Example sentences of "[vb infin] on its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Although there were some routine matters , such as the issue of legal writs , where it could act on its own initiative , for any matter of permanent importance it needed a warrant for its action from the Privy Seal or the Signet : usually only the former would be sufficient . |
| 2 | Yet Evans-Pritchard records that he never met a Zande who admitted to practising witchcraft , although when pressed Zande might acknowledge that witchcraft substance could act on its own account , perhaps even against the conscious intentions of the person concerned . |
| 3 | Milken refused to play the game of domino justice , so the case against him will stand or fall on its own merits . |
| 4 | Heinemann has a one volume FCE course entitled Target First Certificate , and this has neither prequels nor sequels and will stand or fall on its own merits . |
| 5 | Like the aristocracy , therefore , the Church could count on its urban mob , and in the riots of 1766 the Orders were accused of releasing this urban clientèle against a reforming administration ; Aranda , the most conspicuous of Charles III 's anti-clerical ministers , called to power to deal with the rioters , seems to have planned a serious attack on poverty precisely because he feared the influence of a Church with a monopoly of outdoor relief . |
| 6 | Wang will meantime focus on its big service business and developing selling software an will sell computers made by others , including IBM . |
| 7 | Each will focus on its own area of specialisation . |
| 8 | McRae and Cairncross ( 1984,2 ) argue that the growth of the City originated in the large volume of government borrowing in the eighteenth century to pay for Britain 's foreign wars ; the Industrial Revolution took place almost independently of the City , which thereby showed that it perhaps could survive on its financial wits as a major service centre . |
| 9 | A new programme , called the Leeds Financial Sector Initiative , is soon to be launched to see how Leeds can capitalise on its new lead . |
| 10 | If the BM is running ’ free ’ at some fixed temperature T , with no restrictions on any of its units , then different settings will appear on its visible nodes . |
| 11 | There are four essentially different things a process can do on its first step : ( i ) it diverges ; ( ii ) it communicates with its environment ( and goes on to its second step ) ; ( iii ) it stops because , even though it has not terminated , it can not agree with its environment on any communication ; ( iv ) it terminates in some state . |
| 12 | Love does not insist on its own way ; it is not irritable or resentful ; it does not rejoice at wrong , but rejoices in the right . |
| 13 | ‘ Love does not insist on its own way ’ . |
| 14 | You can always do your own survey , even though your bank or building society will insist on its own mortgage survey . |
| 15 | Omron has already developed a system that it can use on its own Luna Unix workstations , and the joint development effort involves development of a system that can use inference based on vague concepts in a wide range of applications . |
| 16 | We have considered why animals migrate ; we might also remark on its ecological consequences . |
| 17 | ‘ Because , ’ the Doctor answered , a little hoarse himself , ‘ the enhancer works both ways , and the Old One 's survival instinct is letting him draw on its excess life-force to try and bring it back into the world . |
| 18 | Finally the determination of the " essence " or " substance " of relationship must depend on its factual context . |
| 19 | It is clear that each case in this area will depend on its own facts . |
| 20 | Every case must depend on its own facts . |
| 21 | Each case will depend on its own facts . |
| 22 | However , each case will depend on its particular circumstances , and equality monies are not always liable to ad valorem duty . |
| 23 | MIPS can also not depend on its high-end Unix vendors like Concurrent Computer Corp , Control Data Systems Inc , NCR Corp , Pyramid Technology Corp and Tandem Computers Inc , to absorb more than 15% more than the 60,000 units they do already . |
| 24 | Discussions centred around developments in Eastern Europe , and the effect which Austria 's proposed membership of the EC might have on its neutral status . |
| 25 | By 1956 Britain had become concerned about the impact the EEC would have on its own economy and political role . |
| 26 | I am sure that the reputation of Cleveland Bridge can rely on its postwar achievements as a member of the consortia with Dorman Lond ( B and E ) Ltd , on the Forth and Severn bridges ( with which I was involved ) and its own Humber and Dartford projects . |
| 27 | The company will now rely on its indirect reseller channels across Europe . |
| 28 | Any such notice must state whether the current ( or preceding , when allowed ) reference period is to be shortened , so that it will end on the first occurrence of the accounting reference date , or lengthened , so that it will end on its second occurrence , but unless an administration order is in force the period can not be extended so as to exceed 18 months . |
| 29 | So , goes an alluring argument , America can rest on its military laurels . |
| 30 | Using the market price means that each division must stand on its own feet , as though it were an independent company . |