Example sentences of "its [noun sg] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its exposure prepares the audience for the brilliant solos to follow . |
| 2 | Its driver believes the coach was swerving to avoid a third vehicle . |
| 3 | The Scottish National Party has been vilified by Labour for its decision to join the Government lobbies after securing an understanding from Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , which will give Scotland at least four seats on the European Community committee of the regions . |
| 4 | For its part , Compaq Computer Corp says its decision to abandon the MIPS platform is based on considerable market research and interrogation of its major Fortune 1000 and FT 500 customer base . |
| 5 | The Church of England is to face a legal challenge to its decision to allow the ordination of women . |
| 6 | The government had announced in early August its decision to implement the Commission 's recommendations to reserve 27 per cent of public-sector jobs for members of the lower castes , a decision which had resulted in widespread civil disorder and had exacerbated the already tense political situation [ see pp. 37653 ; 37710-11 ] . |
| 7 | SIR William Wilkinson , chairman of the Nature Conservancy Council , castigated the Government yesterday for its decision to dismember the council without consultation . |
| 8 | The official also said that Britain had failed to account for its decision to move the colony 's main naval base out of the centre of Hong Kong , a move which he believed would have serious repercussions for the stationing of the Chinese military in the territory after the 1997 transfer of power . |
| 9 | In a further move designed to reassert its sovereign status [ see p. 38852 ] , the conference also reiterated its decision to restore the country 's name before 1971 , the Republic of Congo , and to adopt its former flag , motto and national anthem [ see p. 39039 ] . |
| 10 | Observers speculate that its decision to issue the ban now is connected with a desire to demonstrate adherence to international treaties , in an effort to bolster its bid to host the Olympics in the year 2000 . |
| 11 | On June 27 the MQM had announced its decision to quit the government and order the resignation of its deputies in the National and Provincial assemblies . |
| 12 | At the June meeting of the Education Committee , the Village Regional Councillor raised the issue again , asking the Committee to reconsider its decision to close the school . |
| 13 | Another example of the city government 's indifference to cultural concerns is its decision to close the Kunsthalle for three months during Documenta in order to install an air-conditioning system . |
| 14 | But the Sabah state cabinet is standing by its decision to strip the Klias peninsula national park of its protected status . |
| 15 | Compania de Telefonos de Chile SA 's $182.6m proposed convertible bond issue won ratings of triple-B-minus rating from Standard & Poor 's Corp , and Baa-3 from Moody 's Investors Service Inc ; Standard & Poor 's said its rating reflects the company 's dominant position in local telephone services , growth prospects , and favourable regulatory framework ; Moody 's that it believes the company will continue to be the largest telecommunications company in Chile and will benefit from a supportive regulator . |
| 16 | An old French tradition , that each boat should carry an unsheathed knife in its prow to combat the Fossegrim , is still adhered to . |
| 17 | It is possible to remove the interior bulkhead but it supports the sides of the body and its removal weakens the structure . |
| 18 | This was by origin a country and western song but its vocal has the shape of a typical blues shout . |
| 19 | Its experience demonstrated the difficulties of establishing an economic union even in such a compact and relatively homogeneous area as the Low Countries , where there was also a large degree of consensus on the project . |
| 20 | In its present form the Banbury Lane represents a great narrowing down of what was originally not a single track but a more or less open corridor ( so that one can not be too precise about its prehistoric course ) , bounded on either side by dense forest , in places several miles wide . |
| 21 | A lady in Pierremont shared our misgivings ‘ in its present form the scheme is in a non-starter in Darlington ’ and a chap round Carmel Road way told how he 'd tried in vain to interest either police or neighbours in a scheme . |
| 22 | Washington is likely to put pressure on Ukraine 's President Leonid Kravchuk , who said in an interview : ‘ In its present form the Commonwealth [ of Independent States ] will not live long . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ In its present form the railway system can not be managed commercially ’ , he said . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | SunSoft , who only reckons Taligent and Microsoft as competitors , thinks its wherewithal to develop the operating system long-term is persuasive . |
| 26 | Separating the purchase of health care from its provision created the network of buyers and sellers , the necessary first step for a market to operate . |
| 27 | Further , for several years King James I had been strongly hostile to it , because its existence impaired the prospects of a reconciliation with Spain . |
| 28 | Indeed , recently the French Government suggested that in addition to its measure to reduce the working week , establish early retirement and other features to deal with some of the multiplier effects of growing structural unemployment , it will also engage in a campaign of socially useful production similar to that advocated by the Lucas workers . |
| 29 | A whole series of arguments against correctionalism can be discerned , originating from various sources , but all gaining impetus in the 1960s and early 1970s : the corrective stance was seen as being inappropriate to an academic discipline in that its partiality had the effect of distorting the nature and appearance of the phenomena it was studying ; it was seen as neglecting the possibility that crime may have positive qualities and consequences ; correctionalism was seen as having led to the violation of fundamental human rights and principles of justice in its single-minded quest for efficient crime control . |
| 30 | It is recorded somewhat ruefully that , after years of struggle , when the Veterinarian had won its fight to get the course lengthened , students who had previously been apprenticed for three or four years to a practitioner claimed they at least ought to be able to leave the College after 12 months , and not have to stay the same period — two years — as the non-apprenticed . |