Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] its [noun] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asked : ‘ Is it suggested that all the ethnic minority members who passed through its doors were unworthy of membership ? ’ |
| 2 | This jealousy between a corps d'elite and those who are not able or willing to come under its patronage is understandable , and became more understandable to me when I reached Hyderabad and found that the Institute was a self-contained and sequestered community , and that its comparatively luxurious campus bore a faint resemblance to a military camp , with living quarters graded according to the status of their occupants . |
| 3 | Yet although this sub-discipline has from its origins been concerned with the nature of the artefactual world as an element of culture offering insights into that part of social behaviour which is oriented towards the creation and use of objects , the rather particular history of this series of studies has hitherto severely limited its application . |
| 4 | The food industry generally has a clear responsibility to ensure that food supplied to its customers is safe . |
| 5 | Thankfully , the iron gibbet which swung from its hook was empty . |
| 6 | The skill demanded for its confection is minimal , the presentation is basic and elegant . |
| 7 | It may be , for example , that the experiment was flawed in some way or that the conclusion derived from its results was invalid . |
| 8 | The latter methods are used by every modern choreographer working with classical dance because it is more flexible and expressive and many dancers trained in its technique are capable of acting out the deepest emotions of the characters played , as Ashton and MacMillan have continually shown . |
| 9 | Once again the NHS ignored the principle of total quality management and instead of learning from its mistakes was desperate to deny them . |
| 10 | This was mostly because the $40.3 billion charged to its cards was far ahead of Discover 's $19.4 billion , and because Citibank had built up three times as much outstanding debt as Discover . |
| 11 | A nation fighting for its life was unlikely to permit the publication of such findings . |
| 12 | ‘ Any picture America had of its women being shy , gentle creatures living sheltered lives , untainted by the world , is shattered by the facts in the report , ’ commented one newspaper typically . |
| 13 | That is , attempts to falsify it by reference to the new phenomena predicted with its help was unsuccessful . |