Example sentences of "[prep] its original [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A.J. Ayer 's Language , Truth and Logic is still a pertinent and readable work , more than half a century after its original publication . |
| 2 | Her book , substantially as she wrote it , was still in print , and selling , a hundred years after its original publication . |
| 3 | Sometimes called ‘ pipe tongs ’ , this tool ( named after its original manufacturer ) is one of the army of gripping wrenches used for gripping and turning round objects such as iron pipes ( but not copper ) . |
| 4 | There would then follow a transitional period of up to five years during which " matters arising " from secession would have to be resolved , such as the status of USSR military facilities on the republic 's territory , ownership of economic plant and infrastructure , material and financial settlements ( including compensation to citizens wishing to remain in the USSR and therefore requiring resettlement outside the seceding republic ) , and the status of any territories ceded to the republic after its original accession to the Soviet Union . |
| 5 | Where a writ is served after its original period of validity has expired , even though its renewal period has not expired , the defendant may apply to set aside service and the order for renewal , which would of course have been made ex parte . |
| 6 | The well was moved because of this road , which went through its original position , although it was not put into its present position until 1921 . |
| 7 | The work which has , since 1986/87 , been achieved by Action for Governors ' Information and Training ( AGIT ) took its beginnings from a very wide range of agencies : both through its original base at the Community Education Development Centre in Coventry and through its non-governmental funding , it has been able to take account of differing interests and pressures . |
| 8 | The church is entered through its original door complete with ancient iron hinges and immediately one is plunged into an anachronic atmosphere . |
| 9 | It is still used for its original purpose . |
| 10 | The building was in use for its original purpose until the early 1960s , but by the time it was acquired for conversion into dwellings in 1977 , it had lain empty for more than ten years and was decaying rapidly because the upper floors and roof covering of the mill had been destroyed in a fire . |
| 11 | It was thought that this might best be achieved by reconstructing the village , with each building standing on its original site and being used , wherever possible , for its original purpose . |
| 12 | If the building is no longer needed for its original purpose , could it be put to a new use ? |
| 13 | De-La-Pole Hospital , once a mental asylum , has been considerably expanded to deal with general medical and surgical requirements , following the decline in the need for its original purpose . |
| 14 | You will see that I placed the two arrangements diagonally opposite from each other , but of course you can alter this to a continuous design around the edge , leaving the centre of the mirror free , or simply decorate the bottom of the mirror , leaving the rest free for its original purpose ! |
| 15 | Long neglected , it has now been restored by the University of Edinburgh and is once again used for its original purpose . |
| 16 | Built in 1870 by Palmerston to ward off the French , this circular granite and steel stronghold which was never used for its original purpose , rises sheer from the sea bed , and has been converted into a James Bond style multi-millionaire 's private residence . |
| 17 | Look in the locker under the passenger seat for its original colour as it is usually not repainted in a respray . . |
| 18 | What can be said with certainty is that the Danes still dance a Bournonville ballet much better than any other company , with far greater understanding and sympathy for its original style . |
| 19 | The offer is 469 pence per Hoskyns share , the minimum price agreed when CAP Gemini acquired the majority in July 1990 and compares with the 330 pence price Cap Gemini paid for its original stake . |
| 20 | Martinho 's resignation was seen as representing the development of a long-term crisis within a party which had failed to find a suitable replacement for its original leader and whose popular support had been reduced to below 5 per cent of the vote . |
| 21 | When Cranham Community Church started , we began in the gospels , taking the uncomfortable passages with the more familiar , always trying to ask the questions : what did this passage mean for its original listeners , and now what does it mean for us today ? |
| 22 | The volume was bound for its original owner , Henry Carey , first Lord Hunsdon , Queen Elizabeth 's cousin and her Ambassador to the court of King James . |
| 23 | A drawing by Webber , the artist assigned by the Admiralty to Cook 's third voyage , of Keelakekula Bay inscribed ‘ the Place where Captain Cook was killed ’ is reputed to have already found a buyer not far below its original purchase price . |
| 24 | Type 2 : Semi-specialist machinery which is expected to be productive for ten years and have a residual value of 10% of its original cost . |
| 25 | The exact date of its original building is disputed but it probably stems from the late fifth or early sixth century . |
| 26 | Enid Bagnold 's creepy comedy is dated in more subtle ways as well — ‘ She 's behind the escallonia hedge , ’ sounds like a line dropped from a Beatrice Lillie sketch — but , in this strongly cast production , it also retains much of its original charm and piquancy . |
| 27 | The aid programme , as it has developed over the last thirty years , has failed in terms of its original objective , i.e. the promotion of a pattern of economic growth in which the injection of external finance on soft terms was no longer necessary . |
| 28 | The Perkins 4 ( no of cylinders ) 236 ( size in cub inches ) will fit into a LR but in a four cylinder such as yours space is limited and it is a tight fit The six cylinder with the extra room in the engine bay allows the engine to fit more easily The 189 Ibf h torque as compared to the 103 Ibf h of its original engine will certainly find any weakness in the transmission , the S2A gearbox will handle it better than an S3 |
| 29 | An extraordinary little trilobite looking like an ancient medallion , preserved in shale , with some of its original exoskeleton retained , coloured by iron compounds . |
| 30 | NorthWest Digital Systems , Seattle , California , was demonstrating an X Terminal design based around the new chip , called Wildcat 2 — the second generation of its original Wildcat design launched at last year 's show . |