Example sentences of "[adv] [be] its [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There , it has not so much been its Calvinism that has been welcome as its emphasis upon the inerrancy of Scripture .
2 Under Mr Levin its high-tech ambitions are bigger than most , and so are its debts .
3 Theory is radical , and so are its advocates .
4 Not only are its policies extremely wasteful , but one of the companies that it set up is just collapsing , insolvent , and this is costing £8 a head to every community charge payer in the area .
5 Danger stalks this place , and you alone are its quarry .
6 Its high proportion to carbon is an advantage here , so is its complex , benzenoid , easily disrupted molecular structure .
7 One of the reasons why it has been able to do so is its policy of charging for special exhibitions .
8 Not only is its reappearance welcome , but its author deserves a special salute from The Northern Echo .
9 Its many teeth were sharp ; so was its appetite .
10 As she went to the market with Ferdinando , each shopping for their respective households — though since hers had shrunk to nothing Wilson had no real need to make the daily pilgrimage — the excitement was unmistakable and so was its nature .
11 The major line of development of the College has thus been its transformation from a teaching school attached to an equine infirmary , to a fully fledged university school in which teaching at undergraduate level and research of high standing encompass the whole range of domesticated animals , and where postgraduate courses meet the increasing demands of specialisation in such subjects as animal health , pathology and laboratory animal science .
12 LIFESPAN 's rules are that the author of a piece of work may not be its approver , so you now need to create another user to approve the package .
13 A force was raised , an expedition was organized — but Balboa , it was ordered , should not be its commander ; that task should go to a bitter rival , Pedro Arias Dávila .
14 What is predictable about Hebrew poetry generally is its structure as couplets ( or triplets , i.e. extended couplets ) .
15 ‘ What exactly is its significance ? ’
16 One of the attractions of the game has always been its diversity , and , whatever success they bring , a relentless stream of fast bowlers ultimately becomes boring .
17 Outside , in the rain , it turned what had once been its head up to look at the storm .
18 The answer to this would usually be its leadership — shareholders , managers , ministers , and so on .
19 The reason is that when you reduce your calorie intake , the first thing the body burns off is its stores of water and glycogen , which maintain your glucose supply .
20 Ultimately the universe in its totality is in some sense perfect , as also are its elements understood as required by the overall nature of that totality , but from the point of view of us who struggle within it things are called good or bad ( or by some such words ) according as to whether they promote our particular struggle to actualise our own nature .
21 The same spotted coat that conceals the leopard so successfully has also been its undoing .
22 It 's used to catch rabbits and foxes , but cats and dogs have also been its victim .
23 Almost from the beginning Binet 's approach won the day , and this book is a celebration of his approach ; unfortunately it may also be its epitaph .
24 Every Home is run by a manager , who may also be its owner .
25 The Denhams ' garden seemed to have no walls , so thoroughly were its boundaries screened and disguised .
26 ‘ These mountains are the soul of the island , and the people who live here are its heart . ’
27 Here is its opening :
28 One of the most striking qualities evident here is its unity , not a note too many or too few .
29 The company is famous for its generosity and support for charitable causes , as indeed are its employees who have record of practical help to charities that is second to none .
30 More strictly , this effort is simply that essence itself which precisely is its effort to keep itself in existence in its own distinctive way .
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