Example sentences of "it [verb] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It applied its new cash limits to approvals of local capital spending and to local grants . |
| 2 | However , the company plans to buy shelf space in the New Year , when it launches its new title , House Beautiful , as a monthly magazine . |
| 3 | The court ruling comes at a sensitive time for the Japanese government , which is claiming a lead role in environmental affairs , and has strenuously denied that it encourages its hazardous industries to relocate to third world countries . |
| 4 | For a moment she thought it shared her doubts ; there was a hint of a fumble as it doubled its hind legs under for the leap . |
| 5 | I do n't know how much Oliver 's told you about the Shakespeare School , but take it from me that place is tacky : how it got its registered status I shudder to think . |
| 6 | CUCGA intends within five years to have ( i ) established relations with the media , Government Departments , Members of both Houses of Parliament and other bodies with an interest in higher education ; ( ii ) established itself as a campaigning body on behalf of graduate organisations ; ( iii ) opened its membership to encompass all university convocations and analogous bodies in the UK ; ( iv ) established methods of funding to allow it to support its expanded role ; ( v ) developed a comprehensive portfolio of policy issues upon which it can actively and publicly campaign at appropriate times . |
| 7 | Though a draft directive has been circulating since 1984 it passed its final stages rapidly . |
| 8 | It forbids its own purity . |
| 9 | BORLAND International said yesterday it expected its second-quarter results to beat analysts ' expectations after buoyant sales of Paradox , the US software company 's database product . |
| 10 | THE LEITH Aged Mariners ' Fund asks members of the public and companies to send donations to enable it to continue its financial assistance to more than 100 former merchant seamen and their dependants . |
| 11 | Interactive Network Inc , pioneering interactive television services from its Mountain View base , pulled its offering of 2.5m shares due to market conditions , and has turned to four of its shareholders , National Broadcasting Co Inc ; Gannett Co Inc ; Rainbow Programming Holdings Inc and Paul Kagan , which together provided a short-term loan to enable it to continue its current operations . |
| 12 | This is illustrated in Fig. 1 where a household , which at first is paid an income of £100 per week , is assumed to spend all of its income in a steady stream until , at the end of each week , it has nothing left until it receives its next £100 . |
| 13 | The British foreign office also showed itself more forward-looking than almost any other in the adoption of the typewriter : it appointed its first typist in 1889 and had eight by 1900 . |
| 14 | The actual administration of the National Union was separated from Central Office in 1921 , and it appointed its own secretary thereafter ; it was a change of no great importance , for the National Union continued to work from Central Office and the Principal Agent continued to be Honorary Secretary , but it was a minor declaration of independence . |
| 15 | Conversely , when a cameo works , it imposes its own dynamics on the film . |
| 16 | Did it tumble then , did it hurt its little self ? ’ |
| 17 | The fact remains that it will be a long time before the legal profession properly shakes off the constraints of client expectation that force it to underplay its modern role . |
| 18 | Last week it admitted its 400th member , the Swedish-owned United Securities Fondkommission , the first time that level has been reached in its 300-year history . |
| 19 | There could be unlawful discrimination in the admission of pupils ( as discussed in Chapter 4 ) , in a pupil 's access to benefits , facilities and services provided by the school , or by the LEA in the way it fulfils its broad duties under the Education Acts . |
| 20 | It made its first journey in 1883 but by the 1960s had been run down to an ordinary train . |
| 21 | It was identified on the surveillance radar when it made its first position report and was cleared to continue to the BN non-directional beacon . |
| 22 | As expected , AST formally announced its Manhattan SMP multi-processor PC' ( UX No 398 , 377 ) — it made its first appearance at CeBit in Hannover this spring . |
| 23 | It made its first flight in July , shortly after this photo was taken . |
| 24 | The car did not normally carry passengers , but its seats were used that season by a small orchestra which played selections from ‘ The Gondoliers ’ as it made its romantic way along the Promenade . |
| 25 | PREVIOUS whisky industry wisdom had it that Whyte & Mackay , largest minority shareholder of Invergordon Distillers since it made its hostile bid , was going to wait for yesterday 's results and , if they were sufficiently poor to drive down the share price , would then pounce for the remaining 8.8 per cent of shares to give it control . |
| 26 | It made its own terms , and the best you could hope for was it would n't happen the way it had happened to Mary Moxton at the Turk 's Head . |
| 27 | it made its last appearance at Watkins Glen — a reluctant Andretti again at the wheel — and failed to shine even in the wet conditions of practice . |
| 28 | Just as birdsong awoke the unit , an owl is heard calling as it flies its nightly patrol over |
| 29 | Although the merger did not dramatically increase the main opposition party 's size , it expanded its geographical area of support beyond the PPD 's traditional south-western stronghold around Kwangju . |
| 30 | The Pru 's ‘ transparent ’ financial reporting has been dominating the headlines recently since it restated its 1991 life and pensions accounts under the accruals basis . |