Example sentences of "in its [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It wants the EC to make an exception in its case .
2 In its case , however , the eye-spots are on the front wings and are exposed by suddenly spreading the folded wings and directing them at the attacker .
3 The completed board mounted in its case can be seen in the photograph above .
4 ‘ I 'm quite OK , ’ said Ricky , slotting the gun back in its case , ‘ and I would like to come to supper . ’
5 Keep the camcorder in its case when not in use .
6 In its case , although just viable , opinions over its right to life are fiercely contested .
7 In its case , this results in a picture of psychology as completely opportunistic , ‘ a mixture of philosophy without rigour , ethics without obligation and medicine without control ’ ( Canguilhem 1980 : 37 ) .
8 More valued , infinitely more needed , the violin in its case on the living-room floor between the television and the bookshelves .
9 She replaced it in its case .
10 His clarinet lay in its case on the stool at the foot of his bed ; the very wide bed Francis bought when we married .
11 The power supply goes in too , the whole thing in its case , and is stuck down with one of those double sided pads .
12 As I was putting the thermometer back in its case the calf suddenly toppled over and went into a frothing convulsion .
13 The central problem for the government was the central element in its case — the Thomas Leavy birth certificate .
14 Jacques 's inventory after death , an extensive document of 69 pages , lists his musical instruments kept ‘ in another cabinet right next to the alcove , which were essentially the ones inventoried among the contents of Martin 's bedroom ( ‘ a basse de viole , a viole , a pardessus de viole , a violon by Pierres in its case , a child 's violin with a bow , a monocorus , a théorbe and a musette , priced at 100 livres ’ ) .
15 But European Commissioner Bruce Millan has long argued that Britain is out of step because it includes European money in its allocations to local authorities .
16 The latter is further symbolized in the awakening lion and the eagle that holds the emblem of the city in its feet .
17 And punished it certainly will be if it attempts to climb after having its claws removed , for it will no longer have any grip in its feet .
18 Wilson himself noted enthusiastically that ‘ the backbone of the Party is more and more teetotal in its sympathies ’ .
19 It was shocking in its coarseness and to her gentle Victorian mother alarmingly primitive , nearly pre-moral .
20 Micro-readers glowed green in its gloom .
21 Mourns to the city in its gloom .
22 Remembering that pin 2 is an inverting input , any rise in its voltage will cause a corresponding fall in voltage at pin 6 , and vice-versa .
23 Miller 's imagery is heavy-handed in its efforts to startle , along the lines of ‘ he had his words copulate with one another to bring forth empires , scarabs , holy water , the lice of dreams and the dream of wounds ’ .
24 That is why , in its efforts to preserve the buildings and uphold the general presumption in favour of historic buildings that exists within the law , SAVE has had to argue its case all the way to the House of Lords .
25 Although it was clear that Poland would need massive industrialisation if it were to become a modern European nation , it was hampered in its efforts at every level by the legacy of partition .
26 Henry Kissinger recognized that Romanian co-operation could be useful to the United States in its efforts to get out of the Vietnam War and to open up relations with Mao 's China .
27 Whilst supporting the Government in its efforts towards development , the paper remained cautiously critical of most manifestations of militancy on the part of TANU politicians and others .
28 The NCCSL works closely with other religious and secular organisations in its efforts to make a contribution towards encouraging and assisting individuals and communities whose lives have been devastated by the ongoing violence and ethnic conflict that have wracked Sri Lanka for more than a decade .
29 Some insisted that the reforms were naturally problematic and they had to support the Party in its efforts to modernise China .
30 IRELAND 'S South Donegal Railway Restoration Society received a major boost in its efforts to reopen part of the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee 's narrow gauge system when it took possession of two of the railway 's few surviving passenger vehicles .
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