Example sentences of "its [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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1 | This allows you to say where the receptive field lies and a little bit about its spatial organization but , unless you are very lucky , it would not allow classification into X- , Y- , and W-categories with any confidence . |
2 | Where the book falls down is in its idiosyncratic layout and the poor quality of the colour reproductions ( I refer to the Flammarion edition ) . |
3 | In principle it should be possible to describe the functional organization of the brain simply by studying its anatomical organization and the functions of its individual components , the neurons . |
4 | A side road turns off to Achmelvich , renowned for its rocky coast and excellent sandy beaches , but on a recent visit I was disappointed to find the place robbed of its appeal by a tight concentration of caravans . |
5 | On his face , with its childlike planes and arrogant nostrils and affectingly large eyes , was a distinct absence of the play of simple expressions that usually took place there . |
6 | The Group continues to materialise secured bank borrowings to finance its working capital and capital expenditure . |
7 | From the discussions of the conference and its working parties and with considerable United States Government and Ford Foundation aid , the AEP and its various curriculum projects were born . |
8 | Where the firm is taking over another practice , accepting its outstanding liabilities and receiving payments for work in progress at the date of the takeover , these matters should be spelled out , particularly where the partners of the acquired practice or some of them join the new firm . |
9 | The big difference between it and option one is that the government would not be us ing social-security receipts to reduce its outstanding debt but would instead be making multi-trillion-dollar investment decisions in the private economy . |
10 | It was such qualities , combined with its outstanding durability and scarcity , that led the Chinese to invest it with the symbolic qualities and applications that served to mark it out all the more emphatically as for them precious beyond all other substances . |
11 | Ernst & Young in the US has paid $400m in settlement of its outstanding savings & loan-related disputes with the government . |
12 | In recent years , folk music has shed its woolly jumper and finger-in-the-ear image and reached a new audience which appreciates its wide range of styles and influences . |
13 | For $375,000 up-front plus a $75 royalty on every system , it will sell the motherboard plans to the Tsunami-based LX and its Classic subset and for $500,000 up-front plus $200 per unit , it will sell the plans to the high-end Viking-based Sparcstation 10 . |
14 | The donation is in response to Cambodia 's request for help in restoring its shattered agriculture and reflects the Cambodian government 's desire to make the country self-sufficient in food as quickly as possible , but experts fear any short-term benefits will be outweighed by long-term damage . |
15 | Latvia , in common with other former republics of the now defunct Soviet Union , is looking to the West not only for help but ideas as it tries to rebuild its shattered economy and create a better way of life in a society which has not been used to making decisions for itself . |
16 | The study of landscape is one of the oldest sub-disciplines within geography , but during the quantitative revolution of the 1960s and early 1970s such work was roundly criticized for its descriptive nature and its search for uniqueness . |
17 | Its durable qualities and lightweight characteristics make it a very economical filling with the added advantage of less danger risk from heat and fumes than some other fillings when ignited . |
18 | Her coat lost its moth-eaten look and became soft and glossy . |
19 | Of course , when a microbiologist takes E. coli out of its usual habitat and grows it in a laboratory , the strain eventually mutates . |
20 | Resolutions will have to be evidenced in writing and all contracts between the company and the sole member ( if the sole member is also the sole director , bearing in mind that a director need not be a member ) will have to be in writing unless entered into in the ordinary course of the company 's business on its usual terms and conditions . |
21 | ‘ Raindown ’ again impresses because of the newly-found POD focus , its guitars taking time to breathe and plan their next assault , while Craig 's voice breaks away from its usual comparisons and finds its own piece of sky to lark about in . |
22 | The needle moves to its usual place but does not stay there ; it slowly drops back to zero . |
23 | But it had been fixed for days in its usual place and she was sure they would make for that . |
24 | She found her own register in its usual place and then took from the ‘ Tuesday ’ pigeonhole the one marked ‘ Line Drawing and Water-colour ’ . |
25 | It was easy to keep promising that some sun and heat would work its usual miracle but it had been a hard , cold winter and almost everyone had suffered from influenza , Mrs Browning worst of all . |
26 | The other route , a very popular one with hardy walkers , goes along Gleann Lichd , pleasantly wooded in its lower parts and ascends along the southern side of Beinn Fhada , with striking views of the Five Sisters opposite , to a bealach from which Glen Affric is seen ahead and easily reached . |
27 | The green imperial pigeon , uniquely among birds , can unhitch its lower beak and expand its mouth not only vertically but horizontally and swallow a nutmeg that is slightly larger than its own head . |
28 | After all , at the most basic level , Ireland should be a superb base for establishing a rock-bottom high volume personal computer manufacturing business that could knock spots off Tulip Computers NV with its lower costs and be challenging Elonex Plc and the tartan Americans led by Compaq Computer Corp and IBM Corp , not to mention Ireland 's own foster-sons Dell Computer Corp in Limerick , and Apple Computer Inc in Cork . |
29 | Initially the programme operated as a project and was evaluated in relation to its specific aims and documented in relation to some of its wider effects and implications . |
30 | It is possible , and indeed likely , that many of them voted for the party despite some of its specific plans and intentions , and opinion polls sometimes indicate that a majority of those who support a party or government do so while opposing one or more of its particular policies . |