Example sentences of "its [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Therefore the simple conflict between accumulation and unproductive consumption which appears at the micro level may be transformed into its opposite at the macro level . |
| 2 | Consequently , their bedroom with its mattress on the floor and a black and white duvet looks spacious , verging on empty , but this is the way the Woolleys like to live now . |
| 3 | One main street , set roughly at right angles , ran north and south from it ; its northern arm , possibly Flavian in date , aimed at the southern end of the modern High Street where the south gate of the fortified centre was probably later established ; a slight shift towards the west in its alignment in the late second century may have coincided with the construction of the first defences . |
| 4 | And the Broadcasting Standards Council began its monitoring of the small screen with a warning from its chairman , Lord Rees-Mogg , that television producers should not impose their own values if they offended the viewing public . |
| 5 | The firm has been at pains to correct this recently , however , and points to a ban of all flags in the workplace ( Union Jacks were seen to be intimidatory ) and its monitoring of the composition of the workforce . |
| 6 | In the absence of a full Test tour , public attention was focused on the World Cup but the Red Stripe Cup and the England A team tour , the first of its kind to the Caribbean , offered chances to those aspiring to replace the greats who have now gone into retirement . |
| 7 | Wroughton airfield near Swindon was the busiest in the world this weekend , as more than fifteen hundred aircraft flew in for the largest rally of its kind outside the United States . |
| 8 | The weir will be the second of its kind on the river and was designed by the National Rivers Authority to keep gravel spawning beds clear of silt . |
| 9 | This program is the best of its kind on the market for page making facilities , it is far better than a number of ‘ Commercial ’ pagemaking programs that are popular with users who only have a dot-matrix printer . |
| 10 | It 's the second incident of its kind on the same stretch of motorway , in two days . |
| 11 | The 22-bedroomed clinic will be the only one of its kind on the island , and the only centre outside of London where such treatment is available . |
| 12 | It 's the second incident of its kind at the hospital this year . |
| 13 | The treaty , the first of its kind between the Soviet Union and one of its former East European allies in the Warsaw Pact , committed the two sides to non-aggression and to consultation and co-operation over security matters . |
| 14 | UAE troops joined around 1,000 troops from France 's Rapid Action Force ( FAR ) , navy and air force in a joint exercise on Feb. 22-27 ; codenamed " Little Fox " , it was the first of its kind between the two countries . |
| 15 | In the spring of 1991 the reconciliation was sealed when the Chinese party leader Jiang Zemin visited Moscow , the first visit of its kind since the days of Mao Zedong . |
| 16 | This was the first major incident of its kind since the beginning of the November revolution . |
| 17 | In the first case of its kind since the Soviet Union 's accession to Interpol in 1990 , the Soviet authorities on March 10 allowed the extradition of a fugitive wanted in the United States in connection with a US$10,000,000 medical insurance fraud . |
| 18 | The shelling was described as the " first of its kind since the 1971 war " . |
| 19 | The visit , by an Israeli diplomat serving in Thailand , was the first of its kind since the end of the Vietnam War in 1975 . |
| 20 | The restaurant was like many of its kind throughout the Soviet Union , although perhaps better cared for than most . |
| 21 | Our programme has been extended to parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland making it the largest of its kind in the UK . |
| 22 | This committee set about establishing a small residential home for old people , the second of its kind in the country , and , by July 1942 , thanks largely to her drive , West Town House in Bristol was opened . |
| 23 | A source close to Mr Saatchi confirmed yesterday that between 70 and 100 works from the collection — the largest of its kind in the world — had been disposed of through the New York art dealer Larry Gagosian for up to $1m per painting . |
| 24 | From 1953 to 1964 we built up that factory into perhaps the second largest of its kind in the world and certainly the largest and best in Europe . |
| 25 | We have recently completed the sale of 54 cottages , bungalows and flats in central Didcot , built by Secure Retirement , the development being the first of its kind in the Town . |
| 26 | His family woollen business was founded in 1541 and is believed to be the oldest family business of its kind in the world . |
| 27 | The trouble is that although Radio 3 may be the most successful network of its kind in the world , it appeals to a minority — estimated at just five per cent of the population , mostly white , male and over 50 . |
| 28 | It is , says the university 's Prof Malcolm Troup , ‘ the first fellowship of its kind in the world ’ . |
| 29 | All thirteen LEAs in the region served by the District were represented on the Council together with the University , the WEA , the YMCA and the Educational Settlements Association and formed the first consultative body of its kind in the country . |
| 30 | The kiln , which is the only one of its kind in the UK , will generate less dust , less noise and considerably less emissions than the previous plant . |