Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] its [noun] 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 | Overlooking the Daily Express building has its advantages for Drury House staff . |
| 3 | This necessity of the pace of social and industrial change has its implications for teaching method : the student must increasingly develop and practise the skills of enquiry and discovery , in order to experience the confidence and pleasure of it and to be able to make fullest use of " recurrent education " possibilities and requirements in later life . |
| 4 | We will require British Rail to tighten its targets for reliability and punctuality on all lines , and report monthly to passengers on how it is doing . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The traditional short-cut of pouring boiling water into the seed-drill acknowledges its need for warmth . |
| 8 | 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 ) . |
| 9 | The IBOA supports its arguments for an improvement in the terms and conditions of Bank Assistants under the following headings : — |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The Layfield Committee recommended its adoption for domestic property ( Layfield 1976 : 171 ) and the government appeared to accept the point ( DOE 1977e ) . |
| 12 | In 1916 , a special committee produced its recommendations for the precautions to be taken in the event of an air raid . |
| 13 | Central Council records its appreciation for the hard work , dedication and enthusiasm of all staff throughout a very busy and demanding year . |
| 14 | This liberal attitude has its benefits for the university . |
| 15 | The ITC has its reasons for such mealy-mouthedness . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Yesterday , the Londonbased Irish Emigrants Voice campaign renewed its demands for Britain 's Irish community to be allowed to vote in the elections . |
| 21 | After examination the Council confirms its grant for the previous year which until the accounts are received remains provisional . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Since this was Keith Jones ' last committee meeting , the committee expressed its gratitude for the valuable contributions he had made to the committee . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Notwithstanding that position , the Council clearly had a number of reservations about the design , alignment and environmental impact of of a western relief road and we 've asked the County Council to pursue its proposals for a western relief road on the basis of a single carriageway all-purpose road , and to give further consideration to ways in which environmental concerns can be ameliorated . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | How then did the RHA develop its plan for closure ? |
| 29 | The RMT executive committee gave its approval for 70,000 railway members to be balloted on 4 and 5 March over whether they will support strike action , the spokesman said . |
| 30 | The exposition extends its sympathy for both the younger and the older Wells , and good sense is lavished on the borderline books between — uneasy but stimulating mixtures like When the Sleeper A wakes and A Modern Utopia . |