Example sentences of "of [noun pl] [verb] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 4 ) The British Academy of Experts has its own list of members who hold themselves out as being experts in particular fields and available for compiling reports . |
| 2 | John Scott 's clear and comprehensive studies of the upper class will form one main basis for our account ( Scott , 1982 ) ; following him , we can regard the establishment as a dominant status group within the upper class which uses kinship links and social networks of contacts to retain its hold on social and political influence . |
| 3 | But Adorno assumes that ‘ the process of internalization , to which great music as a self-deliverance from the external world of objects owes its very origin , is not revocable in the concept of musical practice ’ ( ibid : 133 ) , and so he is bound to consider the ‘ functionalism ’ of popular music as regressive , explaining it by reference to social-psychological defects . |
| 4 | That conflict of views has its fierce advocates on both sides , and I am neither well informed nor dispassionate enough to comment on it From the presumed perspective of John Howard , the Ellis-Beto administrations overall emerge with credit , because they did insist on the publication of official rules , and that was a big breakthrough . |
| 5 | But this judicious shift of definitions carried its own problems . |
| 6 | ICL is this week expected to reveal details of plans to offer its OfficePower office automation package on a range of Unix platforms , including Santa Cruz Operation Inc Open Desktop , Sun Sparcstations and IBM RS/6000s ( UX No 384 ) . |
| 7 | Jaguar Cars has made two appointments as part of plans to expand its range of vehicles and treble output by the year 2000 . |
| 8 | And in an effort to keep up with the rival performance claims of manufacturers running its database for the purposes of TPC-A and TPC-B benchmarking the company has put together a comparison table : |
| 9 | Shaw said that his method was founded upon music , and this extraordinary , teetering play needs the finest of ears to balance its tones and pace its switchback rhythms . |
| 10 | The TSB falls primarily into the third category ; while taking advantage of the ability of computers to process its payroll , the benefits of computerization extend far beyond , into the heart of the bank 's planning and policy making decisions . |
| 11 | The United Kingdom based itself in that regard on international law and on the need for the flag state effectively to exercise jurisdiction over the owners , charterers and operators of vessels flying its flag . |
| 12 | The Divisional Court referred to the Court of Justice of the European Communities the question whether Community law affected the conditions which a member state might prescribe for the entry of vessels in its national register and the right of vessels to fly its flag and carry its nationality . |
| 13 | Suddenly the siren on the fire truck begins to wail , and a caravan of cars winds its way out towards the edge of town . |
| 14 | Yet every afternoon , a group of journalists weaves its way along several gloomy corridors and up various flights of stairs to a cold , windy place with impressive views over the gilded roof of the Houses of Parliament , Westminster Bridge and the River Thames . |
| 15 | Since Mexico 's central bank is committed to depreciating the peso by no more than 6.6% against the dollar in 1993 , and has $14 billion of reserves to back its commitment , these rates translate into an annual return for dollar investors of at least 8.5% . |
| 16 | The Victoria Line , completed in 1971 , has a full complement of motifs enhancing its platforms . |
| 17 | In 1985 work on behalf of refugees took its place in the statute of Amnesty . |
| 18 | The Institute of Directors said its survey showed that bosses were not lining their own pockets while holding down employees ' pay . |
| 19 | Additionally , the Institute of Directors publishes its European Directory of Consultants and Advisers and the Department of Trade and Industry has a comprehensive library available . |
| 20 | Each element or group of elements has its own particular trademark , which can not be copied , so that these two yellow lines must be due to sodium and nothing else . |
| 21 | Spring of 2302 was noted as the coldest for centuries , and the Chaos army crossed the river Lynsk above Praag , destroying a contingent of Kislevites defending its bridges . |
| 22 | The present wave of Troubles has its basis in the Catholic grievances about discriminatory practices which have operated against them ever since the state 's inception ( cf. |
| 23 | It 's taken the club a couple of years to get its youth policy back on track , but all the signs now suggest that the current crop of teenagers is the most promising since John Robertson , Gary Mackay and David Bowman came through the ranks in the early Eighties . |
| 24 | A national conference in March 1980 , organised by the Women and Housing Group , attracted 200 women , and a women-only housing co-operative has started in the last couple of years to house its members . |
| 25 | After an interval of 54 years the World Federation of Hungarians held its third congress in Budapest on Aug. 19-21 . |
| 26 | Companies House relies heavily on the cooperation of accountants to achieve its admirable objective of prompt filing of accounts . |
| 27 | Cessation of hostilities reduced its political weight , but so effective had it been in the 1918 election and so important was the ex-servicemen 's vote , that it could have been played a while longer . |
| 28 | Before his people , ten minutes later , Thorfinn said , ‘ Every group of families appoints its protector and , when its protector is challenged , must choose which contender to follow . |
| 29 | Not far from Barnstaple , at Umberleigh , is Libbaton golf course , a new development with a range of properties overlooking its fairways . |
| 30 | It is assumed that a given complex of qualities owes its " individuality " to its completeness . |