Example sentences of "[subord] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The council receives reports from its police committee , but its control is possibly more tenuous than where its legal responsibility is clear ( Elcock 1986 : 169 ) . |
| 2 | This is an issue which we must now confront by considering what range of mystical activity the term religion includes and where its outer limits lie . |
| 3 | But what about the lower threshold of manslaughter , where its minimum requirements form the boundary with accidental ( non-criminal ) homicide ? |
| 4 | Compared to Auspex Systems Inc , where its technical people come from , it says preliminary LADDIS benchmarks indicates a response time of 7ms versus 21ms and a throughput with 2 Ethernets of 415iops versus 466iops at a price of $37,000 versus $200,000 . |
| 5 | ( The Atlantic , though dominated by an enormous mid-ocean ridge where new sea-floor is being created at a modest rate of about an inch a year , is home to only two very small subduction zones , with volcanoes and trenches , in the Caribbean and the South Sandwich Islands , and therefore is not being destroyed at its edges as rapidly as it is being created in the middle ; the Indian Ocean is similarly undramatic — a mid-ocean ridge once again , but a single subduction zone where its eastern plate collides with the Eurasian Plate and produces the volcanoes that — like Krakatoa — line the southern side of the islands of Java , Sumatra and Timor . ) |
| 6 | The unit moved to Loughborough University in 1976 , where its title was subsequently changed to the Centre for Library and Information Management ( CLAIM ) , and where its new objectives are to improve the effectiveness of service to users . |
| 7 | The light , clearing and brightening to the pure pale gold of primroses where its slanting rays could reach , still left the gatehouse and the court within the gates in shadow , and Tutilo kept his eyes on the cobbles and trod carefully , as though he could not see his way clearly . |
| 8 | The mountain poses perfectly for the camera from the head of the Kyle , where its arresting presence is gloriously displayed . |
| 9 | To consolidate this success the railway is currently carrying out an extensive passenger survey to find out where its existing customers come from and what they think of the railway . |
| 10 | Messages prints out to both dot matrix and laser , where its four-up format and the use of coloured paper stock can deliver the normal message slips , whilst the original data resides safely on the PC . |
| 11 | But Leeds neither was nor is such an LEA , at least where its primary schools are concerned . |
| 12 | The Harare Statement on Communication in Theological Education ( 1989 ) spoke of ‘ frustrations about communication in a hierarchical , authoritative and class-conscious Church , where its male clergy pay the piper and call the tune ’ . |
| 13 | Obviously when the agency claims allegiance to an established precedent where its formal interests in pollution control or its organizational interests are served , it lends further support to the principle of equity . |
| 14 | An international organisation will be directly interested in proceedings where its constitutive instrument , its actions , or its documents might be scrutinised . |
| 15 | It ran , high and level and almost straight , from the north , where its Precipitous crags dropped sheer from the edge , black against the pale , early morning light , to the south , where a jagged lump stood up , breaking its smooth run . |
| 16 | Though evidence of the Caledonian orogeny has been claimed from areas as remote as the Canadian Rockies and the Bohemian Massif , it is fairly obvious where its main effects were felt . |
| 17 | Sequoia 's current series 300 and 400 fault-tolerant multi-processors , based upon Motorola Inc 68030 and 68040 CPU technology respectively , address the mid-range of that market , where its main competition is Stratus Computer Inc 's Intel Corp 80860-based machines and Tandem Computers Inc 's MIPS Computer Systems Inc RISC line . |
| 18 | Hazelnut oil is the secret ingredient of so many sumptuous French salads where its fresh flavour sparkles over the vegetables . |
| 19 | Most of its fruit had fallen in the long grass , where its rotting skin had been pecked and tunnelled by birds and worms . |
| 20 | An example of this would be the value of a piece of equipment where its gross book value would be represented by the total volume of water in the two reservoirs . |
| 21 | So we tried to look deeper , particularly for a way of applying our money where its unique lack of strings could help add most the eminent scientists on the Venture Research Advisory Council — the Chairman Sir James Menter , Sir Rex Richards , Sir Hans Kornberg and Professor John Cadogan — contributed their expertise to this slow painstaking process as did my colleagues in the Unit . |
| 22 | When a vase emerged unbroken — especially the tall storage amphorae for oil and water-when its millennia-old husk of mud and chalk was scraped away , it appeared to Davide like a living body released from the torpor of an unnatural sleep , from a kind of illness , its rounded shape tender , pointing a foot , like an absorbed peg-doll , its intactness a triumphant resurrection . |
| 23 | Although its great hall and courtyard buildings have crumbled , its linked tower houses make an impressive sight from the A85 towards Crieff , and the interior still contains fine tempera painted ceilings , plasterwork and moulded fireplaces . |
| 24 | Until that day arrives the image of the BDA remains somewhat blurred although its paramount concern is and always will be the deaf community . |
| 25 | Such an image had little real relevance to the situation he was ostensibly addressing , although its private significance was such that it reappeared in his later creative work . |
| 26 | Arran 's Bill again went through the Lords without too much trouble but , by this time , a sponsor had been found , and Leo Abse introduced the Sexual Offences Bill in the Commons in July 1966 , although its second reading was delayed until 19 December . |
| 27 | The NUM is firmly based within a definite branch of the division of labour , although it cuts across enterprise ( i. e. colliery ) boundaries and although its political interventions often find an echo in other branches . |
| 28 | Similarly , the notion of social development through increasing differentiation and individuation has had a considerable place in later sociological theories , although its political implications have been judged in diverse ways ; from one aspect social differentiation may be seen as creating a mutual dependence of individuals and groups which is a fundamental element in a stable democratic system , while from another aspect ( as in Durkheim 's theory ) it may be regarded as a danger to the political order if it leads to excessive individualism , and then needs to be checked by a moral consensus embodied in the state . |
| 29 | Although its ultimate destruction has left no trace of the shrine 's location or size in the cathedral , it is recorded as being amply covered in gold and jewels . |
| 30 | Although its predictive value has not been proved , it warrants urgent evaluation . |