Example sentences of "its [noun sg] was [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tousled girl in front of me , she was reading a buxom magazine : its text was in French , I think , but even I could tell that the article she scanned was about fellatio technique — blowjob knowhow . |
| 2 | It showed just 25 minutes of the three-day World Cup in Barcelona ( the rest of its coverage was on Channel 4 ) . |
| 3 | He joined the famous Aintree course in 1983 when its future was in jeopardy , but won major sponsorship for the National . |
| 4 | The Guardian , for example , had a national reputation without a London base and with a limited circulation ( its home was in Manchester up until 1959 ) . |
| 5 | Univel acknowledged its cuts would impact the Santa Cruz Operation , which it described as a ‘ partner , ’ but explained that its focus was on Microsoft . |
| 6 | ( i ) The aircraft had been properly maintained and its documentation was in order . |
| 7 | Similarly , Labour in 1964 won because its message was in tune with the prevailing intellectual climate . |
| 8 | Its music was by Jean-Louis Laruette ( 1731–92 ) , a celebrated actor-singer . |
| 9 | Ltd. v. Ogden ( 1978 C.A. ) the owner of a vessel which a customer was considering hiring told the customer that its payload was 1,600 tons , whereas its payload was in fact only 1,055 tons ( so stated in the ship 's documents ) . |
| 10 | The hierarchy of race with Aryans or Anglo-Saxons at its apex was under threat of contamination from the supposed lesser breeds . |
| 11 | If they become ascertained only after the contract was made , the contract at the time of its creation was for sale of unascertained goods . |