Example sentences of "its [noun sg] is [adj] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its skin is sticky and the rider can not jump off . |
| 2 | Its figure is higher than the CBO 's largely because it does not take into account the fact that the quarterly long-bond auctions had already been pruned over the past year , from around $12 billion to $1.25 billion . |
| 3 | The mechanism by which the context-CS association has its effect is different but the principle is just that adopted by Wagner ( 1976 , 1981 ) . |
| 4 | Another proposed mechanism of epeirogenesis rests on the observation that continental lithosphere is in an unstable mechanical equilibrium because its mantle is denser than the underlying asthenosphere . |
| 5 | Finally , if an animal is coping with extremely adverse conditions by self-narcotisation , I would say that its welfare is poor but the effect of the narcotic may mean that it is not suffering . |
| 6 | Its foliage is pleasing and the seed pods are marvellous . |
| 7 | If the seismically peculiar D ’ layer at the base of the mantle is the source of plumes , as some geophysicists now suspect ( for example , ref. 10 ) , its volume is such that the present plume flux would exhaust it in a few hundred million years , implying that proto-plume material is quickly cycled through the layer . |
| 8 | And by the way , I do n't know why we 're sitting crouched down here because we could stand up by the spruce there : its shadow is darker than the sky , and we could be more ready for them . |
| 9 | Its training is thorough and the success of the Medau display team at the 1991 Gymnaestrada can have surprised no one who is familiar with the dedication of its students . |
| 10 | Interestingly , the results obtained with enzyme Eco K + ts-1 shows that its activity is lower than the activity of Eco K ts-1 at the permissive temperature . |
| 11 | ( 5 ) Simulations of expected duration The nature of this model and its estimation is such that the elasticities , hazard rates and the expected durations all vary from one individual to another and are dependent on the values of benefits , expected earnings and all extra income receipts in both employment and unemployment . |
| 12 | Where they do tend to turn away is in cases where the effect of the work is aversive because its purpose is aversive and the intention to shock or appal is successfully realised . |