Example sentences of "it its " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mega-merger brought with it its own lexicon and culture . |
| 2 | The Economist , of all newspapers , ought to have the nerve , and the decency , to give it its proper name . |
| 3 | ‘ Here we are , ’ gushed the presenter of Gardeners ' World , ‘ we 're in my very favourite corner of the estate now , with its magnificent , sweeping views down to the river.just look at this superb example of Metasequoiaglyptostroboides , or Dawn Redwood to give it its more familiar name , I do n't think I 've ever seen a better specimen anywhere . |
| 4 | The events have , to conclude , all the trappings of a liturgical ceremony rather than a military exercise , and that is almost certainly what lies behind the story , and what gave it its origins . |
| 5 | He gives it its full title : ‘ the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts , who is enthroned on the cherubim ’ . |
| 6 | As for Kinnockic ( or , to give it its scholarly name , Kinnockabout ) , its complexities defy analysis . |
| 7 | Because the compression ratio is twice that of a petrol engine , diesel runs hotter , and therefore more economically , right from start-up , which gives it its edge in stop-start journeys . |
| 8 | The Hainges used a special sports turf to give it its clipped , fresh-green look and make it hard-wearing enough to withstand their two children ( Martin , eight , and Carmen , 12 ) . |
| 9 | Warwick Castle is the finest medieval castle in England , it its magnificent grounds on the banks of the River Avon . |
| 10 | The Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom ( to give it its full name ) needs little introduction . |
| 11 | The arch of Porta Romana ai Bastioni , to give it its full title , was built in 1598 to commemorate Margherita of Austria leaving the city on her way to marry Philip III of Spain , although the ramparts into which it was fitted had been erected half a century before . |
| 12 | The question really means : What is it about the idea of a god that gives it its stability and penetrance in the cultural environment ? |
| 13 | The canal never actually reached Ashby-de-la-Zouch , which gave it its name , but it was a very successful commercial waterway . |
| 14 | Raymond and Agnes , or the Castle of Lindenberg , play adapted by M. G. Lewis from his novel Ambrosio , or the Monk ; first produced in 1809 , and in other versions later ; the introduction of the character of the Bleeding Nun gave it its popular title . |
| 15 | At ‘ The Caithness and Sutherland Industrial and Art Exhibition ’ to give it its full title , a labourer was charged with having done damage to the extent of £8 by falling upon a glass case and breaking a valuable jug the property of one John Fitsgibbon , china merchant . |
| 16 | The telescope for IRAS , built in the US , overcomes these basic problems by carrying with it its own giant cooling system , around which have centred some of the problems that have delayed IRAS . |
| 17 | The relationships of Cuscuta are still uncertain ; on the basis of its flower structure , most taxonomists have placed it in the Convolvulaceae , the bindweed family , but Arthur Cronquist , in his Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants ( 1968 ) , gives it its own family , the Cuscutaceae . |
| 18 | The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and flora , to give it its full name , is an international treaty which regulates one of the most lucrative and controversial businesses — the international wildlife trade . |
| 19 | Among the insects , death-feigning ( or thanatosis , to give it its technical name ) occurs in some beetles , bugs , grasshoppers , stick insects and mantids . |
| 20 | This fear of cats , or ailurophobia to give it its technical name , is rare , but when it does occur it can cause untold misery for the sufferer and it is worth examining how it begins and how it can be cured . |
| 21 | It is the soft and curly quality of this undercoat , or underfur , that gives it its excellent heat-retaining property . |
| 22 | Difficult modes of speech may be coined to convey difficult themes , but the private nature of the artist 's invention is what gives it its power . |
| 23 | Delaney made his way through the crew door into the cavernous section of the C130 that gave it its friendly nick-name of Fat Albert . |
| 24 | The ‘ Act for the Abolition of Imprisonment for Debt , for the Punishment of Fraudulent Debtors and other purposes ’ , to give it its full name , was , said Wetherfield , a very short , simple and sweeping measure , ‘ a great innovation upon what we have become accustomed to as the legal relations of debtor and creditor . ’ |
| 25 | A New Brutalist Conservative government has brought the moral Right in from the cold of post-60s permissive liberalism and has given it its head . |
| 26 | As the most suitable to sum them up provisionally let us pick ‘ Face facts ’ , a roughly formulated injunction which carries with it its own punishments for disobedience , without any need to appeal to God , philosophers or the police . |
| 27 | His death , while preaching a crusade in 1253 , robbed the diocese of its best-loved leader , a welcome change from some of his more avaricious fellows on the bench , and gave it its greatest religious and , ultimately , financial asset . |
| 28 | Usually held in October , it lasted for eight days and met outside the North Gate near the sloe tree which gave it its name of Sloe Fair ; discipline and disputes were enforced by a ‘ pie-powder ’ ( dusty feet ) court which sorted out the inevitable problems . |
| 29 | This Uaru clearly shows the marking that sometimes gives it its common name — Triangle Cichlid . |
| 30 | It 's only when I 'm writing an article that I give it its proper name ! |