Example sentences of "[vb -s] it its [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A sense of smell is the first and primary thing for the animal because it gives it its sense of direction and it 's very important and it goes gently cold , delicately as the dark snow .
2 But though it may sound free and uninhibited , the skeleton framework of harmony or a theme , which can remain almost completely hidden , supports the whole and gives it its coherence .
3 The question really means : What is it about the idea of a god that gives it its stability and penetrance in the cultural environment ?
4 Because the compression ratio is twice that of a petrol engine , diesel runs hotter , and therefore more economically , right from start-up , which gives it its edge in stop-start journeys .
5 Difficult modes of speech may be coined to convey difficult themes , but the private nature of the artist 's invention is what gives it its power .
6 The scope of the legal doctrine , and its implications for constitutional change , can not be settled except by analysis of the political morality which gives it its authority .
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