Example sentences of "its own [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither a simple arousal model nor lapse theory is adequate on its own to explain the complex effects of sleep loss . |
| 2 | Because the Moon has no atmosphere nor any significant magnetic field of its own to deflect the solar wind , it sweeps near the lunar surface . |
| 3 | The Securitate had a department devoted to analysing the rumours in circulation and putting out its own to promote the regime 's purposes , which often could not be publicly stated . |
| 4 | Similarly , with the state lacking means of its own to regulate the conduct of business by its subjects overseas it was convenient to delegate this function to the great trading companies , which also assumed responsibility for general colonial administration . |
| 5 | This is preferable in cash-flow terms to Newco 's receiving group income from Target and having to pay ACT with no mainstream corporation tax of its own to absorb the ACT . |
| 6 | Another aspect of this later circumcision of particular pertinence to the present discussion is that removal of the foreskin did not on its own render the rite effective . |
| 7 | RESTORE on its own resets the data pointer to the first data item in the program . |
| 8 | Claws as mighty as its own batted the purestrain 's claws aside and ravaged its head so that the purestrain shrieked and hung incapacitated , blocking the gap . |