Example sentences of "[v-ing] in its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a terrible nine hours , the bombardment continued , constantly intensifying in its ferocious impact . |
| 2 | Modern faith suffers from a severe shortage of understanding in its basic diet , a deficiency which can be detected at many points . |
| 3 | In 1879 Crookes sold the Quarterly Journal ; it lived on until 1885 , becoming in its last years a monthly-but it had never been a leading journal , and general scientific reviewing never caught on . |
| 4 | Any items appearing in its weekly information Bulletin may be borrowed or obtained as a photocopy as appropriate . |
| 5 | Lalage looked up only when Dada , having completed a diagram of salt and pepper pots , directed her attention to the flat silver dish she was delaying in its stately passage round the table . |
| 6 | Consequently , the HRD practitioner 's role in helping managers meet these challenges can be extremely useful and challenging in its own way . |
| 7 | But the prosecution 's description of events leading up to the fire was appalling in its sexist implications . |
| 8 | At the same time , the ensemble certainly rises to the occasion especially when Brahms is in his most dynamic mood — not surprisingly , the ‘ gypsy rondo ’ Finale of G minor Piano Quartet is a highpoint , the Hungarians revelling in its unbridled exuberance . |
| 9 | PORSCHE DRIVING IN ITS PUREST FORM |
| 10 | PORSCHE DRIVING IN ITS PUREST FORM |
| 11 | PORSCHE DRIVING IN ITS PUREST FORM |
| 12 | The boxing match ‘ is the public incarnation of all conflict ’ ( II , 32 ) , totalizing in its own struggle the whole of ‘ contemporary irreducibilities and fissures ’ ( II , 26 ) : |
| 13 | Combining these statistically leads to a five-point scale , which 1 indicating a negative Z-Score company with low probability of immediate distress , and 5 ( as in the case of MCC ) a company usually beyond saving in its present form . |
| 14 | He declared that ‘ our only wish is that Afghanistan should be a neutral and independent state developing in its own right and friendly to the USSR , and not a base for hostile activity threatening the security of neighbours ’ . |
| 15 | A curd which has been soaking in its own whey makes an acid cheese ( which explains the often sharp taste of Eastern Mediterranean white cheeses which are sometimes stored in whey ) . |
| 16 | Biff swung his power fist upward into the turtle head of the Warlord , staving in its slanted eyes , crushing through adamantium into the Princeps ' cabin , pulverizing the softer contents within . |
| 17 | The mild uplift of her breasts was frightening in its unexplored possibilities : " If you really mean it . " |
| 18 | 45755 : As before , Mravinsky 's Tchaikovsky Fifth is utterly compelling in its desperate urgency and irresistible momentum ; like the 1963 Olympia version ( 8/88 ) it is a fraction less fanatical , more humane than the famous DG issues . |
| 19 | ‘ The constitutional function performed by courts of justice as interpreters of the written law laid down in Acts of Parliament is often described as ascertaining ‘ the intention of Parliament ; ’ but what this metaphor , though convenient , omits to take into account is that the court , when acting in its interpretative role , as well as when it is engaged in reviewing the legality of administrative action , is doing so as mediator between the state in the exercise of its legislative power and the private citizen for whom the law made by Parliament constitutes a rule binding upon him and enforceable by the executive power of the state . |
| 20 | While we should at all times act reasonably with the client 's best interests in mind , when such a specific contract is required , it must be extremely clear that the firm acts on behalf of the client and is , as far as the public arena is concerned , not acting in its own right . |
| 21 | A country 's strategic geographical position might invite super-power attention and meddling in its internal affairs . |
| 22 | Designing in its various forms ( product , graphic , packaging , advertising , etc. ) is the key to translating the invention into a commercially viable innovation ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 23 | Athelstan took advantage of the delay to walk over to where the bear , squatting in its own filth , was busy plundering a mound of refuse piled high before him . |
| 24 | It now nests beside the busy runways of the American fighter-bomber base at RAF Lakenheath , and resignedly lays its eggs amongst the corn , beet , pea and carrot crops growing in its traditional haunts . |
| 25 | To be precise , a former tied cottage , which was cheap enough to be within their means for two reasons — it is remote , and it has a power pylon growing in its back garden . |
| 26 | Whereas in Reine Jean-Claude reminded me of a caged animal , in préfleur he reminded me of something growing in its natural habitat . |
| 27 | In this sense a business must develop a Community law reflex in deciding in its 1992 strategy how it can best employ the EC competition rules . |
| 28 | In the garden a footbridge meanders over the Brook — the only section remaining in its original course until it reaches the railway bridge . |
| 29 | The Fifth was choking in its own certainties , and though he took no pleasure in the thought of losing his life , he would not mourn his removal from this hard and unpoetic Dominion . |
| 30 | The government 's efforts to increase oil drilling in its Amazonian regions in conjunction with international oil firms provoked international protest because of the threat posed to Indian tribes such as the Waoranini . |