Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] its [noun sg] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The company also believes that its increasing experience of managing what is claimed to be the largest CT2 network in the world should increase its competitiveness for the future . |
| 2 | THE BRITISH government should increase its support for industrial R&D by between two and three times to keep the country abreast with its competitors . |
| 3 | J. W. ( later Sir James ) Black , who was at that time an academic pharmacologist in Glasgow , had the idea that blocking the action of adrenaline on the heart might reduce its need for oxygen and so be beneficial in angina pectoris ( a condition in which pain arises because the oxygen supply to heart muscle is insufficient ) . |
| 4 | What is at issue is whether improved resource levels should be used to make special schools internally more satisfactory , doing what they have historically done but doing it in some sense more efficiently , or whether those resources are used in an attempt to improve the general education service in ways which might reduce its need for transferring pupils to special schools . |
| 5 | ONE OF Britain 's most successful offshore construction yards is in with a good chance of winning a major order that could secure its future for a year . |
| 6 | This absorption into a different community , quite other than anything he had experienced since childhood , into which he had the natural right of entry accorded by his Welsh cousins because of the tie of blood , required a few more Long Vacation visits before he could articulate its meaning for his own mature intellectual development . |
| 7 | As far back as the fourth century , one of the founding fathers of the Greek Orthodox Church , Saint Basil , reported with admiration and astonishment that a parent bird may risk its life for its nestlings by attempting to lure a predator away from the nest . |
| 8 | Occasionally the sun would appear from behind a roof-top , and she would feel its warmth for a few seconds . |
| 9 | In addition , the Council called for the financial incentives available to franchised firms to be improved before it would confirm its support for franchising . |
| 10 | The capitalist economy , while ensuring the continuance of the peasant sector , does not allow it to develop sufficiently to extricate itself from its subordinate role , for this would destroy its value for capitalism . |
| 11 | The government would end its support for the programme , amounting to some £13 million annually , in March 1993 because a " fast-breeder reactor was unlikely to become commercially viable until 2030 at the very earliest " , he told the House of Commons . |
| 12 | The Yorkshire Electricity Board donated a fifty-seven foot redundant pylon and took it to Morley to be treated which , it was hoped , would prolong its life for forty years . |
| 13 | For the rest of this address I will describe its role for me in my spiritual journey . |
| 14 | At the end of the debate , the House will give its support for the Prime Minister carrying on playing a full part in European evolution — an evolution about which we have been too hesitant for too long . |
| 15 | And with the force of example elsewhere , can the party will maintain its primacy for long ? |
| 16 | And with the force of example elsewhere , can the party will maintain its primacy for long ? |
| 17 | It 's now hoped that China having fallen into line with the other four , will end its support for the notorious Khmer Rouge guerrilla army . |
| 18 | By the third year , the young orang is much more venturesome and will leave its mother for short spells , especially if it meets other youngsters who are willing to play . |
| 19 | But managing director of Software AG in the UK , Jeff Graham , says that at some stage during the coming year , the company will implement its software for ‘ a mainframe-type platform ’ , which , he claims , will lead to a doubling of group revenues . |
| 20 | In the longer term the RSPB will continue its campaign for stiffer penalties for those who illegally persecute birds of prey and for greater restrictions on the availability of poisons . |
| 21 | The council hopes the publicity will help its application for European funding for a project on the river . |
| 22 | It is expected that the group will argue its case for the protection of Thailand 's western forests at the global convention on biodiversity to be held at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development next June . |
| 23 | Their lungs are not particularly large , despite the fact that a dolphin can hold its breath for five minutes or more , and some species of whales can submerge for up to an hour and survive on a single breath . |
| 24 | Make sure that there is adequate follow-up included in the deal so that you will know how and where the tape was used and can assess its value for future PR programmes . |
| 25 | — it can export its product for sale in the foreign country — it can appoint a foreign company to manufacture its product under licence — it can invest in the foreign country ( i.e. obtain premises , plant and workforce there ) and manufacture its own product abroad . |