Example sentences of "its [adj] [noun pl] [subord] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The supreme joy of Keld is the river , hurrying in a mad rush from its desolate beginnings as it thrashes through a channel it has carved in the limestone in a series of cascades and waterfalls . |
| 2 | It sculptures caves in its banks as it falls into a deep ravine , and becomes sedate only in its later stages as it leaves its dale to lose its identity in the River Lune . |
| 3 | Because a lifetime of debauchery somehow loses its romantic kudos once it winds down to a respectable job and keep-fit classes ; it stops being a biopic and starts sounding like a how-I-conquered-my-bad-habits-and-became-a-normal-person telefilm . |
| 4 | The judges must have forgotten their watches.Truth is , the battle is so absorbing it always extends until an obvious champion is emerges ; the last lonely Rokkaku deserves its 6 points as it descends unscathed . |
| 5 | Psychologists believe a new-born infant learns to combine what it picks up through its various senses as it lies wriggling in its pram . |
| 6 | British Telecom says it plans to develop links between the two companies ' local network management systems — Hewlett-Packard 's OpenView and Sun 's SunNet Manager , and its own Concert system — and chose those two companies as its first partners because it believes that between them they control about 60% of the local network management market . |
| 7 | British Telecom says it plans to develop links between the two companies ' local network management systems — Hewlett-Packard 's OpenView and Sun 's SunNet Manager , and its own Concert system — and chose those two companies as its first partners because it believes that between them they control about 60% of the local network management market . |
| 8 | The mind shifts from one alternative to the other , becoming more entangled in the net of its own thoughts as it does so . |
| 9 | Such an analysis suggests that house design is the fundamental determinant of social life ; while this , in itself , is a very difficult position to maintain , the argument is also fundamentally flawed on its own grounds since it fails to take account of who in the household actually does the work generated by the ‘ hobbies ’ . |
| 10 | More than most , BMW is very careful not to tread on its own toes when it comes to cabin size . |
| 11 | It criticises and deconstructs its own formulations as it struggles against the dominant system of meaning . ’ |
| 12 | It 's surprisingly wild in its upper reaches where it leads to Threshthwaite Mouth — one of the most distinctive though seldom used passes in the Lake District . |
| 13 | And the ability of many insects to see the infrared and microwave emanations of particular molecules or of particular plants , for instance , is intriguing in its wider implications as it relates to the overall balance and economy of nature . |