Example sentences of "[verb] its [noun pl] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Concepts such as ‘ asking the wrong question ’ then simply function as the vehicle through which the court can substitute its views on the meaning of such phrases for that of the tribunal . |
| 2 | The three-tined sai is a karate weapon that has its origins on the island of Okinawa . |
| 3 | Furthermore , British Rail has its eyes on the Bankside site for bringing up the spoil from the tunnel for Channel traffic which it is , so absurdly , driving under the middle of London at astronomical cost . |
| 4 | when it comes in , pours in those , the house faces west er consequently although it 's very pleasant in the afternoon and evenings when you 're not watching television erm , it has its drawbacks on the other hand the garden is most unfortunately orientated alright ? |
| 5 | The buck thrashed and spat and made a high keening noise I did n't think rabbits were capable of and beat its legs on the ground . |
| 6 | This relationship takes the form of the Public Account Committee basing its investigations on the reports submitted by the C. and A.G. |
| 7 | This should allow ample time to enable each branch to finalise its comments on the plan . |
| 8 | In a Wales Tourist Board report , Cadw , the Welsh Office agency responsible for historic monuments , is criticised as a South Wales based organisation which concentrated its efforts on the top 20 attractions . |
| 9 | The NFER project team concentrated its investigations on the technical issues of devising evidence of positive achievement at different levels , and the organizational problems perceived by teachers working with the project team in implementing a graduated test scheme . |
| 10 | Perhaps the new committee should concentrate its efforts on the ends of the age spectrum and ignore the middle . |
| 11 | In a further indication of the desire among party members to see an end to the public attacks , David Clark , the convener of Motherwell North SNP — which includes the Mossend branch — called on the party to unite and concentrate its attacks on the Conservatives and Labour . |
| 12 | It aims to keep things that way by launching a High Court copyright action against British software designer Codemasters which is about to launch its games on the market . |
| 13 | The Central Bank of Brazil on Oct. 29 suspended its operations on the domestic gold market , to prevent foreign exchange reserves from falling to critical levels . |
| 14 | Essex Rivers Healthcare health promotion unit will be opening its doors on the day and will welcome smokers wanting advice on how to give up the habit . |
| 15 | Drawing on an analysis of American inter-organizational relations Lindblom argues that it is simply not possible for the central state to impose its wishes on the local state . |
| 16 | Ah , the daiquiri bird which incubates its eggs on the wing ; ah , the fredonna tree whose roots grow at the tips of its branches , and whose fibres assist the hunchback to impregnate by telepathy the haughty wife of the hacienda owner ; ah , the opera house now overgrown by jungle . |
| 17 | It starts by stamping its feet on the ground and arching its back . |
| 18 | A great cornucopia from Hanlon 's tumbled its fruits on the kitchen table . |
| 19 | When it ended in the mid 1960s , to be replaced in quick succession by sociology , anthropology , and linguistic theory , it turned introspective in its defeat , wasting its energies on the grimly unavailing task of seeking , and never finding , a theoretical basis for what it did or had once done . |
| 20 | That this House urges Her Majesty 's Government to use the decision to postpone the passage of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill as an opportunity to make a fresh start with the future development of the EEC and in particular concentrate its efforts on the chosen agenda of the British presidency which is to extend the borders of the EEC and to create a fully competitive Common Market . |
| 21 | Huaiwiri got its girls on the path to education , but in Kufra no cadre expropriated a landlord or socialized a business . |
| 22 | The difficulties arise in attempting to devise a formula that will distribute the grant so as to equalise its effects on the needs and resources of all local authorities . |
| 23 | HaL is unlikely to sell its chips on the open market . |
| 24 | HaL is unlikely to sell its chips on the open market . |
| 25 | Liza laughed so much she rolled off the bed onto the chamber pot , spilling its contents on the floor . |
| 26 | If the hon. Gentleman is in contact with the CBI on Humberside , I am sure that he will have noticed its comments on the Budget . |
| 27 | Donald grabbed the rake from his mother and began to ply it hard , bouncing its teeth on the parched ground under the stalks . |
| 28 | Faced with the prospect of Nissan 's Washington plant in the UK training its sights on the mainland and upping exports to as much as 70 per cent of production — that 's 140,000 cars a year by 1992 — the two most powerful men in French industry locked themselves behind doors and decided then and there to up the ante in the fight against the Japanese . |
| 29 | Of all the major unions , only Nupe has emerged with much dignity , vowing from the start to ballot its members on the succession . |
| 30 | The blue vein in Davide 's temple beside the scar where the bullet had entered throbbed and swelled to give warning when one of his bone crunchers was on its way ; lying quietly stretched out in the shuttered bedroom of their apartment , he was able to defend himself , as it readied to pounce , testing its grip on his nerves as a cat tests its claws on the obliging furniture ; he could slip under the velvet cloth of numb unconsciousness , without plunging his family into squalor and even starvation and illness as he had risked doing-as he had done — on Crosby Street near the Bend in Little Italy . |