Example sentences of "is [adv] [vb pp] [prep] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's local councils charge £6-10 a ton to put solid waste in landfills : a price , say the commercial firms , that does not reflect capital investment or the sums that must be et aside to ensure a landfill is properly maintained during its 30 years or so of life . |
| 2 | Robert Wiseman Dairies , the milk processor and distributor which is widely recognised by its distinctive black and white corporate identity , beat rival Yarrow Shipbuilders to take first prize in the category for large manufacturing companies . |
| 3 | Every one of these topics is skilfully presented in its proper worldwide context . |
| 4 | By ‘ social action ’ Weber refers to action ‘ which takes account of the behaviour of others and is thereby oriented in its course ’ . |
| 5 | As a result purchasing power is rarely exercised to its fullest extent with its attendant cost savings . |
| 6 | STYLISTICS , simply defined as the ( linguistic ) study of style , is rarely undertaken for its own sake , simply as an exercise in describing what use is made of language . |
| 7 | A related problem with copying other people 's arguments can be seen by comparing an excerpt from a plagiarised text ( a ) with the essay version derived from it ( b ) : ( a ) Stylistics , simply defined as the ( linguistic ) study of style , is rarely undertaken for its own sake , simply as an exercise in describing what use is made of language . |
| 8 | A look at this shy and distinctive creature which has lived in Britain for thousands of years and featured in many favourite stories but is rarely seen in its natural habitat . |
| 9 | Our care for the teenage mongoloid , for example , is powerfully influenced by its own plans and aspirations , and this will obtain to a diminishing extent with the more severely retarded . |
| 10 | So , while McDonald 's is powerfully committed to its core values , it is constantly looking beyond the practices that made it successful in order to explore new opportunities . |
| 11 | Consequently , Foucault remarked ( p 151-152 ) : " Time measured and paid must also be time without impurities or defects ; a time of good quality throughout which the body is constantly applied to its exercise … |
| 12 | Overall this hotel is highly recommended for its facilities , value and position , close to the Leidseplein , convenient for sightseeing and shopping . |
| 13 | The Loire valley region is especially noted for its châteaux as the fifteenth century court was not yet fixed in Paris and this hunting area was a favoured one for the royal house , who visited loyal subjects in their castle homes . |
| 14 | Although it is somewhat limited in its applications it is easy to operate and above all it is fun . |
| 15 | Increasingly it is merely used for its amenities — schools , shops , etc. — rather than as the social centre which it once was . |
| 16 | In the essay ‘ Theatum philosophicum ’ ( 1970 ) , written shortly after the Archaeology , Foucault attempts to avoid the snares of the problem of the relation of the event to the totality , or the particular to the general , that beset both Sartre and Althusser , by arguing that the event as event is only constituted through its repetition in thought as a ‘ phantasm ’ : ‘ it makes the event indefinite so that it repeats itself as a singular universal ’ . |
| 17 | A Customs spokesman in Dublin said : ‘ We have an ongoing campaign to ensure that marked diesel oil is only used for its intended purpose and that hydro-carbon oil is not imported from the North . ’ |
| 18 | The aircraft is only sold in its completed form , and the clever combination of glider-like performance with a microlight certification give it a broad spectrum appeal across the market place . |
| 19 | WordPerfect is entirely owned by its top two executives , but is considering going public later this year or in 1994 . |
| 20 | It is a movement he has used many times and which is perhaps seen at its best in the pas de deux to the Meditation from Thai-s created for Anthony Dowell and Antoinette Sibley ; in A Month in the Country when Natalia dances with the Tutor to express her emotions ; and in Les Deux Pigeons in the final pas de deux , when the Young Man has returned to The Girl and tenderly dances with her in his arms ( see page 83 ) . |
| 21 | Thus the embedding of a label in a total sentence structure ( complete linguistic predication ) indicates that it is less tied to its situational context and more related to its linguistic context . |
| 22 | Thus the embodying of a label in a total sentence structure … indicates that it is less tied to its situational context and more related to its linguistic context ’ ( 1972 , p. 175 ) . |
| 23 | Since Comshare is better known for its well-established Commander EIS product , it would be no surprise to find that many of its corporate FDC users began , like British Aerospace , as EIS users . |
| 24 | Ling Gill is better enjoyed from its outer rim than from its confines . |
| 25 | Public relations is much maligned about its influence on the media . |
| 26 | The resulting shape is finally inserted into its background and the design mounted and finished as required . |
| 27 | It should be the moment when this Government is finally brought to its senses . |
| 28 | The exact origins of the Viennese school of building are not known , but Stein is generally accepted as its most important precursor . |
| 29 | This reactive violence is thus justified by its subjects and the justification subsists in consciousness along with their Roman catholic profession of faith and identity . |
| 30 | The end link is thus detached from its ground point R and rotated to position R1 ( see Figure 7.40 ) . |