Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The presence of the black swan in the islands only emphasised for Gould its unnatural absence from the large rivers , such as the Derwent , on mainland Tasmania where it once abounded : |
| 2 | Before the Treasury was rehoused at the end of Whitehall its junior clerks were scratching here at their ledgers . |
| 3 | Such a tree is called a binary tree , and of course its branching ratio is 2 . |
| 4 | The town is proud of its cultural reputation , it boasts a philharmonic orchestra , a modern dance company , an annual summer music and theatre festival , and of course its medieval tapestries of the Apocalypse . |
| 5 | University Challenge was unique in its content because of its simplicity and of course its omniscient host Bamber Gascoigne who made it unique . |
| 6 | University Challenge was unique in its content because of its simplicity and of course its omniscient host Bamber Gascoigne who made it unique . |
| 7 | The provincial landscape of factions and fractions — localities squalling in impotence , absurdly competing for crumbs of resources , with no incentive to collaborate — is of course its own creation . |
| 8 | It took much restoration , in the remarkably enlightened years in the middle of the last century when conservation took hold in France , to give the cathedral of Lescar its present air of authenticity . |
| 9 | Source of funds Its main source of funds is bonds and loans raised on a commercial basis on the capital markets in the EC and on other international markets also . |
| 10 | I could see by the light of his torch that the cave was deep and spacious ; I could not make out from the beam of light its total dimensions , but clearly a man would have had no problem stretching out to sleep there . |
| 11 | While in times of war its uneasy location between the Frankish and German kingdoms rendered it prone to the ravages of invading armies , in times of peace , it was ideally situated at the crossroads to the great trade centres of Europe . |
| 12 | Dividends due to the non-resident , and in case of liquidation its distributable share in the equity are transferable in the original currency of investment . |
| 13 | It is to have failed to give the transcendence of God its proper cash value , to have weakened it so that it means something like ‘ outside the solar system ’ or ‘ above the galaxy ’ . |
| 14 | The great endeavour which Peter Scott and a small group of inspired people began in 1961 may be said to have only just started to have the worldwide impact which will help mankind to learn once again to develop in full harmony with the natural world , but it is already indelibly clear that Peter 's influence and determination has been crucial in creating a force that will not be denied its place of importance on a planet which , in the foreseeable future , may be required to support a human population of double its present size . |
| 15 | As you prepare to give your patch of grass its final once-over , it 's a good time to make sure you are n't going to be a tragic statistic next year . |
| 16 | In the case of jade its aesthetic qualities only became apparent when the stone was polished . |
| 17 | Evidently unc gives a row which is the sum of all the rows of A and A{gs} sums all the columns of A. Its principal use is in the checking of numerical operations . |
| 18 | Tagro v Cafane gave the Court of Appeal its first opportunity to examine the scope of liability under the 1988 Act , and to resolve some perceived difficulties in the new provisions . |
| 19 | Even a Roman road might be interfered with in this way and diverted from its ancient line ; and in the course of time its exact line became lost and the subject of an archaeological problem today . |
| 20 | For Christians its precise location was a question of supreme importance ; but they had no criteria for answering it . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , they will continue to play a vitally important role in post-16 provision , a role which may well increase if , for example , West Glamorgan puts into practice its stated intention of creating tertiary colleges . |
| 22 | The Scarabae rose and went like some collective creature , some sort of amoeba with Ruth its glowing heart , into the drawing room . |
| 23 | And pledge with love its naked shape . |
| 24 | Amnesty called on the government to translate into reality its constitutional obligations to protect human rights . |
| 25 | This is achieved by carefully examining its structure and design , which usually change to some degree with time , and taking into account its general condition and appearance . |
| 26 | Apparently , Randy wanted this guitar to be known as the Concorde' and when you take into account its overall shape and sleek appearance it does have a great deal in common with its British Airways equivalent . |
| 27 | The War Wagon itself can sustain 5 wounds as shown on its profile ; this is 2 wounds more than a chariot to take into account its heavier construction . |
| 28 | It was possible , for instance , to investigate the details of the moon 's orbit , taking into account its finite size , the spin of the earth , the wobble of the earth upon its axis , and so on . |
| 29 | The court must make its own value judgment on the defendant 's conduct , taking into account its social utility and the care with which it is carried out . |
| 30 | Here , then , not only is there no contradiction between the former analysis and the more complete view of the infinitive taking into account its generalized person , but the latter actually gives a fuller understanding of the posteriorizing movement of to by specifying its starting point and its end-point : the positions occupied by the two representations of person involved . |