Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She added : ‘ Even if we do n't take an altruistic approach its clear failure to act now is merely building up a very expensive problem for the future ’ . |
| 2 | When the Ottoman empire declared war on a foreign state its unfortunate representative in Constantinople was very often immediately thrown into the Seven Towers prison there , where he might stay for a considerable time . |
| 3 | It can be seen that the Woodward analysis of jobbing production corresponds to the description given in paragraph 3 above , but by giving each of the main types of jobbing production its own title , the Woodward analysis provides for a more accurate representation of the range of options . |
| 4 | In language which retained the authentic ring of Robert Owen , it still sought far-reaching social and political change , ‘ a different order of things , in which the really useful and intelligent part of society only shall have the direction of its affairs ; in which industry and virtue shall meet their just distinction and reward , and vicious idleness its merited contempt and destruction . ’ |
| 5 | And at one point , showing how the books were formed into the New Testament by the early Church , the report expressed the belief that God gave the early Church its three gifts of ordering of the New Testament , creeds like the apostles ' creed , and the ministry of bishops in their succession from the apostles . |
| 6 | Now , the Club Dog is the howling interactive success its humble beginnings promised it could be . |
| 7 | MAS will also use the information to fine tune its indicative range of values , following a reappraisal by yourselves of likely commercial and operational benefits stemming from the deal . |
| 8 | I had been walking towards a closed door , and by a sudden magic its impenetrable wood became glass , through which I saw myself coming from the other direction , the future . |
| 9 | However , experience shows that a child is to a large extent its own person , with all the hang-ups of an adult . |
| 10 | This country vile haf its own people in sensitive posts in the Argentine . |
| 11 | It has preserved to the present day its architectural setting and character , and its medieval town walls ( twelfth and fifteenth century ) are an exceptionally complete example of their period . |
| 12 | The chalky earth of the French Champagne region gives the famous fizz its particular flavour . |
| 13 | As ketamine is a powerful anaesthetic its uncontrolled use in social settings is a cause for concern , although there is little documented evidence , as yet , that its non-medical use has greatly increased as suggested by media reports . |
| 14 | In my opinion it is this flexibility which has given English primary education its unique quality . |
| 15 | The Democratic People 's Party elected Sandor Keresztes its chairman and Emese Ugrin its general secretary in September 1989 . |
| 16 | By differentiating in a complex fashion its own workforce management from the practices of all other firms , each firm hoped to balkanise the labour market and to tie the well-being of employees to the success of the firm . |
| 17 | This has given the present city its innumerable trees , its many green spaces , and its fine views and prospects . |
| 18 | In some ways it resembles a barchan ( see Chapter 11 ) , but the arms trail , whereas in a barchan the arms or horns lead : the barchan presents its convex face to the wind , the parabolic dune its concave face . |
| 19 | There 's little sign of it in the boarded-up , recession-blasted shopfronts and litter-strewn pavements of the north-west London suburb , and in neighbouring Neasden its distant echo was last heard when self-proclaimed ‘ Queen of Soul ’ Mari Wilson reared her bee-hived head . |
| 20 | There are also the longstanding Turkish objectives of resolving the Cyprus conflict to its advantage and of forcing the United States to reduce military support its regional adversary , Greece . |
| 21 | But Weber gives wertrational action its own standing and importance and , when we come to think about expressive rationality later , we shall return to the topic . |
| 22 | The Scottish National Party will make the consitutional issue its main campaign plank in next month 's local council elections . |
| 23 | Admittedly , where it is used for mass vaccination its reported efficacy has varied widely , as detailed by Citron . |
| 24 | For the present purposes , however , the model 's general validity for European societies pre 1980 illustrates that although a state is necessary in a capitalist economic system its particular form can vary substantially to reflect local circumstances : form and function should not be confused . |
| 25 | Just as the press gave African nationalism its primary means of dissemination and propaganda , so today , along with radio and television , it gives politicians their prime means of reaching national audiences and of attempting to secure a national following . |
| 26 | On the other hand its comparative fragility makes the risk of solicitation of clients by a former employee the more serious . |
| 27 | On the other hand its linguistic snorting and cavorting can be jolly . |
| 28 | But in the new situation its social underpinnings were less secure , and there was a consequent increase in illegitimacy in this Essex village in the 1840s . |
| 29 | In serving this ideal , one feature which gave the new English its peculiar potency was the cultural mystique endowed upon it by a vision of the qualities seen as inherent in the national literature . |
| 30 | Tagore wrote of this poem — ‘ The feeling that man is not a mere casual visitor at the palace-gate of the world , but the invited guest whose presence is needed to give the royal banquet its sole meaning , is not confined to any particular sect in India . |