Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [prep] its [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor would there be any point in living in such a village unless one were largely prepared to conform to its public mores since otherwise one could not be within the community in any real sense . |
| 2 | The announcement appeared a clear signal that Moscow was not prepared to extend to its 15 republics the free hand on domestic issues enjoyed by its Eastern European allies . |
| 3 | The announcement appeared a clear signal that Moscow was not prepared to extend to its 15 republics the free hand on domestic issues enjoyed by its Eastern European allies . |
| 4 | Where there is no joint action , each member state is entirely free to act on its own . |
| 5 | Even if it began to howl or to wave its rattle , we would hardly claim that by so doing it was discriminating between the items mentioned and a myriad others ; indeed it would be odd to talk of its discriminating at all . |
| 6 | Old : Take the steep path leading up through a re-plantation scheme until it is possible to exit from its left-hand top corner to gain steep scree . |
| 7 | Moscato Spumante , Frassino £3.99 A sweet white wine from Italy , it was described as having a low local alcohol content which makes it easy to drink on its own and as an aperitif . |
| 8 | Dent Town suffered its gradual loss of status passively and withdrew into its shell , content to look after its own affairs exclusively and be bypassed by a changing world . |
| 9 | After viewing Ibbeth peril , visitors who are subject to claustrophobia , and possibly others who are not , will be relieved to escape from its gloomy shroud of trees and continue their journey up the valley in a more open environment with the Dee now alongside the road , its limestone bed bleached a pristine white where the water elects to flow beneath the surface . |
| 10 | Watson 's absence gave the home side 's attack a threadbare look , at least on paper and Gooch and Stewart looked set to capitalise on its relative inexperience and some profligate catching after the England captain won his first toss of the series . |
| 11 | Yet for Labour to win on its own at the next general election would be a victory on a scale comparable with that achieved by Attlee in 1945 . |
| 12 | However , the modest additional resources granted to MDC to cope with its new challenges cast doubt on its ability to transform its single purpose agency practice . |
| 13 | Our idea of gold is simply an idea of some of its observable properties , which are supposed to flow from its real essence . |
| 14 | lt has set a strategy for the next stages in the development of the information systems and database project and , through the encouragement of user involvement and management participation , a ‘ style ’ likely to lead to its successful completion . |
| 15 | A third kind of analysis conceives some sections of the middle class ( technicians , managers , engineers , professional employees in the public service and in private industry ) either as constituting an important part of a ‘ new working class ’ which is likely to participate in its own way in a refashioned socialist movement ( Mallet , 1975 ) , or as forming one element — alongside the old industrial working class — in a new class , which is becoming involved in a new type of struggle , directed against those who control the institutions of economic and political decision making , and who reduce it to a condition , not of misery or oppression , but of restricted and dependent participation in the major public affairs of society ( Touraine , 1971a ) . |
| 16 | This word is sometimes used with the sense of forming a conclusion or deduction , e.g. ‘ she left at 8 o'clock , so she must have arrived by now ’ ; when ‘ must ’ is used in this way , it is rather less likely to occur in its weak form than when it is being used in its more familiar sense of ‘ obligation ’ . |
| 17 | That is why the industry was able to cope with its highest work load ever in real terms , and did not suffer the labour shortages experienced in the 1960s . |
| 18 | I do not need any lead because the size 6 hook will hold a lobworm which is quite capable of being cast a short distance , and able to sink under its own weight . |
| 19 | Take away this knowledge and the appeal would vanish , for the music is rarely able to stand on its own merits . |
| 20 | Notwithstanding accusations that they had imperialist designs on Europe , Americans hoped that the Continent would soon be able to stand on its own feet , free of US support . |
| 21 | The concept that AEA is now able to stand on its own feet as a business is a huge achievement , based on where we were in 1988 . |
| 22 | The relationship in both cases with the opposing image is both subtle and sensitive , but surely each image should be equally able to stand in its own space , on its own merit . |
| 23 | ‘ A company which has grown in the past two or three years may have been unable to move to larger premises , partly because it has been unable to pass on its present lease . |
| 24 | It , too , was able to expand its following in London and among new working-class sections like the London busmen , while still able to benefit from its loyal followings in South Wales and Central Scotland . |
| 25 | A declaration of anti-racist principle is made , but is unable to stand on its own : it is quickly followed by a neutralizing qualification , which allows the racial themes to enter the conversation under the protection of an apparently anti-racist banner ( see Billig , 1982 , for a discussion of this ‘ two-sided ’ form of discourse ) . |
| 26 | He sees the business class in particular as exercising a crucial role in the economy , and he argues that it is able to draw upon its social contacts with a wider establishment to try to ensure that its interests are not fundamentally damaged . |
| 27 | In continuing to address the potential conflict between conservation and access , the Trust is able to draw upon its considerable management experience . |
| 28 | The FDP proved unable to insist on its proposed low taxation zone for the five eastern Länder ( states ) . |
| 29 | Each group would be able to campaign for its particular obsession in public . |
| 30 | That is not to say it is n't perfectly able to compete with its own kind , often aggressively , and in fact at times rabbits inflict serious injury to one another . |