Example sentences of "its [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Formerly it was a watery barrier on the journey along the west coast , and the key to its crossing was the small car ferry at Stromeferry , a source of long delays and frustration , but the ferry was abandoned when a new road was constructed along the south-east shore of the loch . |
| 2 | Although in Mesopotamia kingship was never so important as in Egypt , its function was the maintenance of harmony between earth and heaven . |
| 3 | Rheims Cathedral in all its splendour was the setting of our final Mass , with time for relaxation , before bringing our memories home with use . |
| 4 | They conceived it in the form of a puma and its heart was the ceremonial site which was now the Plaza de Armas . |
| 5 | At its heart was the pressure of blacks and of their liberal white supporters for equal opportunities in education . |
| 6 | The flame that sparkled in its heart was the same fire that had flared between them since the beginning . |
| 7 | Its essence was the system of alternate or multiple parties whereby governments could be held responsible to different sections of the class or classes that had a political voice . |
| 8 | Rather less ideological in its programme was the British Fascisti formed in 1923 by Rotha Lintorn Orman . |
| 9 | For Scott the design of the film rather than its storyline was the real statement and he refused to philosophize about its meaning at the time of Blade Runner 's release , and quick demise ( it was subsequently resurrected as a cult movie and video hit ) . |
| 10 | It was no coincidence , perhaps , that its president was the Marquess of Salisbury , married to Mollie Salisbury who had spent so much time helping with the garden at Highgrove . |
| 11 | The older areas of irrigation were extended and intensified by the Imperial Canal ; begun under Charles V , its completion was the greatest public work of the eighteenth century . |
| 12 | Instead of a plot of intertwined complication , which would do nicely for a book in which its unravelling was the whole of the matter , you might well find that a plot which consisted of only one major twist or deception would suit you best . |
| 13 | Its discovery was the result of prolonged studies of the microbes which exist in soil and survive by breaking down the remains of plants and animals , and by competition with each other . |
| 14 | Its lobby was the size of a railway station , all peach marble and glass and gilded metal . |
| 15 | Its aim was the creation of a triple alliance between Britain , France and the Soviet Union to restrain Nazi Germany . |
| 16 | It was Promethean in spirit , and its meaning was the very opposite of restraint . |
| 17 | Its bible was the Irforme of Jovellanos published in 1795 , a stylistic masterpiece that applied the commonplaces of economic individualism to the land problem in Spain . |
| 18 | Indicative of its militarism was the Christian forcefulness and enthusiasm for the pilgrimage to Santiago . |
| 19 | Its body was the boy 's flat nose and its mandibles were his sharpened teeth . |
| 20 | Bush stressed the importance of the family unit , and stated the view that its dissolution was the single most important factor in the growth of social problems . |
| 21 | Aptly known as ‘ the grand design ’ its basis was the plan , already described , on which the Count de Broglie had first worked in 1777 , which was expanded into a far more ambitious document in December 1778 . |
| 22 | It was better written than Cooper 's and , thankfully , in typescript , but its theme was the same : a passionate denial of having played any part in the , Luton murder at all . |
| 23 | Its theme was the Second World War . |
| 24 | It is not quite true to say that the price of Attlee 's policy was partition , but it is true to say that its price was the early and firm acceptance of the inevitability of partition . |
| 25 | But its character was the natural result of the close intertwining of Christianity with the rule of kings and emperors . |
| 26 | Playboy was described as a pleasure-primer , its symbol was a rabbit and its bait was the Playmate of the month , the girl who was unfolded in the centre wearing a staple through her navel but not much else . |
| 27 | The key to its adaptation was the realisation that the street system could remain as fully connected as before , with closures made unnecessary , provided that the speeds on those streets were reduced ( Figure 5.2c ) . |
| 28 | He believed also that the monastic community at Canterbury with a primatial archbishop at its head was the source of order throughout the whole huge area of the archbishop 's primatial authority ; he thought too that this was part of an unchanging order of things , which should not be made the subject of political bargaining either with the pope or the king . |
| 29 | Sydney 's latest new building , and its pride was the P&O block . |
| 30 | The occasion for its appointment was the coming to office as Minister of Housing and Local Government of Mr Henry Brooke in January 1957 . |