People often add an apostrophe to "its" in a sentence like "The group made its decision."

VOA: special.2010.02.11

From the day it was decided that the sentence of her lover should be decided in the arena, she had thought of nothing but this event.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Thaksin Shinawatra went into exile in Cambodia to avoid a prison sentence for corruption.

VOA: special.2010.05.22

"I was trying," he said, "to put the history of mankind in one sentence." Later he said, "I am still trying to do it, but now I want to put it all on the head of a pin."

VOA: special.2010.01.03

The former prime minster is wanted in Thailand after fleeing a year ago to avoid a two-year jail sentence for corruption.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

Metzner said Noriega should not spend another seven years imprisoned in France after already serving his sentence in the United States.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

"I am satisfied that a sentence of 15 years imprisonment is an appropriate sentence in the present matter."

VOA: standard.2010.08.03

He was given a 40-year sentence in 1992, which was later reduced to 30 years on appeal and further reduced to 17 years.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

The managers of Union Carbide, who have been granted bail, were originally charged with culpable homicide, which could have resulted in a harsher sentence.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

"It is the death sentence of a society to force children to kill in wars.

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

In a two-sentence letter Monday, North Korea said it had ordered the release on an "emergency" basis because water levels behind the dam had risen too high.

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

The first function deals with recognizing a word, the second with understanding the word's context in a sentence, and the third lets us articulate the word by speaking.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15

The trial of Iraqi journalist Muntader al-Zaidi, who shot to fame after flinging his shoes at former President George Bush during a press conference last December in Baghdad, ended with a relatively light three-year sentence.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Mr.Thaksin,who remains in exile in the face of a two year jail sentence for corruption, maintains support from the northern rural areas as well as among the poor and low income groups due to populist economic policies while in office.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20