Example sentences of "be its [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If I do not utter a word , I am its master ; once I utter it , I am its slave . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If I do not utter a word , I am its master ; once I utter it , I am its slave . ’ |
| 3 | To all intents and purposes , I am its mother . |
| 4 | I am its lord . |
| 5 | You are its guardian . |
| 6 | And what are its management problems likely to be ? |
| 7 | ‘ These mountains are the soul of the island , and the people who live here are its heart . ’ |
| 8 | According to Ms. Marjorie Thompson , the chairman of CND , there are now between 100 and 130 Labour Members who support CND and are its members . |
| 9 | The debate over the owl , and the forests which are its home , has raged between the timber industry and environmentalists since the owl was listed as an endangered species in 1990 [ see EDs passim ] . |
| 10 | Why is Parliament legislatively supreme , and why are its enactments accorded primacy ? |
| 11 | But there is a second possibility : beyond our planet 's computer , there may be others that are its superior . |
| 12 | At first blush the analysis outlined above possesses considerable intuitive appeal , but the further one delves into the arguments that lie at its core , the more profoundly disturbing are its conclusions . |
| 13 | What are its advantages and disadvantages ? |
| 14 | Sometimes the struggle for political autonomy stimulated a search for cultural identity ; the great achievements of the Irish literary revival of the end of the century are its monuments ( they are , of course , written in English ) . |
| 15 | Are its genes transmitted to future generations via the same vehicles as the host 's genes ? |
| 16 | Why are its effects realer than real ? |
| 17 | What are its effects on the visual interpretation of remotely-sensed images ? |
| 18 | Octopus tentacles are its favourite . |
| 19 | The group is ordered and structured , as are its activities . |
| 20 | If a government , using its majority in Parliament , passes appropriate laws empowering it to do specified acts , are its activities thereby rendered legitimate because they are done in accordance with the law , regardless of how oppressive or repugnant those laws might be ? |
| 21 | The basic parameters of the damper are its inertia ( J ) and the viscous fluid constant k , but in addition there is the inertia of the damper housing OH ) , which increases the overall motor/load inertia . |
| 22 | I have not yet seen the Hansard report of our proceedings , but I said that the assets of any company are its resources , which are human as well as physical . |
| 23 | What are its rules ? |
| 24 | Its principal inputs are its address lines , which may each be set to 0 or 1 . |
| 25 | How reliable are its estimates of security betas ? |
| 26 | A unique city — whose very construction is a marvel — it is linked in every way to the canals and lagoons that are its foundation . |
| 27 | Danger stalks this place , and you alone are its quarry . |
| 28 | Apple trees are its bread and butter in Britain but mistletoe clearly has no meal ticket . |
| 29 | Saxton Bampfylde tries to be extra sensitive , open and considerate , not only to the clients who are its bread and butter , but also to candidates , who frequently feel they have been ridden roughshod over and hard-done-by in the search process . |
| 30 | PagePlus makes no pretension of addressing this market nor , I suspect , are its users vaguely interested in paying upwards of £600 to produce a church flyer , instruction manual , letterhead or newssheet . |