Example sentences of "[subord] its [noun sg] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , the pressing of a large computer-linked key identified by a pattern that the chimpanzee has been trained to associate with the availability of bananas , is no more surprising than its ability to associate the presence of bananas with the shape of a banana plant on which the bananas are hidden from view . |
| 2 | Maxton led the opposition to this view , claiming not that the Party should disaffiliate immediately , but that it should not hesitate to do so if its freedom to advocate the Socialism in Our Time policy were limited . |
| 3 | Pieper says it will also feature Quarterdeck Office Systems Inc 's MS-DOS implementation of the X-Window system , Desqview/X — which has finally appeared after lengthy delays ( UX No 380 ) — if its can get the thing up and running on it . |
| 4 | I said to Robin , ‘ If its owner has the nerve to call it that , the least we can do is back it . ’ |
| 5 | Further , for several years King James I had been strongly hostile to it , because its existence impaired the prospects of a reconciliation with Spain . |
| 6 | I despise the relocation of ‘ Guernica ’ because its arrival marks the long-awaited inauguration of the Museo de Arte Moderno after three aborted attempts . |
| 7 | Because its business involves the Inns as well as the Bar , the JRC is a joint committee whose members are nominated by the Bar Council , the Inns ' Council and the individual Inns . |
| 8 | The length of this Argand vector representation of ( ) gives the magnitude of the denominator of G ( ο); while its orientation gives the corresponding phase . |
| 9 | Group agreed that this was one of its management functions , and that it is the appropriate body to make such decisions , since its membership ensures the Garden 's overall computing needs are considered in a balanced way . |
| 10 | Off the train before its route reached the suburbs . |
| 11 | Trent leaped to the portside bilge pump , desperate to clear the remaining water from the hull before its weight broke the vessel apart . |
| 12 | If the remedy is homœopathically accurate then it becomes increasingly beneficial as its dose approaches the ideal degree of smallness for gentle action . |
| 13 | It would be possible to set about this exercise with the assumption that legal regulation of family and personal behaviour is law insofar as its pedigree passes the appropriate test . |
| 14 | Yet as its name suggests the system 's most distinctive feature is the transferability of votes , and since they are in fact transferred in large quantities it seems paradoxical to ignore them . |
| 15 | As its name implies the muscle , when it contracts , will flex the digit . |
| 16 | The opening of the Aswan Dam in 1970 was also initially considered to be beneficial to Egypt 's agricultural productivity , as its capacity to control the Nile 's sometimes erratic flow facilitated the conversion of all arable land to perennial cropping . |
| 17 | And even as its sound struck the cage about him , there was a crash and a judder and the sky was falling in upon him from the darkening night . |
| 18 | This has as its main thrust the idea that regulation itself is subject to economic laws . |
| 19 | Where in the authorities difficulty has arisen this has often been the result of the introduction of an issue whether the creditor appointed the debtor as its agent to obtain the signature of the surety to the charge upon which the creditor sought to rely . |
| 20 | Taking as its bench mark the fears and anxieties of the lower middle classes , discipline and thrift were encouraged , safe streets promised and firm action taken against militants , trade unionists , terrorists and other folk devils . |
| 21 | ‘ I canna see it in this light ya fule , ’ the top-hat swayed angrily as its owner knocked the hand away . |
| 22 | In its complaint , the CFDT says ‘ the group refuses to present a social plan even though its plan means the loss of 50 jobs . ’ |
| 23 | The choice of wine he is , wisely , leaving to the club , for its cellar carries the reputation of being no less impressive than its golf course , which is probably the most photographed in the world . |
| 24 | A transaction is said to be internalized when its administration involves the use of authority rather than voluntary bargaining between people in a market . |