Example sentences of "its [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is said to have been built without nails , bolts , dowels or other fixings to a design by Newton , but to have been bolted together following its dismantling by drunken students who were unable , when sober , to reverse their vandalism ! |
| 2 | April 1992 saw the car completed and it passed its MOT with flying colours . |
| 3 | By contrast Iraq announced its severance of diplomatic relations with the UK on Feb. 6 , 1991 [ for July 1990 release of Daphne Parish in Iraq see p. 37627 ] . |
| 4 | In the litter tray they do the same thing , but if it has been used several times without being properly cleaned out this becomes impossible and the cat will then prefer to defecate elsewhere , even if it has to go through the motions of covering its dung with imaginary earth after it has deposited it on a wooden floor or a carpet . |
| 5 | IBM Corp says it has now completed its contracts with Digital Domain Inc to build a special effects studio in the Los Angeles area . |
| 6 | The intensely provincial , Catholic and Nationalist environment within which the DHAC operated was not conducive to its kind of class-based , quasi-Marxist political rhetoric which would , ten years earlier , probably have unleashed a backlash that it would have found difficult to survive ; even the mild leftism of Stephen McGonagle had in the past made him an object of suspicion among Derry Catholics . |
| 7 | hello there this week our summer sporting action is whitewater rafting … we 've come to the water sports centre at Holme Pierrepoint which is the only centre of its kind in Britian … |
| 8 | The case is the first of its kind in legal history and is bound to set a precedent . |
| 9 | The meeting , which was the first of its kind in post-war Europe , focused on the implications for existing military doctrines arising from the changes under way in Eastern Europe and the emerging atmosphere of East-West co-operation . |
| 10 | The dock was the first of its kind in Northern Britain and was wholly built within the High Water mark and measured five acres . |
| 11 | Experts on the Jurassic age are calling it the most significant discovery of its kind in Northern Europe . |
| 12 | A humble self-sufficiency — hard-earned , often enough , like Larkin 's , and subject to sudden , spasmodic panics of loneliness or a fear of being thought insensitive — are the hallmark of many a post-war British hero , and no talk of anti-heroes can entirely rob it of its modicum of cautious praise . |
| 13 | And yet , in the preceding century , the legend had played its part in stimulating inquiry into the geographical distribution of species . |
| 14 | More sober assessments may well modify this view , but the nature of trade unionism and its part in industrial relations remains central to the analysis . |
| 15 | Britain must play its part in developing prosperity , protecting the world environment , eradicating poverty , famine and disease , and promoting human rights and international cooperation . |
| 16 | The committee has been represented on and has played its part in post-war reconstruction schemes having this object in view . |
| 17 | However , in sexual and quasi-sexual problems — whether physical or emotional — some understanding of sexual development in general and of its part in shaping personality is often highly desirable . |
| 18 | THE New Zealand Dairy Board has been touring Europe over the past two weeks pressing its case for continued access to the British dairy market . |
| 19 | EDINBURGH PRESENTS ITS CASE FOR NEW GALLERY |
| 20 | Cornwall needs a voice of its own , to argue its case for regional funding , to improve infrastructure , to reduce unemployment and to encourage industry . |
| 21 | Its case for wholesale economic , social and political restructuring of the United Kingdom included arguing against the substantial power that the unions had obtained during the corporatist decades of the postwar period , especially within the monopoly nationalized industries . |
| 22 | British Defence policy , unlike her grand strategy , is written , re-written , written about and debated annually in the Defence White Papers , in which the government of the day makes its case for military expenditure for the coming year . |
| 23 | He was thus encouraged to believe that the Cambridge Board entertained some doubt over the strength of its case for unilateral action and was therefore anxious to reach a negotiated agreement with the WEA prior to making any application for additional Chapter III providing powers . |
| 24 | Judiciously deployed and when necessary publicly stated , its views on environmental topics are listened to and have been effective in connection with recent Government proposals and legislation as they affect the Trust . |
| 25 | The Law Reform Committee is regularly consulted by a number of bodies for its views on proposed law reform projects . |
| 26 | One possibility , given the strong showing of the BJP and the equally strong antipathy to its views amongst other parties , is a secularist line-up . |
| 27 | The Home Office informs local forces of its views by advisory circulars of which there are about 100 a year . |
| 28 | Quite how the BBC will continue to ‘ advertise ’ the expanded Radio Times , exploiting its advantage of free airtime but implicitly promoting its rivals , remains to be seen . |
| 29 | Fears that the Government was putting constraints on research it commissions were fuelled when , last year , the then DHSS inserted a new clause in its contract with outside researchers . |
| 30 | When an organisation diversifies its activities into different products and markets , it is common for the structure to be ‘ divisionalised ’ . |