Example sentences of "[v-ing] its [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Essex Water is giving a presentation explaining its reasons for the application and answering questions on March 25 . |
| 2 | This subjective impression among left-wing intellectuals such as Aragon and Nizan that the Soviet experiment would in some way resolve the contradictions of the writer/intellectual ensnared in the alienating social relations of capitalism is a key factor in explaining its attractiveness for dissident French writers in the 1930s . |
| 3 | The US State Department , while reaffirming its support for Mobutu remaining in power during the period of transition to democracy , also accused him of undermining the reform process and warned against further military attacks on peaceful protesters . |
| 4 | IXI managing director , Ray Anderson , says his company is girding its loins for the ‘ mother of all battles ’ as it seeks to drive into Sun Microsystems Inc turf armed with X.desktop over OSF/Motif . |
| 5 | Girding its loins for a deeper plunge into the commercial market , Hewlett-Packard Co last week announced a strategic relationship with Lotus Development Corp that will see Lotus Notes , cc:Mail , Ami Pro and Freelance Graphics ported to its first native Unix platform , HP/UX . |
| 6 | There was the usual battery of clicks and coughs which signalled that the internal communications system of the Cathedral was girding its loins for action . |
| 7 | Research grants worth £420million have been announced by the EC , revealing its plans for the third set of Esprit projects . |
| 8 | According to Turner , it is basing its strategy for growth on further expansion into the international arena , a necessary tactic as so many of its customers are multinationals , and require global support . |
| 9 | THE New Zealand Dairy Board has been touring Europe over the past two weeks pressing its case for continued access to the British dairy market . |
| 10 | None can work well in isolation and for that reason it is reassuring that the CBI , in pressing its case for the TECs to be the local regulators of vocational training , stresses the importance of the young person 's ( and the adult worker 's ) " personal file " , building on the existing good practice of records of achievement in schools . |
| 11 | It was not until August 1976 that the then Secretary of State declared his intention of accepting its argument for a single , national , validating agency . |
| 12 | Milan can be circumspect about visiting conductors , but on this occasion even the orchestra was stamping its approval for Lorin Maazel , a phenomenon I was told the Scala had not witnessed for over two decades ( you would have thought they might have managed it in the recent past for Muti , watching with no evident rancour from the box : but apparently not ) . |
| 13 | We followed the hunting team in the dark , stumbling across the scrubby terrain , heavily pitted with limestone fissures , until Rindi located a promising lair by cautiously sniffing its entrance for the distinctive aroma of a large reptile which does n't brush its teeth . |
| 14 | A snowfall the previous night , however , had covered the tracks of Graham Little and A. Baker , who had climbed it the day before — also singing its praises for the deep caves and icicles . |
| 15 | And its feminist interests in social relations link it with disciplines like sociology and history , making it more interdisciplinary than most psychology , maintaining its hopes for change and even a complete paradigm shift in the discipline ( e.g. Parlee 1979 , 1981 ) . |
| 16 | Although it seems that the South is recovering its appetite for fresh fish , with restaurants buying about 30 per cent of the fish sold in the area , there is no doubt that there has been a positive nosedive in the demand for fresh fish in Britain as whole . |
| 17 | Later BT pledged to stop 0898 phone operators using its videophones for sex shows . |
| 18 | Ironically , these kids are doing to the Lo Life name what the real Lo Lifers themselves do to Ralph Lauren 's — using its status for their own ends . |
| 19 | It is the nature of the work that produces a tendency among men to see it as essential and elemental , all those images of men down in the abdomen of the earth , raiding its womb for the fuel that makes the world go round . |
| 20 | Point of sale systems supplier Riva Group Plc has succeeded in stemming its losses for the year to December 31 by drastic cost-cutting and leaving unprofitable market sectors . |
| 21 | The following day Iran wrote to the United Nations underlining its respect for Iraq 's ‘ sovereignty and territorial integrity ’ . |
| 22 | In establishing its parameters for employment land provision of county in its eight constituent districts , the County Council 's intention has been to sustain and improve the economic wellbeing of the county by ensuring that continuous supply and a wide choice of sites can be made available . |
| 23 | Since Mr Lawson has long been in favour of a stable exchange rate — and since industry has enthusiastically supported him , by expressing its enthusiasm for membership of the European Monetary System — it is ill-placed to argue against an increase in base rates at a time when sterling was threatening to fall below three marks , although the Confederation of British Industry has predictably grumbled that the rise was unnecessary . |
| 24 | The USSR noted ‘ with satisfaction ’ that ‘ Iran is expressing its support for the world-wide democratic international Non-Aligned Movement ’ . |
| 25 | China was more reserved , expressing its support for some of the principles in the declaration . |
| 26 | The Council is proud of the contribution it has made to business life since 1931 and aims to continue serving its members for many years to come . |
| 27 | The company is committed developing its reputation for factual and reference books . |
| 28 | Currently , the Commission is developing its proposals for development and cohesion , and it would have been very nice to have seen this work unfolding within the context of an informed and radical debate , pushed forward by the socialist parties of all the member states . |
| 29 | In developing its plans for the redeployment of the Army , the General Staff were faced with three major difficulties : lack of genuine air mobility ; loss of overflying rights over Arab countries and restricted overflying of the Indian subcontinent due to India 's ‘ non-aligned ’ stance and Pakistan 's natural sympathy for Moslem Arab Nationalism ; and the justifiable reluctance in Whitehall to build up new overseas bases . |
| 30 | But BTG and Prutec , which each invested ‘ 2 million in Speywood last year , want the company to concentrate on technology it already possesses — developing its techniques for purifying pigs ’ blood . |