Example sentences of "[adv] losing its [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The common law concept of " exclusive possession " is thus losing its significance as the foundation of the security of tenure of the residential occupier . |
| 2 | IT was early evening in September , and the sky was already losing its lustre as Wully Gurk , the Ted of Balgair Terrace , made his way towards the cafe . |
| 3 | As Shevardnadze put it in a speech to foreign ministry staff in 1987 , they represented a country which for the previous fifteen years had been ‘ more and more losing its position as one of the leading industrially developed countries ’ . |
| 4 | As regards left intellectual radicalism , the party was also losing its attraction , especially for the young . |
| 5 | In another version of this theme family law stands accused of having so far departed from principle and precedent as to be arbitrary , thereby losing its claim to guide conduct . |
| 6 | It was Horton that was fast losing its supply of ‘ new entrants ’ with the opening of St Charles Psychiatric Unit in Kensington , planned for 1984 , being seen as a critical point . |
| 7 | The theme he hammered in yesterday 's speech was that here was an administration increasingly losing its grip , its miracles turning to dross , the ‘ Thatcher Revolution ’ shown up as a fraud . |
| 8 | Moreover , the opening is spoilt by the dotted-note on the viola twice losing its demisemiquaver ; it is surprising that this was not immediately re-recorded . |
| 9 | It was a contest to restore one 's faith in a game which is allegedly losing its way . |