Example sentences of "it [be] a [noun] [prep] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the majority of scientists tend to be a little coy about metaphysical matters in their professional publications , they are often less so outside when writing elsewhere , being prone to describe the framework of presuppositions about perception within which they conduct their investigations as if it were a discovery in its own right and that ‘ discovery ’ an explanation of perception . |
| 2 | They use the idea for designing the interiors of buildings and so on ; essentially it 's a toy in its current form , but it gives you the idea . |
| 3 | It 's a role with its antecedents in Mork — except this planet is not Ork but Manhattan 's skid row . |
| 4 | Well , you see , if you keep changing the blacksmiths about and they 're altering horses feet all the time , putting plates on , putting shoes on , you see it 's a game of its own . |
| 5 | Nothing else is like nursing — it 's a job on its own . |
| 6 | We 've said that when it 's a baby inside its mum , does n't have to control its own temperature , and in actual fact it 's several days after birth , after the baby 's born that it can effectively produce its own heat and its metabolism functions efficiently . |
| 7 | Today due to the decline in the motor industry , it 's a shadow of its former self . |
| 8 | It should , I think , be emphasised that the present decision of your Lordships does not represent a breakthrough in relation to the principle against self-incrimination ; it is a decision on its own facts in the light of that principle . |
| 9 | And it is a trip in its own right , on the teller 's part . |
| 10 | When you put all these factors together it concerns me that nobody has been advancing the case that as with other districts , some other districts in York , it would be appropriate , even more appropriate in my view , that the migration assumption should be discounted , there are in my view special reasons why this should be the case , special reasons over and above tho those that have been applied , to the other districts , this in my view would be that the Greater York housing provision for all those reasons I 've just highlighted , should be reduced , should be reduced to the seventy five percent level , in other words that would be reducing it by between a thousand and twelve hundred and fifty houses , now I wo n't get on to the reason that the fact that that 's one reason why there 's no need for a new settlement , erm but it is a reason in its own right just to protect the character and the capacity requirements and the environmental sensitivities of the Greater York area . |
| 11 | But the cult of ugliness can become just as fake as the cult of prettiness if it is a denial of its opposite . |
| 12 | ALTHOUGH this match was largely devoid of running rugby , it was a classic of its type , the spectators held captivated by the tense battle . |
| 13 | The impact itself caused severe damage to the front of and underneath the engine , but British Rail said it was a tribute to its design that there were n't any injuries . |
| 14 | Clearly it was a moment with its own significance for her . |
| 15 | It was not even like other railways , for it was a railway on its own , the Bishop 's Castle Railway . |
| 16 | It was a revelation in its heyday , but Viz is now starting to look rather tired . |
| 17 | However , the notion that it was a profession in its own right and there was a three-year course you could take rather amused me . |
| 18 | Once inside , it was a world of its own , the heavy doors pulled to , a sense of tranquillity pervading the echoing space . |
| 19 | However , more recent sightings by Archbishop Trench in the sixteenth century suggest it was a beast in its own right : |
| 20 | But then it was a creature of its time , and its time and the work it did were about the last election , not the next one . |