Example sentences of "[noun sg] be its " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lines and masses of a statue are its soul ’ . |
| 2 | The clue to what he meant is the last sentence from Lewis : ‘ The lines and masses of a statue are its soul ’ . |
| 3 | Distinctive features of the course are its professional emphasis , the considerable element of computing laboratory work and the year spent in industry . |
| 4 | Actions of evil and barbarism are its stock in trade . |
| 5 | His passionate love of the English language is absolute : his wit and fluency are its testimony . |
| 6 | Such land could , in theory , be used to produce up to 30 million tonnes of fuel , with further advantages of biodiesel being its sulphur-free composition , its " extremely positive " energy balance , and its price competitiveness provided it is tax-free . |
| 7 | If the Earth is a living being its energy flows and sacred centres correspond to the meridians and acupuncture points in the human body . |
| 8 | Until Summum 's arrival , burial or cremation were its two main products . |
| 9 | Leila Williams ( a former beauty queen ) and Chris Trace were its virgin presenters , the show a seven-week experiment that caught on and gave the world John Noakes ' arse , the most famous shitting elephant ever , many an expedition to Ceylon , sticky-backed plastic , ‘ soldier dolls ’ , umpteen dogs , Sarah Greene ( cheers ) and a hell of a lot of jeeps paid for by old forks and ring-pulls . |
| 10 | Perhaps , the most appealing factor of a duvet is its apparent lightness which also retains a great deal of warmth . |
| 11 | Its strongest American card is its 44% stake in Amdahl Corp , and while IBM appears to be playing into Amdahl 's hands in the short term , Amdahl knows it has to build a big new business almost from scratch out of Unix and its Huron applications development and delivery environment if it is to grow much beyond its present $2,500m or so annual business . |
| 12 | Its own agreement to exist as a partnership is its investment in its own future effectiveness . |
| 13 | However , in many horses , but not all , the best barometer of its degree of rising emotion is its top lip . |
| 14 | A feature of the biography is its evocation of the particular conditions in which de Beauvoir lived and , perhaps more importantly , worked . |
| 15 | One of the attractions of a national testing programme is its supposed potential to help decision makers with policy formation , for example with how to allocate resources . |
| 16 | Once these ecumenical gestures have been graciously made , however , it needs to be repeated emphatically that the most valuable thing about social anthropology is its uniquely privileged relationship with exotic traditional societies . |
| 17 | The great appeal of interferon as an anti-viral agent is its effectiveness against a wide range of viruses of varied structure and containing different types of genetic material . |
| 18 | ‘ The mind is its own place , and in its self |
| 19 | For each central government department the permanent ( civil service ) head of each department is its ‘ Accounting Officer ’ and is nominally responsible for the legal regularity of payments from his department . |
| 20 | The only certain thing about the future is its uncertainty and therefore prudence dictates that flexibility must be retained and options kept open . |
| 21 | The most striking thing about this instrument is its weight : it 's unbelievably light . |
| 22 | We have just argued that an important feature of research is its concern with the nature of the event under scrutiny . |
| 23 | A distinctive characteristic of the Centre 's research is its multidisciplinarity ( with members of staff from law , sociology , psychology , social policy , history , economics and philosophy ) . |
| 24 | One sign that the adminstration is beginning to think seriously about basic research is its decision last week to release only partial information on six interagency initiatives that , taken together , will cost $12.5 billion . |
| 25 | The defence of any practice is its ability to promote the end ; all means are instrumental . |
| 26 | The main disadvantage of this practice is its complexity ; it is easier and more comprehensible if the accounts reflect actual revenues and expenses , and the budget reflects budgeted revenues and expenses . |
| 27 | What is most remarkable about this piece is its level of pathos — the company are battling to perform against the wishes of the big , bad man ( on stilts ) in a suit . |
| 28 | Despite all its fine sentiments , however , the main weakness in the guidance is its lack of clear operational advice on development plan policies and on the matters to be weighed in planning decisions . |
| 29 | Insignia Solutions Ltd , a sturdy member of the tiny band of small UK computer and software companies making their mark across the Atlantic , reports from its Mountain View , California Insignia Solutions Inc base that it has raised $4.75m in ‘ mezzanine ’ financing from Technology Venture Investors of Menlo Park , California , which gets one seat on the board of the High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire company 's board ; the investment is its first in a foreign company . |
| 30 | The foundation of a successful fence is its anchorage . |