Example sentences of "[n mass] [coord] its [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Estimates , or if possible measurements , of fuel on board at the time of impact contribute to knowledge of the probable weight of the aircraft and its expected performance in terms of rate of climb or speed . |
| 2 | The longest determinate prison sentence ever upheld by English courts was the sentence of forty-five years ' imprisonment in the case of Hindawi ( 1988 ) , a man who sent his pregnant girlfriend on a flight with a bag which contained a bomb timed to destroy the aircraft and its 350 passengers in mid-flight . |
| 3 | Figure 2.4 , for 1986 , provides an intricate pattern of data but its outstanding characteristic is a distinction between ‘ core ’ and ‘ periphery ’ in the EC area . |
| 4 | However , it is sufficient to produce an electric field surrounding the fish and its immediate neighbourhood . |
| 5 | As a result of the short half-life of Tc-99m and its biliary excretion , meaningful faecal excretion studies using this isotope are not possible . |
| 6 | Here 's why : CREDENTIALS : Under-employed , and has actually read all the books the series is based upon ; SAMPLE MONOLOGUE : ‘ The history of our splendid isle can not be separated from its architecture , its noble people and its rolling moors . |
| 7 | Anyone could be forgive for thinking the Happy Holiday Hotel was a madhouse , with its bizarre collection of staff and its temperamental manager , George . |
| 8 | ‘ The new clause is an open invitation to every landowner and occupier of an SSSI to challenge the scientific validity of the notification process and the credibility of SNH staff and its advisory boards . |
| 9 | The Assessor 's Department has around 180 full-time staff and its main functions are to compile the valuation roll for non-domestic rates and the electoral register . |
| 10 | I noted from Gergiev 's conducting CV that he had n't escaped the grip of the Union of Composers : the works or its secretary- general , the ogre-figure of Tikhon Khrennikov who had been behind the 1948 denunciations of Prokofiev and Shostakovich , are a fairly regular feature . |
| 11 | The black widow spider is the most dangerous of all spider species and its venomous bite has been known to cause human deaths on rare occasions . |