Example sentences of "it [verb] its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It understands its importance in relation to character and morale , to the standard of values and behaviour . ’ |
| 32 | What is the ‘ form ’ of a flea , and will it explain its ability to digest blood , and to move with agility ? |
| 33 | When announcing the increase in such benefits for 1981 , it disclosed its intention to increase invalidity benefit by 5 per cent less than the rise in prices . |
| 34 | Three-legged , it wagged its tail but did not follow them , perhaps not wishing to intrude . |
| 35 | This aid is made possible by donations , legacies and fund-raising activities and the Society is grateful for all such financial aid to enable it to continue its work . |
| 36 | On Nov. 7 the Joint European Torus ( JET ) , based near Oxford in the UK ( see p. 36052 ) , had issued an appeal for an additional 400,000,000 ECU over the period to 1996 , to enable it to continue its research into nuclear fusion . |
| 37 | However closely it cultivated its links with the labour movement , the UDC was not simply a device for maintaining Labour politics during the wartime political truce or for bringing individual ex-Liberals into the labour movement . |
| 38 | It receives its funding via an agreement signed in the 1920's , from the All England Club , which runs the most successful international tennis tournament in the world . |
| 39 | Duran reckons that the Institute adds value to Microsoft 's business because it receives its products first and understands its philosophy and strategy best . |
| 40 | France Telecom said Spheris will be completed by the end of this year , when it receives its Minitel and Unix workstation functions and integrates the latest specifications , X.400-88 and X.500 . |
| 41 | But , as it digests its food , the House Dust Mite produces potent allergens in its alimentary canal , which are released in its faecal pellets . |
| 42 | Early in December it channelled its supporters ' energies into a mass petition calling for the implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Northern Ireland , obtaining the signatures of nearly half the population of the city . |
| 43 | To suggest that the board was cowering timorously before the Government is ludicrous and pays no tribute or attention to its good work and to the robust way in which it represents its interests and those of the industry . |
| 44 | A caricature of a dog was sitting on the lawn in front of one of the town houses as he passed , and it laid its head on its paws and looked at him with dark eyes . |
| 45 | He returned their wave and gazed down the sun dappled ribbon of bright water as it meandered its way towards Sharpness docks a couple of miles distant . |
| 46 | It stows its towels . |
| 47 | It announced its existence in a group interview with the news magazine Semana . |
| 48 | As a result , it announced its intention to cease recognition of the polytechnic 's courses after the 1979–80 academic year unless substantial improvements were made . |
| 49 | On the same day that it announced its intention to apply for the judicial review , Greenpeace members attempted to block the company 's discharge pipes , provoking an injunction banning them from trespassing further on the company 's property . |
| 50 | A slow down in the bathroom business — identified by MB when it announced its results last week — affected City confidence in Caradon . |
| 51 | Not only has it showcased its product offerings including the new high end range of Macro Array CMOS High performance and density , or Mach , devices and recent high-speed programmable logic devices — but has offered its third party Fusion partners a platform and conducted straw polls to assess the demand for new 3V devices among its customers . |
| 52 | The Ecology Building Society argues that it is recreating the original grass-roots feel of a membership-owned mutual society , and says that it involves its members closely in the development of new savings accounts . |
| 53 | Let it make its way or not , as fate determines . |
| 54 | The history of the nationalities of the former Russian empire is complex , and here only a few details can be given to illustrate how doctrine was radically reshaped by events until in content , if not in form , it became its opposite . |
| 55 | Its courtship of Mitel ended in tears last year when it sold its stake in the Canadian company at a loss of £120m ( $120m ) . |
| 56 | ‘ I sold my soul to rock'n'roll before it sold its soul to the major multi-nationals . ’ |
| 57 | As is often the case with such surveys , no clear consensus emerged over many of the questions and some apparently contradictory points were made ( ‘ Not enough homework ’ ; ‘ too heavy a coursework load ’ ) but the whole exercise must have yielded useful information for teachers and a welcome awareness among parents that here is an open school much concerned about the quality of experience it offers its students and responsive to the views of all partners in the education service . |
| 58 | There were entire countries , reigns , religions , philosophical systems , centuries , species and schools of art contained in its files , which had been of no interest whatsoever to the human race since it emptied its records , museums and libraries into their Al dump bin . |
| 59 | Eventually , it drives its load forward . |
| 60 | Penal control , on the other hand , ‘ prohibits certain conduct , and it enforces its prohibitions with punishment ’ . |