Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strangely enough , his announcement came just the day before Sir Richard Body 's press conference on his Pig Husbandry Bill , due for its second reading on 25 January . |
| 2 | Mr Clarke yesterday showed no sign of giving ground on the reforms set out in the National Health Service and Community Care Bill , due for its second reading in the Commons today . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , pressure groups are variously encouraging retailers to open on a Sunday or urging local authorities to prosecute the law breakers , and labour MP Ray Powell 's Private Member 's Bill ( supported by the Keep Sunday Special Campaign ) is due for its second reading on 22nd January . |
| 4 | It relates to the Education ( Schools ) Bill which is due for its Second Reading next Tuesday . |
| 5 | The core of morality was seen by Kant in the ‘ categorical imperative ’ , the unconditional demand upon us to do what is right for its own sake . |
| 6 | Reportedly there are continuing internal struggles between Sun 's hardware unit — which wants the new NFS as soon as possible for its next generation multi-processing servers — and SunSoft , which has already promised multi-threading for NFS , but wants the new features to be part of Solaris 2.1 or higher , and 2.1 is n't expected until mid-1993 . |
| 7 | As Kenneth Clark states in his classic study The Nude : ‘ [ Artists ] have found it easier to compose harmoniously the larger units of a woman 's torso ; they have been grateful for its smoother transitions , and above all they have discovered analogies with satisfying geometrical forms , the oval , the ellipsoid and the sphere ’ . |
| 8 | And soon afterwards we were grateful for its responsive power steering and generous reserves of torque ( perfect for those 1:5 hills ) to take the climb up Winnat 's Pass with ease . |
| 9 | And soon afterwards we were grateful for its responsive power steering and generous reserves of torque ( perfect for those 1:5 hills ) to take the climb up Winnat 's Pass with ease . |
| 10 | The fourth rectangle , starting from the third , is moved 1 cm on an axis normal to the longer dimension of the third rectangle and then rotated 45 degrees anti-clockwise about its highest corner . |
| 11 | It takes San Francisco marriage certificates for 1980 as its main data base . |
| 12 | The Wall Street Journal hears that the company has listed the 60MHz version at $905 for 1,000-up , and gone as low as $850 each for its best customers ; the 66MHz version is said to cost $1,000 . |
| 13 | The Wall Street Journal hears that the company has listed the 60MHz version at $905 for 1,000-up , and gone as low as $850 each for its best customers ; the 66MHz version is said to cost $1,000 . |
| 14 | At every stage of the arms race there was no intrinsic benefit in being tall for its own sake . |
| 15 | Venice , intensely touchy about its international status , was particularly liable to take umbrage if one of its representatives were not offered such a present or were offered one of less value than expected : the failure of the duke of Savoy to make a gift to a departing Venetian ambassador in 1603 , for example , aroused notably bad feeling in the republic . |
| 16 | A WARM , sharply observed drama of female friendship , girlhood dreams and adult realities , Liz Lochhead 's 1988 play ( substantially revised by the author for this Brunton Theatre company production ) is memorable for its affectionate understanding of the rich , funny and moving complexity of ordinary people 's lives . |
| 17 | The University of Stirling has been validated to run SCOTVEC modules as is currently offering modules in Italian and Spanish through its Continuing Education Department . |
| 18 | Since the dissolution of the National Assembly in 1986 after its repeated criticism of the government the Amir has ruled by decree , advised by a Cabinet [ see below for June 1990 elections to interim National Council ] . |
| 19 | We therefore have cleaner technology as a main aim , and we see growing recognition by industry of the value of this for its economic well-being and international competitiveness . |
| 20 | The April 1990 general election had left the ND dependent for its single-seat majority on the support of the sole DIANA deputy Theodoros Katsikis [ incorrectly named as Kostis Stefanopoulos on p. 37388 ] who in July joined the ND . |
| 21 | It is sometimes referred to as the mahi or " fish-in-the-pond " design ( mahi being the Persian word for fish ) , because many traditional sources have cited this as its symbolic origin . |
| 22 | In this way it would accept the notion that social psychology produces historically relative knowledge ( Gergen , 1973 ) and take this as its main point of theoretical departure . |
| 23 | She was quite uncritical of the sad , grand dress ; she understood only the pale , still doubtful , beauty , so wrong for its present period , so touching in its failure to be recognized or to please . |
| 24 | Unlike these cities , Dublin is thought of first and foremost for its literary heritage , rather than for its art . |
| 25 | Compaq said demand is very high for its new generation of personal computers , launched in March , and the new generation of ProLinea and the Contura notebook line are backlogged with resellers . |
| 26 | The crusading Airdrie and Coatbridge Advertiser assails this almost weekly for its alleged distribution of ‘ jobs for the boys ’ — and girls , many from the councillors ' own families . |
| 27 | 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 ! |
| 28 | On the other side of the Lincolnshire Wolds , 13 miles south of Louth , Horncastle was ‘ a thriving and well-built market town , distinguished for its extensive horse fairs ’ . |
| 29 | At the same time the book became popular for its literary merits with the Romantic Movement , who preferred a naïve and spontaneous style to the studied and artificial manner of the eighteenth century . |
| 30 | It 's presumably popular for its unusual appearance , but it requires very dim lighting and a peat or sand substrate in which it can burrow for food . |