Example sentences of "[verb] its [noun] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike its classic American predecessor , from whom Rudner and Bergman have shamelessly pinched not only the basic scenario but also many a vignette along the way , Peter 's Friends never unfolds its characters with any psychological depth or surprise . |
| 2 | The manufacturer and the defendant in the case , Merrell Dow ( now Marion Merrell Dow of Kansas City ) , has consistently won its case in some 200 lawsuits brought by parents who claim that Bendectin is a teratogen . |
| 3 | Reportedly UI has spent the last six months explaining its vision to these companies ( UX No 391 ) . |
| 4 | Forty four members were nominated to service on ARCUK Council and the Institute maintained its representation on all ARCUK committees . |
| 5 | One of the characteristics of judicial review is that the supervising court does not substitute its decision for that of the public authority ; rather it leaves it to the body to make good its illegal behaviour by making a fresh decision which complies with the requirements of the law . |
| 6 | The court accepted that it should not substitute its judgment for that of the agency . |
| 7 | Lord Greene M.R. stressed that the court should not substitute its view for that of the corporation , and then proceeded to examine what the term unreasonableness meant in this context . |
| 8 | In fact almost every large Greek bronze we have owes its survival to some accident which sequestered it in antiquity : a shipwreck , a fall of rock . |
| 9 | This concept met resistance in Tehran , particularly as Iraq underlined its position with another offensive just after Iran 's accepting the principle of a cease-fire . |
| 10 | On Jan. 25 Belgium announced that it was likely to withdraw its 25,000 troops based in West Germany and underlined its opposition to any further increase in NATO 's defence budget . |
| 11 | THE National Institute of Economic and Social Research , a leading economic think-tank , has added its voice to those urging the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , not to raise taxes in his March Budget . |
| 12 | Exercise is , in fact , well provided for , with an indoor swimming pool , a gymnasium , a sports area for football ( with teams from outside the prison involved in both football and weightlifting ) , and like most long-term prisons , Maidstone has its share of those who keep fanatically fit . |
| 13 | The ITC has its reasons for such mealy-mouthedness . |
| 14 | I guess the good news has its drawback for some men . |
| 15 | The individual pattern or blueprint for form and growth has its origin at this source , and via universal Manas or Mind , is radiated by the universal field when the frequency pattern of an embryo or seed at the physical level attracts that sympathetic vibration , and when the conditions for its manifestations are conducive ; in terms of physics , when a state of coherence exists . |
| 16 | This strategy has its limitations in that polluters with strong market power could simply pay the charges and pass them on to consumers . |
| 17 | A media melting-pot , his every utterance , nuance and action has its genesis in some — usually Seventies-era — movie , TV show , commercial or record . |
| 18 | It 's quite a common event in , and it can be two types , it can be either fixed or flexible , if it 's fixed it means the foot is in a position that you ca n't move out of if it 's flexible it means that the baby has its foot like that but you can actually rotate it |
| 19 | This recognition of the " blurred roles " of teachers and librarians , and of the importance of providing opportunities for those who wish to gain an understanding of and professional accreditation in both professions , has long been the case at school level in the USA , where school librarians are generally required to have a proportion of undergraduate and graduate credits in both disciplines ( the regulations vary from state to state ) , and the education system has long been flexible enough to meet the need without the provision of special courses ( though this has its disadvantage in that some students may therefore miss the opportunity to make direct cross-disciplinary comparisons under academic supervision ) . |
| 20 | That metronidazole has its effect at this late stage of NSAID enteropathy is further supported by the findings that small intestinal permeability is not significantly affected by the treatment . |
| 21 | Either way , said Colin , the areas that LASMO has its eye on all have the potential to bring further success and prosperity to the company . |
| 22 | One country has its eye on another . |
| 23 | And if African destitution has its roots in this shameful period of depopulation , so too does what was to become a family 's main defense against the poverty enforced on those left to fend for themselves without the strong young bodies they had counted on . |
| 24 | Famlio also has its tentacles around many legitimate businesses , including large chinks of the galacvid — which , as Mala lies to say , has the same effect as bliss but takes longer . |
| 25 | Britain has its finger in most space astronomy pies : it is a participant in all ESA projects ( including the Space Telescope ) , and a minor partner in IUE , IRAS , Rosat and the Japanese Astro-C . |
| 26 | Although the heredity principle still has its proponents in some quarters , few would admit that it could any longer be defended . |
| 27 | ‘ An Army training has its uses after all . ’ |
| 28 | Meantime , through a successful series of acquisitions , it now has its hands on several key technologies , enabling it to interface with a broad spectrum of systems . |
| 29 | However , despite its diminutive size , it is well able to fend for itself in a mixed community tank , protecting its territory against all comers , even if they happen to be twice its size . |
| 30 | The rhetorical question was asked : ‘ How could a TANU government , a government elected by the people which drew its power from those people , act against the people 's interests ? ’ |