Example sentences of "its [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The farmhouse lay below them , its fire-gutted wing black in the autumn afternoon , a low glow as from an oil-lamp coming from one window of the other wing . |
| 2 | Something about its original vaunted status as a " Palace of the People " fired the imagination of anybody who came into contact with it , and overcame the doubts that its rocky track record as a business prospect might have occasioned . |
| 3 | In its enclosed valley basin the fume and grime from the cheap coal of its suburban collieries with iron works , brass foundries and glass works was already driving the wealthier merchants up into the healthy heights of Clifton by the 1720s . |
| 4 | No-one would judge an overseas subsidiary purely on its cash flow , because if it was doing well and growing it would n't be sending much money home , whereas if it was in decline and its working capital requirement was decreasing , it would become cash positive . |
| 5 | The motor industry is thus able to invest some risk capital in experimental projects in order to increase its working data base . |
| 6 | Labour needs to regain its working class support as well as modernising itself |
| 7 | Consciopus of political correctness they company was anxious not to lose its working class image . |
| 8 | Much has sometimes been made , for example , of the Daily Mirror 's rapport with its working class readers in the post-war years — the press equivalent of a cloth cap image ( the cartoon character ‘ Andy Capp ’ , ironically , was introduced when the period was ending ) . |
| 9 | The paper had an ageing readership and a bad position in the advertising market , because of its working class skew . |
| 10 | For Labour supporters , 1931 was the election when the party went down to a cataclysmic and catastrophic defeat , betrayed by MacDonald and deserted by its working class supporters … |
| 11 | Visitors can enjoy one of the regular concerts given by the acclaimed City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra which continues to rise to new heights under Simon Rattle , its outstanding Music Director . |
| 12 | Most of all , for regular travellers the sheer familiarity of the operation with its outstanding safety record and short check-in times are major plus points . |
| 13 | In its botanical sense tundra is a working abbreviation for arctic tundra vegetation , the tough , low-lying vegetation that typifies the arctic treeless area . |
| 14 | Evan 's botanical records , kept meticulously for three decades , were placed immediately at the NCC 's disposal and still underpin its botanical data base . |
| 15 | THE Bank of Scotland has announced that it is to cut the monthly rate of interest on its Classic Visa Card and Bank Mastercard from 1.8 per cent to 1.63 per cent . |
| 16 | LABEL WAS THIRTY LAST year and is being celebrated by the release of several of its classic jazz titles , courtesy of the GRP label in the form of the full price ‘ GRP Presents the legendary Masters of Jazz ’ series . |
| 17 | Alfa Romeo had a now-you-see-it , now-you-do n't glass roof on its 164-based Proteo coupe , but a production future here is altogether more promising . |
| 18 | The land tax took its usual wartime hike , to 4s ( 20p ) in the pound ; the malt tax rose from 9½d ( 4p ) to 1s 4½d ( 7p ) on the bushel , and duties were imposed on wine and tobacco . |
| 19 | The Council convened in Geneva , rather than its usual New York venue , in order to avoid the controversy which had accompanied Arafat 's last major UN address in November 1987 when the USA had refused him an entry visa [ see p. 36438 ] . |
| 20 | He decided not to wipe his face , which had started to run in its usual sleepy-fruit way , because to do so might have destroyed the impression . |
| 21 | Such a dividend will have its usual tax consequences . |
| 22 | In some strange way , however , it is incapable of putting its usual pain reactions into operation . |
| 23 | Her voice regained its usual baritone boom . |
| 24 | Brought forward to September from its usual November date , Gladys Sellers and Tom Prentice look at what 's new at the annual trade show |
| 25 | As a change from its usual summer survey Galerie St Etienne is presenting three exhibitions focusing on the principal areas of the gallery 's interests . |
| 26 | The bread wards off hunger for as long as the same weight of ordinary bread despite its lower starch value . |
| 27 | Despite the CKR 's reduced reliance on ocean shipping documents , its lesser chance of fraud and breach of security , especially when compared with paper based and telefaxed bills of lading , and its lower handling costs , North American banks , particularly United States banks , did not accept the CKR . |
| 28 | Her voice , vulgarised by its Lower Normandy accent , was full of caressing tones , and her eyes , of uncertain colour , green , grey , or blue , according to the light , had a pleading expression , which never left them . |
| 29 | Nurses of the same grade may possess different skills and thus each ward/department must identify its specific skill requirements It may be necessary to employ nurses who have undergone further training or gained additional skills through experience . |
| 30 | Under a corporately developed policy , each business is accountable for its specific performance targets . |