Example sentences of "is [verb] its [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new brewery is producing its first beer this week . |
| 2 | This experience appeared to transform him and he threw himself into a great surge of composition , writing a Mass of Thanksgiving for unaccompanied choir filling 100 pages of manuscript , which he completed in 15 days , as well as other works , including a setting of Out of the Deep which is given its first performance by his choir at St Philip and St James , Cheltenham , at his funeral on today . |
| 3 | A group which has been juggling with fire for the past year is staging its first play . |
| 4 | Amnesty International is launching its 30th Anniversary appeal for 30 prisoner cases around the world in 1991 . |
| 5 | On the contrary , BMW — which is to celebrate its 75th anniversary soon — greeted the announcement of the S-class with undisguised glee while sitting back to count record orders for its new 3-series and boast about production figures for its V12 — now running at 80 per day when the original target had been 10 to 15 . |
| 6 | An army camp that was set up to support the Normandy landings and has become the lynchpin of the British Army is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary . |
| 7 | Lostock Hall High School , which is in the heart of the South Ribble constituency of Mr Atkins , is celebrating its 25th anniversary and many activities and events have been held to commemorate the event . |
| 8 | Across the road from where we stayed is the track of the LB Narrow Gauge Railway which is celebrating its 25th anniversary . |
| 9 | St Gregory 's junior , in Lydiate , is celebrating its 25th birthday with a four day extravaganza . |
| 10 | Stroud-based publisher Alan Sutton , which specialises in history , local history , biography and militaria , is celebrating its 15th birthday this year in expansionist mood . |
| 11 | This year 's Christmas stamps , to be issued from 14 November , will feature Ely Cathedral , Cambridgeshire , which is celebrating its 800th anniversary . |
| 12 | It is celebrating its 800th anniversary this year and to mark the historic milestone the DoE has recreated a magnificent herb garden in the abbey 's grounds . |
| 13 | One of the best known outdoor personal development organisations , Outward Bound , is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a £1.5m refurbishment of its centre in Aberdovey , West Wales . |
| 14 | New Life Designs organises festivals of mind , body and spirit , and is celebrating its tenth anniversary at the time of writing . |
| 15 | INSIDE Job is celebrating its third birthday by adding Poppy , Story Book , Animal Krackers , Jacada and Pepe Penaliver to its already extensive children 's range . |
| 16 | Now it is celebrating its 18th year with Citalia and over that time it has consistently been a most popular resort hotel . |
| 17 | Agnew 's is celebrating its 175th Anniversary with an exhibition from 9 June to 24 July of selected works from current stock . |
| 18 | THE WOOD Group is once again supporting the Aberdeen International Youth Festival which is celebrating its 21st Anniversary . |
| 19 | ACTIONAID is celebrating its 21st anniversary this year and to mark the event a bike ride from Manchester to Blackpool has been organised by supporter groups in the North West . |
| 20 | The Glasgow Print Studio is celebrating its 21st birthday with a special exhibition at the McLellan Galleries , and other exhibitions will feature the cartoon character Angus Og , the paintings of Peter Howson and the prints of William Blake . |
| 21 | RATHBONE Brothers , the asset management and private banking group , is celebrating its 250th anniversary by lifting the payout to shareholders by a quarter to 10p , with a 7½p final dividend on July 1 , on the back of record 1991 profits . |
| 22 | Not to be eclipsed by the opening of Euro Disney , which is seen as a short-break destination , Disney World is celebrating its 20th birthday throughout 1992 with new parades and attractions , thereby redoubling its efforts to attract thousands of transatlantic guests for a two-week ‘ holiday of a lifetime ’ . |
| 23 | One of them is stretched out on a banquette ; the lulling rattle of the tables is coaxing its first snore from him . |
| 24 | Miltoun House , Guisborough , the residential care home for adults recovering from mental illness , is holding its first jumble sale at Sunnyfield House today from 9.30am to 12.30pm . |
| 25 | Palazzo Grassi is holding its first exhibition devoted to a single artist , Leonardo da Vinci , ‘ Leonardo and Venice ’ ( until 5 July ) . |
| 26 | The International Telecommunication Union is holding its first World Telecommunications Standardisation Conference in Helsinki March 1 to 12 : the conference succeeds what was formerly called the CCITT Plenary Assembly , and follows the ITU 's restructuring announced last year . |
| 27 | Claret Technologies , a division of Claretian Publications , is holding its second Desktop Publishing Seminar in Quezon City , Philippines , 1–31 August ‘ 92 . |
| 28 | The recently-opened London office of the New York gallery Daedalus Ancient Art is having its first show in the premises of Rupert Wace Ancient Art , at 107 Jermyn Street , St James 's . |
| 29 | A strike by post office technicians is entering its fifth week with suggestions the action could soon spread . |
| 30 | WEDGWOOD 'S Heartwatch programme is entering its third year and is as popular as ever . |