Example sentences of "its [noun pl] could be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that case , the House of Lords concluded that a bank giving information as to the liquidity of one of its own customers to another bank so that the latter could show the information to one of its customers could be liable to that customer , even though the first bank did not know the identity of the second bank 's customer , the ultimate recipient of the information . |
| 2 | Its decisions could be positive , by directing investment or controlling both prices and production , or negative , through punishing those who ignored its decisions . |
| 3 | The negative side of all this was ben Eliezer 's polemics against straight-faced , over-serious rabbinism ; against those whose understanding of God 's nature was austere and unfatherly ; those who , while seeking to elevate the Most High , merely put him out of touch with his own children ; debarred them from his welcoming presence by a system or learning that became ‘ frivolous ’ in its intensity : not that its perpetrators could be frivolous : black was their colour , even as severity was their posture — as becomes the frozen-in-soul . |
| 4 | Until recently he believed that ‘ the magnificent State of Britain' had done little for the Science upon which her wealth , power and very existence depended ; except to provide security and freedom in a country its citizens could be proud of , and this had indeed been enough . |
| 5 | Diabetes and its complications could be serious and life-threatening , both to mother and baby . |