Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] its [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By excluding love-making from the sphere of operation of the notion of autonomy , Kant and Hegel were limiting its scope in the ‘ public ’ realm . |
| 2 | But there will , of course , be no chance of that happening unless Britain were to show its enthusiasm for the project from the outset . ’ |
| 3 | Despite official claims to the contrary it was widely believed that China was maintaining its supplies to the Khmers Rouges and considerable stockpiles of arms were thought to have been accumulated . |
| 4 | The nineteenth century was to see its status as the language of diplomacy grow still further as it became even more a symbol of some underlying European unity which , however vague , was genuinely felt to exist by most of those who decided the continent 's destinies . |
| 5 | But it was an era when Belfast was building its reputation as an industrial centre . |
| 6 | With the backing of President North , the Josephite Church was building its sanctuary in the former state of Utah . |
| 7 | Chiswick , at about that time , was enjoying its reputation as a healthy environment which one resident , Dr. W. Rose recommended to many people including Thomas Bentley , the partner to Josiah Wedgwood , and the manager of that famous Staffordware depot at Chelsea . |
| 8 | The planning movement of the 1930s was to find its apotheosis in the conduct of the war and the plans for post-war reconstruction in almost every field from social security to new town development . |
| 9 | Already , the swift-moving German vanguard was groping its way into the Bois des Corbeaux ; the only wood near the Mort Homme , where those well-tried infiltration tactics could be used to excellent advantage . |
| 10 | Methodism had clearly not yet achieved the success that was to come its way during the nineteenth century . |
| 11 | The club was announcing its Brain of the Year for 1991 . |
| 12 | Vanguard was breaking up and its supporters were either rejoining the Unionist Party or moving to Paisley 's DUP , which was consolidating its position as the more militant and more populist loyalist party . |
| 13 | India announced that it was to increase its contribution to the third replenishment from $6,500,000 to $8,000,000 . |
| 14 | By his death , the membership had doubled , the MCC was developing its role as the judicious lawgiver of the game , and there were many more cleaner-cut fixtures , with schools and the universities , for example . |
| 15 | Meanwhile the Conservative Party was regrouping its forces after the defeat of 1945 , building up better-organised and larger constituency parties and reorganising its ideology . |
| 16 | She was brushing its neck with a long-handled brush soaked in soapy water . |
| 17 | Something at the back of his mind was pushing its way to the front and giving him a curious grey feeling . |
| 18 | A long French liner slipped majestically by with a mixture of European and Asian faces staring curiously from its rails , then the Arid was pushing its way through a swarm of sampans moving downriver on local errands , most of them rowed , to Joseph 's surprise , by women . |
| 19 | In Prussia the agricultural crisis was to reach its climax in the 1880s and 1890s , but its effects were still to be seen and felt well into the twentieth century . |
| 20 | The Salvation Army in Canada was celebrating its centenary around the same time as Sri Lanka . |
| 21 | Sure enough , a sparkling line of firelight was twitching its way up the hill , the red gleam of flame shifting constantly in the slight breeze , and disappearing now and again as the marchers tracked up or down slopes in the road . |
| 22 | On Nov. 18 the German government said that it was recalling its ambassador as a protest at the " increasing brutality " aimed at the opposition movement . |
| 23 | The committee was to submit its proposals to a 260-member consultative assembly responsible for drafting by the end of the year the new constitution which was expected to be presented for approval in a national referendum . |
| 24 | Chalker said , however , that the Sudanese government was evading its responsibilities in the organization of the relief operation . |
| 25 | Then even as I was grinding its neck into the gravel it was trying to peck my heel . |
| 26 | Privatization was losing its magnetism with the public , as the government 's decision to delay the electricity measure until late in 1990 seemed to confirm . |
| 27 | I suspected this fool was so desperate for money that he 'd concealed the bumps and scratches on the disc with black shoe polish , so I was examining its surface with a magnifying glass . |
| 28 | A peaked cap was cutting its way through the crowd towards me and I recognized the Feldwebel . |
| 29 | On May 20th the firm said it was cutting its workforce by a tenth . |
| 30 | The picture imp was doing its laundry in a tiny tub , while the salamanders dozed in their cage . |