Example sentences of "its [noun] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The University clock strikes eleven , its chimes overlapping with the chimes of other clocks , near and far . |
| 2 | Its chains slithered across the stone floor again , and there was a breathspace when Grainne thought it cowered . |
| 3 | Controlled and coordinated by GAB 's chief security officer and the local Petaling Jaya Fire Department , it was the first of its kind conducted by an industry in Malaysia . |
| 4 | In addition , about 36 fragments of metallic nickel-iron meteorites have been collected , one of which contains minute diamonds , and is the second of its kind known in the world . |
| 5 | Its heartland lay in the valley of the Loire , in Anjou , not in England . |
| 6 | Science must pursue its course secure in the knowledge that it will not be challenged by dogmatic superstition posing as religion , and religion , for its part , must be able to develop unthreatened by science . |
| 7 | They are all unclean ; and in the boys ' initiation rites we find that the mudyi tree also has its part to play in the symbolism of circumcision . |
| 8 | This complex web includes : a ) local and regional offices of central government departments , such as the DSS and DOE ( see Young 1982 ) ; b ) non-departmental public bodies usually dealing with a single specialized function , such as health and water authorities ; c ) decentralized units of public corporations , such as electricity boards ; d ) innumerable autonomous and semi-autonomous official and quasi-official organizations , each with its part to play in the policy-making process , such as tenants ' liaison committees and youth service advisory councils ( see Cousins , 1982 , 1983 ) ; e ) elected local government ( see Figure 8.2 ) . |
| 9 | Where there is a surety to the agreement and an assignment by the tenant is agreed by the landlord , it is advisable to ensure that while the surety may still be forced to be bound by the obligations on its part contained in the agreement , the surety should not be forced to be a party to the lease . |
| 10 | The EC Commission for its part threw into the discussion the now celebrated Cockfield Report3 which detailed the host of measures which would have to be adopted before a single market could be said to exist . |
| 11 | The church for its part acted as an administrative agency of colonial expansion and a major institution of social control . |
| 12 | Its text survives in a Fulda manuscript of c .820–30 , and Fulda was a monastery founded by St Boniface as a convenient centre from which to preach to several Germanic peoples including the Saxons . |
| 13 | And its advantage lies in the particular enzyme by which it is transcribed into RNA . |
| 14 | EUROPE 'S worst post-war steel industry crisis may force Germany 's No 2 steel firm to quit the industry , its chairman said in an interview released in Bonn at the weekend . |
| 15 | Its activities led to the British Film Weeks of 1924 , which involved screening a programme of British pictures , accompanied by the sort of ballyhoo which left the public , according to critic Paul Rotha , ‘ hypnotized into readiness to applaud the worst picture in the world because it was British . ’ |
| 16 | Abel Goumba of the Front patriotique oubanguien — Parti du travail said that the " regime appears to be using stalling tactics to push it back as far as possible " and that the opposition would increase its activities to press for the conference to be convened earlier . |
| 17 | This policy sets out the Company 's objectives to control the impact its activities have on the environment and shows its commitment to being an industry leader in its awareness of and approach to environmental issues . |
| 18 | ‘ This policy sets out the Company 's objectives to control the impact its activities have on the environment and shows its commitment to being an industry leader in its awareness of and approach to environmental issues . |
| 19 | Sligos SA , France 's second largest software and services company , has put all its activities relating to the manufacture of Smart Cards into its Solaic subsidiary . |
| 20 | The preferences of the state are at least as important as those of civil society in accounting for what the democratic state does and does not do ; the democratic state is not only frequently autonomous insofar as it regularly acts upon its preferences , but also markedly autonomous in doing so even when its preferences diverge from the demands of the most powerful groups in civil society ( Nordlinger , 1981 , p. 1 ) . |
| 21 | She flicked a quick look at Riven , taking in his scarred forehead and the Teller badge on his breast , its thread shining in the firelight . |
| 22 | Below : In February 1977 , this car ran out of track , when its driver returning to the depot at night , ignored the warning signs for track under repair . |
| 23 | The basic point is that the language of conscious states has its primary ground in the interaction of humans , and of other beings that behave like them , and the question of the inferential access to inner worlds of ‘ subjective feelings ’ is not raised . |
| 24 | The former curriculum and courses unit situated some miles from Accra has been closed and its personnel transferred into the new division . |
| 25 | The earliest mention of a ferry at Seacombe dates back to 1515 but its advancement came in the latter part of the last century when the ferry rights were taken over by the Wallasey local board . |
| 26 | Oskar Lafontaine , the SPD leader in the Saarland , has argued vociferously that a modern mass party like the SPD could not afford to have its policies confined to the narrow interests of employed industrial workers . |
| 27 | Clare watched her listening , taking note , modifying her language and behaviour as carefully as an animal adapts its camouflage to fit into a new environment . |
| 28 | The capitulation of the General Council on the 12 May , and its decision to call off the strike without any guarantees that those involved would not be victimized , might also be seen as evidence of failure . |
| 29 | The United States on March 24 announced its decision to withdraw from the International Sugar Organization ( ISO ) , which brought together all major producers and consumers of sugar . |
| 30 | SECRET talks were held yesterday between United States and North Korean representatives as Washington urged Pyongyang to reconsider its decision to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty . |