Example sentences of "of its [noun] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although ApC may be a potential cleavage site on account of its structure , the asymmetric drug molecule will always bind so as to cleave the opposing ( GT ) strand by virtue of its ability to form a hydrogen bond with guanine . |
| 2 | We saw in Section II that shape-perception is not needed for the recognition of object-identity , so that if we were to attribute identity-perception to a creature ( perhaps because of its ability to follow a moving target ) we would not thereby be justified in attributing shape-perception also . |
| 3 | At a more general level , however , artists embraced Marxism because of its ability to offer a total world-view , an intellectually palatable explanation for underdevelopment and social injustice , a Utopian ( and historically determined ) solution and a programme for immediate political action in which intellectuals were called upon to play a role . |
| 4 | AT ITS MEETING on 2 April , 1883 , the French Academy announced the result of its competition to solve a problem in the theory of numbers . |
| 5 | The deal , which should enable BP to restart output soon , is the first of its type involving a major international oil company since the Venezuelan industry was nationalised in 1976 . |
| 6 | The Queen of the Night has knowledge of her domain , but her knowledge has been built up by allowing the quality of the dark to touch her , and the nature of its creatures to awaken a response in her own being . |
| 7 | They are completely regular solids : each has all of its faces repeating a regular polygon , triangle , square or pentagon . |
| 8 | The ruling Democratic Party ( DP ) split on Nov. 3 when six of its deputies formed a new Democratic Alliance . |
| 9 | If the ubiquitous black bin liner is to provide the covering , a decorative option is to cut a pattern out of its centre to suit a contrasting overlay . |
| 10 | So if a beetle carries both types of gene , about half of its offspring receive a wild-type gene and half receive a pearl eye gene . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , the Japanese , with relatively few elements of their three-million strong army , achieved more rapid success than they had expected : by 11 January 1942 they had occupied the Celebes ; on 4 February the Allies on Amboina surrendered ; on 15 February Singapore fell , and on 19–20 February Timor was invaded , the main force of its defenders surrendering a few days later . |
| 12 | Despite disclaimers which recommended submission to great works , the professional study of English came to transcend even the literary masterpieces themselves by virtue of its capacity to offer a complete and final assessment and achieve the kind of complete historical understanding unavailable to the historical actors themselves . |
| 13 | The detailed functioning of the panel is the subject of further discussion in Chapter 7 , but we may note that the minutes of its meetings reflect a considerable involvement of at least one DCSL in key initiatives . |
| 14 | BGS has been working on this problem for many years , and this year enlarged the scope of its studies to include a site where such a solvent had been detected in a production borehole . |
| 15 | This year BGS enlarged the scope of its studies to include a site on Triassic sandstones where such a solvent had been detected in a production borehole . |
| 16 | ALTHOUGH the circumstances have been so sad , the staff of the magazine have been reminded recently how much the rugby community will rally around when one of its members suffers a loss . |
| 17 | If a church has grown to a membership of 300 and wishes to send one of its leaders and several of its members to start a new and similar flourishing work in a neighbouring area it may meet with problems . |
| 18 | Some of its members undergo a change of attitude as the team goes about its ordinary work . |
| 19 | The DUAC quickly achieved considerable publicity when four of its members disrupted a corporation meeting . |
| 20 | Nose-art on Victor K.2 XH671 Sweet Sue , the last of its breed to have a major overhaul . |
| 21 | The squat cupola has fan-shaped windows , and the all-seeing eye in the centre of its ceiling suggests a certain Masonic influence . |
| 22 | We may explain the fact that the production units of a particular industry have grown larger over a period of time by appealing to the economies this yields , and in doing so claim that a cause ( increase in scale ) occurred because of its propensity to have a certain effect ( economies of scale ) . |
| 23 | GENERAL MOTORS of the US may build new facilities in the UK to support a major increase in Jaguar production as part of its plan to take a 30 per cent stake in the luxury car maker . |
| 24 | The very extremism of its fears reflects a prevailing naivety , or innocence . |
| 25 | Some of its leaders fear a revival of left-wing parties waving the banner of social justice . |
| 26 | The Trust 's share of Wellcome represents 95 per cent of its income-producing to seek a larger and more broadly based income . |
| 27 | And the British Government , churchgoers like Postlethwaite , would hardly be likely to take kindly to one of its servants invading a church . |
| 28 | One of its shafts provides a bass drone and the other the melody . |
| 29 | The classic lines of its exterior conceal a combination of microchip technology and decades of Ford experience . |
| 30 | Protest strikes against living conditions included those by teachers , miners and Tirana 's transport workers , as well as a general strike in the copper mining district of Puke in support of its demand to become a free economic zone . |