Example sentences of "[that] it [verb] its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Grumble as they might about the Masai 's unbudging attachment to their traditional ways , many administrators , particularly in the later years , came to see that it had its advantages . |
| 2 | This was part of his belief that poetic composition was not an activity that could be consciously controlled , that it had its roots far down in the unconscious . |
| 3 | It is not without significance that it had its source in a campaign which effectively combined Cobdenite principles of free trade with a ‘ bellicose philanthropy ’ worthy of the most self-righteous of Victorian imperialists . |
| 4 | Unfortunately for the Patent Office , the advertising agency failed to ensure that it had its facts right — and the Patent Office did not check the agency 's new advertisement . |
| 5 | Then we went to a lake with wooded and marshy shores where we saw several ‘ new ’ birds : a crane flew past , looking like a grey heron except that it carried its neck outstretched in flight instead of ‘ folded back ’ . |
| 6 | Apart from the fact that it divested its foundry business some four years ago — and has no intention of getting back into that game — Motorola can supply 88000 parts at a $850 apiece . |
| 7 | On the same day that it announced its intention to apply for the judicial review , Greenpeace members attempted to block the company 's discharge pipes , provoking an injunction banning them from trespassing further on the company 's property . |
| 8 | In answer to a parliamentary question on Aug. 5 the government said that it expected its NATO allies to withdraw around 133,000 troops over the next few years , of which 75,000 would be from the USA and 25,000 from the UK . |
| 9 | The apothecary 's rose grows at Provins in France and has the property that it keeps its perfume even when the petals have been dried and powdered , thus making it of great use to add to medicinal compounds and ensuring that they are pleasant and soothing . |
| 10 | The art deco style brasserie attracts discerning customers from the Bourse stock exchange at lunchtime and theatregoers in the evening who ensure that it keeps its standards high . |
| 11 | Sadism had always been of theoretical interest to Freud , and he suggests in Beyond the Pleasure Principle that it derives its energy from the death instincts . |
| 12 | A sport , like a new spouse , can be so infatuated with its glamourous partner that it loses its head . |
| 13 | ‘ Assessment is not in question ; it is when it becomes an automatic and unvaried process that it loses its value both for teacher and pupil . ’ |
| 14 | The only comprehensive attempt to measure venereal infection , which plainly had a strong connection with some kinds of extra-marital sex , revealed little except that in Prussia , not unexpectedly , it was much higher in the megalopolis Berlin than in any other province ( tending normally to diminish with the size of cities and villages ) , and that it reached its maximum in towns with ports , garrisons and institutes of higher education , i.e. with heavy concentrations of unmarried young men away from their homes . |
| 15 | The Ecology Building Society argues that it is recreating the original grass-roots feel of a membership-owned mutual society , and says that it involves its members closely in the development of new savings accounts . |
| 16 | Sequoia Systems Inc , Marlborough , Massachusetts , is sinking deeper into the mire and now says it will restate its financial results for the year ended June 30 for the second time , and will amend its annual report on form 10K , because it now finds that it overstated its turnover . |
| 17 | Do not fall , either , for the argument that America must have the oil underneath the refuge to reduce its dependence on foreign oil — at a time when , despite the greenhouse effect , the American government has all but abandoned incentives for energy efficiency and has repeatedly bowed to Detroit 's absurd demand that it relax its drive for fuel-efficient car engines . |
| 18 | What we know of the family shows that it enjoyed its privileges to the full , and shared a positive and happy lifestyle , without hardship , yet without vaunted excess — a balanced lifestyle , despite his indispositions . |
| 19 | Originally a Roman colony , legend has it that it takes its name from the first lord of its castle Rufus , Marquis of Obertenghi , who had thick red hair , or , perhaps more romantically , that it is named after the sunset hues which turn the mountain here from a gentle rose to red each evening . |
| 20 | The first mention of belted Scottish cattle is dated to about 1790 but there is a theory that it received its belt originally from imported Dutch Lakenvelder cattle in the seventeenth century , a breed which possibly also contributed to the now extinct Sheeted Somerset . |
| 21 | Simply apply lateral cyclic and tail rotor commands to bank and turn the model so that it presents its side view to the direction of travel . |
| 22 | Your filter mat has been heat bonded to ensure that it retains its shape and that loose fibres do n't slip through to jam powerheads . |
| 23 | North Sioux City , South Dakota-based Gateway 2000 Inc reports net sales the year to January 31 were $1,100m , up about 76% on the 1991 figure ; pre-tax profit was up some 77% to $106m , the company said , adding that it expanded its workforce 43% to 1,847 in 1992 and intends to hire more people and to expand its product line and geographic reach . |
| 24 | But martial arts historians tend to believe that it has its origins almost 5,000 years ago . |
| 25 | There are also hints in later sources that it regained its influence in the Auvergne ; there is the name Avitus , held both by the opponent of the Clermont Jews , and also , in the seventh century , by the brother and predecessor of bishop Bonitus . |
| 26 | Belgacom , the Belgian state phone company , is terrified that the government , which is in such a panic to cut its budget deficit as required by the terms of the Maastricht Treaty that it tendered its resignation to the king , who declined it , will rush to raise cash by privatising the phones : ‘ It is only when the company 's reorganisation and internal restructuring is complete that a new change to its statutes could be undertaken , ’ the board said , warning ‘ It takes time to transform an administration into an efficient and dynamic company . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm not asking that it transfer its estate , I 'm asking that it should make a contribution because it will then show that we 're committed to this very important initiative . |
| 28 | Research on field independence in a wide sample of people has shown that it reaches its peak at fifteen years of age , remains on a plateau until the mid-thirties and thereafter declines . |
| 29 | Use in rural areas is extensive , but it is in urban areas that it reaches its apogee , with some 30 per cent of home-work trips and 64 per cent of home-school trips made by cycle . |
| 30 | Is it possible to work out some fancy way of writing this headline , so that it implies its meaning ? |