actual acceleration . |
| 4 | There are other reasons for using the phonological code , either before or after word recognition has been obtained , and some which go towards explaining its extensive use include : 1 allowing the generation of a memory of what has been read , 2 imposing an intonation upon the print in the service of comprehension , 3 imposing an external control on the reader 's attention to help convert the two-dimensional spatial display of text into a form appreciated by our temporally one-dimensional conscious processes . |
| 5 | On balance the economy of the dispatching countries would have benefited more by employing its human resources than by expelling them . |
| 6 | Individual members can be strengthened by the acquisition of personal and committee staff , whereas the legislature as a whole can , by employing its own bureaucracy , better compete with the vast bureaucracy of the executive branch . |
| 7 | He called on the Soviet Union to show " good faith " in resolving its long-standing disagreements with Japan over the disputed Kurile islands to the north of the country [ see p. 38148 ] , and finally he affirmed his faith that the USA would remain the " cornerstone " of Japan 's foreign policy . |
| 8 | The problem of cell cycle control can thus be re-phrased in more precise terms : how do growth factors acting at the cell surface bring about the onset of DNA synthesis by stimulating its promoting factor in the nucleus ? |
| 9 | Sadly , the Warnock majority is confused as to its basic philosophical argument , condemning utilitarianism in its foreword but relying on it in justifying its crucial recommendation to allow experiments up to 14 days , only to reject it again in opposing the routine testing of drugs on human embryos at any stage from conception . |
| 10 | When expedient justification for a more centralised and militaristic policing was required British citizens were presented with the spectre of Northern Ireland , the colony over the water , its ‘ special case ’ justifying its separate code of judicial practice . |
| 11 | However , the state also performs certain hegemonic functions too , justifying its own existence and authority in the rhetoric of the courts and in its celebration of the nation . |
| 12 | The Ego is an expert at being defensive , at rationalising and justifying its own behaviour , at seeing itself as the hapless victim of a cruel , harsh world . |
| 13 | Additionally , the horse 's temperament is likely to deteriorate dramatically , and the horse may become not only more difficult to manage , but may also develop some vice , such as viciousness , wind-sucking , cribbing , weaving , or biting its own body and tearing its own skin . |
| 14 | Ascending its professional hierarchies takes a long time . |
| 15 | The human rights organization Amnesty International claimed in a report published on Jan. 10 that torture and summary executions by the Senegalese security forces were becoming more common in the southern region of Casamance , where a separatist movement had been intensifying its armed struggle since mid-1990 [ see pp. 37799-800 ] . |
| 16 | Iraq denied the charge , and accused the USA of intensifying its anti-Iraqi campaign . |
| 17 | Germany 's trade surplus fell to $1.7 billion in December , trimming its 12-month surplus to $64.3 billion ; its current-account surplus fell to $44 billion . |
| 18 | Hoare said last night it now expected to be trimming its full year forecast back from the £30m pencilled in so far . |
| 19 | Intent on fattening its meagre $20m Italian business — in a total computer market of between $20,000m and $30,000m — EDS has been negotiating with a number of companies , including Rome-based Database Informatica SpA , Italy 's third-largest systems house after Finsiel and Olivetti Information Systems , say sources at EDS and Database Informatica . |
| 20 | In January 1986 , the readers of Luceafarul were assured that the anniversary of Elena 's birth was ‘ a crucial date in Romanian history , by which the nation , glorifying its chosen ones , is glorifying itself … ’ |
| 21 | In any case , revisionist analysis suggests that liberal treatment of the war as a ‘ bolt from the blue ’ , unconnected to Russia 's domestic condition and distorting its natural development , is artificial . |
| 22 | Finally , will he make it clear , as my right hon. Friend the Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) has done , that British aid and trade depend on Indonesia seeking an agreed solution and ending its illegal occupation of East Timor . |
| 23 | The major focus at all times within the Review is upon the completion of the historical map of English literature , thereby conserving and protecting its professional plenitude . |
| 24 | By the late 1930s the trade union movement was , in fact , recapturing its lost membership . |
| 25 | The only thing on the ground floor that was similar to a dressing-room was a gents ' loo , so we set about disguising its true purpose by dressing it up for the evening . |
| 26 | Whether we covet , confine or curse it , the mink is only minding its own business . |
| 27 | BP , ICL , IBM , Volvo , British Gas in Wales , British Telecom in the South-west , and a clutch of local authorities , many of which had led the way , had all shown it could be done , with Ford announcing its partial ban recently . |
| 28 | In the case of a hostile bid where the offeror is relying on the element of surprise , the target 's board can expect to receive the minimum of warning before the offeror 's press announcement ( announcing its firm intention to make an offer ) is released . |
| 29 | No , I am not astonished because , two years after announcing its local government plans , the Labour party still does not know how they would work . |
| 30 | The firm , which will do boards for a whole range of products including computers , telecommunications and satellite receiver and industrial control system products is looking for further partnerships in Taiwan , Japan and the US and is three months away from announcing its next deal . |