Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] its [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | GMTV took over the morning franchise from TV-am and last month brought in LWT 's chief executive Greg Dyke as chairman to spearhead its fight for more viewers . |
| 2 | Ontario was designed by a master hand , with many built-in contrasts — for example , compare the eerie wind sculpted rocks at Tobermory ( Flowerpot Island got its name for a good reason ) and the twists and turns of the 1,000 islands to the smooth , sandy beaches at Grand Bend or the rolling farmland in Mennonite country . |
| 3 | The price of land there has skyrocketed since Nagano announced its bid for the 1998 Winter Olympics " . |
| 4 | On Jan. 9 , 1990 , the US administration announced its support for the restoration of World Bank loans to China which met " basic human needs " ; the International Herald Tribune reported on Jan. 13 that this covered about $2,000 million of the $7,000 million sought by the World Bank . |
| 5 | The following day Iran wrote to the United Nations underlining its respect for Iraq 's ‘ sovereignty and territorial integrity ’ . |
| 6 | Rembrandt underlined its affection for Rothmans by pumping its shareholding into Richemont , a company it set up in Switzerland . |
| 7 | The PNC reiterated its support for the peace plan it had approved in 1988 [ see p. 36438 ] , which was based on UN Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338 , and the guaranteeing of the legitimate national rights of the Palestinian people . |
| 8 | The pamphlet began its argument for the dependence of harmony and order on the recognition of man 's true nature by distinguishing man from other animals . |
| 9 | The traditional short-cut of pouring boiling water into the seed-drill acknowledges its need for warmth . |
| 10 | And in an effort to keep up with the rival performance claims of manufacturers running its database for the purposes of TPC-A and TPC-B benchmarking the company has put together a comparison table : |
| 11 | TURKEY says it will ‘ seriously consider ’ attacking Kurdish guerrilla training camps in the Bekaa Valley unless Syria takes immediate and effective action to end its support for the Kurdish Workers ' Party ( PKK ) . |
| 12 | Look in each engine bay for the power-plant they share : the racing version delivering explosive performance for up to 24 hours at a time ; the S-class working its passage for a lifetime — unobtrusively , powerfully , and with unstinting reliability . |
| 13 | The Bank , by rejecting offers at r 1 , is in effect reducing its demand for bills ( D 1 to D 2 ) , and thereby drives up the rediscount rate to r 2 . |
| 14 | The Layfield Committee recommended its adoption for domestic property ( Layfield 1976 : 171 ) and the government appeared to accept the point ( DOE 1977e ) . |
| 15 | Central Council records its appreciation for the hard work , dedication and enthusiasm of all staff throughout a very busy and demanding year . |
| 16 | Lithuania mourns its martyr for independence . |
| 17 | Peacock ( 1974 ) suggests that the appropriate view is that the current generation is choosing to sacrifice current consumption to internalize its concern for future generations and therefore can be legitimately viewed as gaining from capital expenditure the fruits of which they may not actually sample . |
| 18 | The following day , the Committee issued a manifesto expounding its justification for the rising , and appointed General Franco — who , it will be remembered , had been dismissed by the legitimate government of the nation — as chief of the Armies of Morocco and southern Spain . |
| 19 | North Korea reiterated its demand for compensation not only for Japan 's colonization of Korea from 1910 to 1945 , but also for damage suffered in the post-war period , for which Japan disclaimed responsibility . |
| 20 | Indeed , the left-wing and Communist demands for ‘ All Power to the General Council , ’ in 1924 and 1925 , helped the General Council to strengthen its demand for an ‘ Industrial Alliance ’ . |
| 21 | At the same time , SunSelect unveiled its proposal for a Public Windows Interface specification that would bring the Windows applications program interface into the public domain and make it harder for Microsoft to alter it so as to trip up the competition . |
| 22 | To coincide with the study 's publication , the council renewed its call for the Data Protection Act to be amended to enable individuals to see any file on them kept by the league . |
| 23 | After examination the Council confirms its grant for the previous year which until the accounts are received remains provisional . |
| 24 | Under the agreement Spain declared its support for full Hungarian membership of the EC as soon as possible . |
| 25 | In 1909 Margaret Llewelyn Davies gave evidence to a royal commission on divorce law reform , and the Guild began its advocacy for divorce on the same terms as men . |
| 26 | Since this was Keith Jones ' last committee meeting , the committee expressed its gratitude for the valuable contributions he had made to the committee . |
| 27 | Responsibility was formally passed over to TEC in February 1977 , and the Council established its committee for art and design education ( DATEC ) late that year under the chairmanship of Mr David Carter . |
| 28 | In terms of the process erm we are the first er major service committee to consider its budget for next year and I think everyone will be looking at us to set a pattern for the rest of this week . |
| 29 | They begged Rytasha for reimbursement , but none was forthcoming , and for the want of a few hundred pounds the village lost its crop for the year . |
| 30 | How then did the RHA develop its plan for closure ? |