Example sentences of "were [prep] its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | History in this case was the product of a specialized group ; and the arguments about the quality of the product were about its beauty , metre , wit , rather than about its truth , typicality and meaning . |
| 2 | Sainsbury maintains tight control of costs and benefits from its large investment programme were behind its success with capital expenditure expected to reach £800m by the end of the year . |
| 3 | In 1985 , 22 545 people were under its protection ( Age Concern , 1986 , p. 76 ) . |
| 4 | It bordered the much reduced archbishopric of Ohrid on the south , but Tetovo and Skopje were within its jurisdiction . |
| 5 | We swam out perpendicular to the two to three knot current , until we were in its heart . |
| 6 | There were some mathematical features of the Copernican theory that were in its favour , then . |
| 7 | During the final canoe-position recces for Torch , a sudden storm caught those of the eastern reconnaissance , and Lieutenant L.G. ( Geoff ) Lyne RN with Commando Thomas as paddler were in its teeth . |
| 8 | A degree of light emanated from the silently hurtling water , which she felt as a force urging her forward , as though she were in its grip and swept along with it . |
| 9 | No matter what the deficiencies were in its security arrangements at Frankfurt , the airline and its insurers were at least entitled to prepare their best defence against a charge of wilful misconduct . |
| 10 | In the case of a private company , a pre-1982 pre-emptive requirement is to be treated as if it were in its memorandum or articles so long as it remains a private company . |
| 11 | Fidel Castro and Nikita Khrushchev were among its guests . |
| 12 | Two figures were at its eaves with torches . |