Example sentences of "its [noun sg] be [det] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The approach to quantum theory which is most positivist in its outlook is that of the Copenhagen school , with its emphasis on the role of classical measuring instruments . |
| 2 | Doubtless the slow ‘ stately ’ motion of Jupiter in its orbit and its brightness were some of the reasons for which the Romans gave to this planet the name Jupiter , the Roman king of the gods . |
| 3 | With only one million inhabitants and , apart from the Cathedral , an inauspicious infrastructure composed of 1950s Le Corbusier knock-offs relieved by the occasional Jugendstil survivor and twelve Romanesque churches , its charisma is all on the inside . |
| 4 | Apart from the odd darkening of mood and menacing dissonance , its radicalism is all on the surface , and pastiche never far away , but the immediate appeal of its humour and vigour was hard to resist . |
| 5 | Its position is that of the ‘ meaning ’ theist , but it does not claim the certainty of God 's existence with which that position is often associated . |