Example sentences of "its [noun sg] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , their bedroom with its mattress on the floor and a black and white duvet looks spacious , verging on empty , but this is the way the Woolleys like to live now . |
| 2 | The weir will be the second of its kind on the river and was designed by the National Rivers Authority to keep gravel spawning beds clear of silt . |
| 3 | This program is the best of its kind on the market for page making facilities , it is far better than a number of ‘ Commercial ’ pagemaking programs that are popular with users who only have a dot-matrix printer . |
| 4 | It 's the second incident of its kind on the same stretch of motorway , in two days . |
| 5 | The 22-bedroomed clinic will be the only one of its kind on the island , and the only centre outside of London where such treatment is available . |
| 6 | Anyway , with the topsy-turvy results this season has thrown up , it 's anybody 's guess what we 'll end up with after Man U v Forest has run its course on The Match on Sunday ( ITV , 3.25pm ) . |
| 7 | I would not , therefore , expect theism to have to rest its case on the sort of argument for God 's existence that Anselm advanced in the eleventh century and which has come to be known as the ‘ Ontological Argument ’ . |
| 8 | More valued , infinitely more needed , the violin in its case on the living-room floor between the television and the bookshelves . |
| 9 | His clarinet lay in its case on the stool at the foot of his bed ; the very wide bed Francis bought when we married . |
| 10 | BR used press campaigns in the early 1980s to put the arguments for higher state support , basing its case on the higher subsidies of other European railways as a percentage of GNP . |
| 11 | Phonelink Plc has applied to the London Stock Exchange for trading of its shares on the Unlisted Securities Market ( CI No 2,166 ) and will use the £9.9m raised to fund research and development , increase its visibility on the market , and ensure it has the financial clout to sit alongside its partners on a equal footing . |
| 12 | The housebuilder and Channel tunnel contractor is making its decision on the dividend in the face of a dismal trading outlook in Britain . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , it may be legitimate for a company to make its decision on the strength of the opinion which is less favourable to you . |
| 14 | The first relates to the power of the court : in appeal proceedings the court has the power to substitute its decision on the matters in issue for that of the body appealed from . |
| 15 | It is against the decision of the Court of Appeal , and in particular its decision on the undertaking in damages , that the council now appeals , with the leave of your Lordships ' House . |
| 16 | On Dec. 18 Bush instructed the department to reverse its decision on the grounds that it contradicted his stated intention to increase educational opportunities for minorities . |
| 17 | The Palestinian delegation indicated that it would not return to the negotiating table until Israel reversed its decision on the deportations . |
| 18 | Martin Marietta Corp has damaged its credit rating with Standard & Poor 's Corp with its decision to buy General Electric Co 's aerospace unit for about $3,050m , most of it in the form of new debt : the agency cut its rating on the senior debt to single-A from single-A-plus , and affirmed its A-1 commercial paper rating . |
| 19 | Automatic Data Processing Inc , Roseland , New Jersey , has found favour with Standard & Poor 's Corp , which raised its rating on the giant bureau 's subordinated debt to double-A from double-A-minus . |
| 20 | My eyes returned to the statue of the infant with its foot on the skull . |
| 21 | This is usually a tongue-like structure and at its base on the lower side there opens the salivary duct . |
| 22 | Around 100 trainees come to the Rathbone Society in Darlington every year and are given initial training at its base on the Lingfield industrial estate . |
| 23 | The Russian submarine has returned to its base on the Kola peninsula . |
| 24 | This appealing and influential writer condemns Augustinian spirituality — with what he believes is its over-concentration on the Fall and sinfulness — in favour of what he calls ‘ creation spirituality ’ . |
| 25 | The system is one in which a cabinet of ministers is dependent for its existence on the legislature of which it is a part , the members of the executive being also members of the legislature . |
| 26 | ‘ The freak would do well to keep in mind that we have preserved its existence on the grounds of its intelligence alone . ’ |
| 27 | It would seem to be inappropriate for the criminal law to remove a whole category of persons from its protection on the basis of words spoken at a ceremony of marriage which have no binding force . |
| 28 | It turns out that The Vision of Elena Silves operates on a more secular footing , but its meditation on the transcendence of human love over the coercions of church and state is a quietly compelling achievement . |
| 29 | This lever has two positions , 1 ‘ and 0 , and if the autoset cam driver is positioned in its holder on the left of the ribber , it will change the autoset lever from 1 to 0 , or 0 to 1 , every time the carriage goes into the colour changer . |
| 30 | As I did , I knocked a pencil out of its holder on the control desk . |