Example sentences of "it loses its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As skin ages , it loses its ability to ‘ throw back ’ light ; the result is a complexion which seems to lose its youthful colour and tone . |
| 2 | A lamb remains a lamb until it loses its milk teeth , more or less at the end of the year , and — if it has n't lost its life as well by then — it becomes a hogget . |
| 3 | A sport , like a new spouse , can be so infatuated with its glamourous partner that it loses its head . |
| 4 | If a neutral event occurs within this time-window then it loses its neutrality . |
| 5 | When science forsakes this basis it loses its way . |
| 6 | One called Ilex macrocarpa , and I am not surprised it is n't on offer in the trade , has the biggest berries of all , but they are jet black and it loses its leaves in winter . |
| 7 | When a country surrenders its right to issue its own coinage , and does so irrevocably , it loses its sovereignty and thus the basis of its existence as a separate nation state . |
| 8 | A popular paint for iron railings , gutters and downpipes is black bitumen , which though it loses its gloss quickly still retains its protective qualities . |
| 9 | A popular paint for iron railings , gutters and downpipes is black bitumen , which though it loses its gloss quickly still retains its protective qualities . |
| 10 | There is no disgusting crusty dirt that does n't care if it loses its job ; instead there are the big boots and frocks of the playground dressing-up box , the scruffy jeans and last year 's trainers like the ones set aside for playing after school . |
| 11 | it loses its flavour . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Private Eye will probably close if it loses its appeal against the award of £600,000 to Sonia Sutcliffe , which was also heard last week . |