Example sentences of "[verb] its [noun pl] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Artfully and sensibly , the red-throated bee-eater of Nigeria starts its labours at the end of the rainy season when the ground is relatively soft , even though it will not be ready to lay its eggs for another three months . |
| 2 | The organisation wants to increase its investments at the rate of a dozen or so per year . |
| 3 | It believes DEC is more than capable of meeting its goals at the top end of the market — in the same way that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM Corp capitalised on the performance of their respective HP 9000 Series 700 and RS/6000 lines when they were introduced . |
| 4 | It believes DEC is more than capable of meeting its goals at the top end of the market — in the same way that Hewlett-Packard Co and IBM capitalised on the performance of their respective HP 9000 Series 700 and RS/6000 lines when they were introduced . |
| 5 | Tektronix , the other main independent , drastically slashed its prices at the Xhibition trade show back in June in an effort to increase its market share . |
| 6 | Gallery attendances have doubled since the new Arts Centre opened its doors at the South Entrance to the University campus |
| 7 | The organization had already terminated its activities at the outbreak of war , although members still met unofficially in Gilbert 's house . |
| 8 | What is billed as the First Green Consumer Exhibition opens its doors at The Royal Horticultural Halls between 24 and 28 May . |
| 9 | The airline will operate a Tuesday and Sunday service to St Petersburg , expanding its operations at the Essex airport . |
| 10 | Ron and Julia are the last couple to be married in the 160-year-old church , which will be closing its doors at the end of June . |
| 11 | The General Sir John French commemorative of 1916 , which the Rose and Crown Hotel in Selby offered its customers at the time , is captioned ‘ Souvenir of the Greatest War in History ’ . |
| 12 | This catfish exhibits an usual form of ‘ parental care ’ , not dissimilar to that of the cuckoo — which is infamous for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds and leaving them to be hatched and raised by the involuntary ‘ foster-parents ’ In the case of Synodontis multipunctatus , it swims in and out among mouth-brooding cichlids which are in the throes of spawning and releases its eggs at the same time as the cichlid , whose eggs it often devours . |
| 13 | When the late Conservative administration did its sums at the end of 1963 it found that its future programme worked out at an annual rate of increase of 4.1 per cent . |
| 14 | Rough Trade was already smacking its lips at the prospect of a massive selling LP . |
| 15 | The Privy Council is then found referring to arbitration a dispute between two foreigners , hearing the submission and apology of a merchant for speaking offensively about the Queen , instructing sheriffs to send up a note of the number of prisoners in their gaols , ordering mayors of seaports to prepare private ships to serve in the navy against the expected Spanish invasion , telling its agents at the Hague to arrange for the purchase of matches for guns , sending off various warrants , organizing the acquisition of copper for the Queen 's service , delegating the decision in a legal action to the J.P.s of Bedfordshire , permitting the taking of a collection on behalf of a Cornish village despoiled by Spaniards , and writing to the Lord Mayor of London about a complaint against his predecessor . |
| 16 | Parallel investigations into cellular pathology worked with the notion that disease had its origins at the level of the cell . |
| 17 | One of the requirements of that particular council guides to the Chief Officers was that , they should bring before the councils a statement that Treasury Management policy and arrangements and that , in fact , was done in the autumn of ninety-two , and the council adopted a particular statement which reflected its circumstances at the time , erm , and the then policy . |
| 18 | About a hundred and fifty feet down the side of the hill was Sal 's VW Golf lying on its roof waving its wheels at the sky . |
| 19 | SunSoft Inc borrowed the laid-back format of the Tonight Show and Johnny Carson — down to the band , the couch and the jokes — to make its announcements at the end of last month : it would be a shame if those well-crafted anti-Microsoft Corp anti-NT ads they ran as ersatz commercials during the breaks do n't get a wider airing , if for nothing more than their amusement value . |