Example sentences of "it [verb] [prep] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each would be asked to notify the IMF within one month whether it agreed to its share as determined by the IMF ; each successor could formally accede to the IMF once it had met the formal conditions specified . |
| 2 | Secondly , Woolwich feared that if it failed in its legal arguments it might incur penalties . |
| 3 | Secondly , Woolwich feared that if it failed in its legal arguments it might incur penalties . |
| 4 | That led the court to hold in that judgment that , as a result of article 234 , a member state might have to apply , in its relations with the other member states , rules different from those which it applied in its relations with non-member countries , even though they were all party to the same international convention . |
| 5 | When you electrolyse water it splits into its constituent hydrogen and oxygen : positively charged hydrogen ions are attracted to the negatively charged terminal , the cathode , where they react to form hydrogen gas , and the oxygen forms at the positive terminal , the anode . |
| 6 | It differs from its predecessors . |
| 7 | The moment it turns on its back the silvery belly is obvious . |
| 8 | It enacts in its form a faith that the experience of broken suffering in time is in reality the choreography and notation for the dance and music of love and Rolle advises his disciple that meditation on this reality will draw up her heart " so hert mai loke intil heven " ( 69.261 – 2 ) . |
| 9 | He tapped in the code , then waited , knowing the signal was being scrambled through as many as a dozen sub-routes before it got to its destination . |
| 10 | It refers on its face to Ord. 47 , r. 8 of the County Court Rules 1981 . |
| 11 | First , it contributes through its very vagueness a richness of interpretation that would not have been achieved otherwise . |
| 12 | The newt clutched desperately at the cotton smock where it covered the great chest and there it clung with its little claw-like feet . |
| 13 | Let us ignore for the moment what Labour actually means by that ; how will it deliver on its promise , bearing in mind the fact that the nuclear industry is already ring fenced , gas contracts have already been signed and committed to combined cycle gas turbine plant , and coal imports are perfectly legal under European law ? |
| 14 | As it hisses in its fake-snake manner , following the spit , it completes the illusion by thrashing its tail about in a serpentine way . |
| 15 | In general , we seem to be pleased with the way it goes about its work , and many like to feel that we can contribute ideas as well as money . |
| 16 | With their many variants and subdivisions they provide a wonderfully expressive earful for the alert feline as it goes about its business . |
| 17 | In addition to the familiar tail-wagging of a cat in a conflict , there are a number of other tail-signals that indicate the changing moods of the pet feline as it goes about its business . |
| 18 | However , the LEA will be responsible for the youth , adult and careers service and could well and an enhanced role to facilitate cooperation between the different phases of education , employers , voluntary organisations and the business community — particularly in the context of the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative as it goes into its extension phase . |
| 19 | Getting its feet into the black binliner is difficult but I manage by laying it down on its stomach and pretending to play this little piggy with its toes till it goes into its silly reverse-crawl routine . |
| 20 | Firstly , because it goes against its grain : women always have to find their own way to where they 're going . |
| 21 | Like the G40 , it impresses with its throttle response and low-rev urge , but while the supercharged car is merely annoyingly noisy at speed , the GT brings a headache . |
| 22 | Though the acidic gastric juice will rapidly convert ammonia to less toxic ammonium ions , the high pH at the site of ammonia production underneath the mucus layer could allow it to remain in its unionised noxious state . |
| 23 | However , anyone taking that quotation as evidence to confirm that Scottish business is dissatisfied with the service it receives from its legal advisers could n't be more wrong . |
| 24 | And you hear it , how it soothes with its gentle patter |
| 25 | yesterday , cos it laid on its fluff on you . |
| 26 | Instead the Kette , led by the intrepid Müncheberg , dived after the Sunderland strafing it as it taxied to its moorings , and sinking it . |
| 27 | It looked to the children more like the kind of grin a tiger might give before it pounced on its prey . |
| 28 | The old tips were formed by dumping material at the top and allowing it to fall into its natural angle of repose . |
| 29 | As Mr Scicluna pointed out , ‘ If you turn a committee into a faculty , it gives it a new lease of life , a breath of fresh air , and it thinks about its role a bit more purposefully , as we have already seen from the Tax Faculty . ’ |
| 30 | This would stop , say , Sears putting on a Prime Option Visa card its own store account numbers or numbers for other financial services that it offers through its Dean Witter subsidiary . |