Example sentences of "its content " in BNC.
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1 | Of course , taking account of the value of a house and its contents and personal savings and investments it is not surprising that a great many people have estates that exceed the inheritance tax threshold . |
2 | Sir Kenneth Newman — then commandant — suggests that the book 's claim to attention is that its contents are contributed by insiders ; while in their introduction , the authors claim it goes some way to challenging Holdaway 's claim ( 1979 ) that ‘ research from the Police Staff College has not resulted in a major project on the police ’ . |
3 | He it was who conceived the idea of identifying mind with consciousness and of claiming that consciousness and its contents are radically different sods of things from bodies and their properties . |
4 | Angus Stirling , the National Trust 's director-general , said : ‘ Far more of Uppark and its contents survive than has been lost . |
5 | The move in itself was sensational , but after close scrutiny top East Berlin-watchers in Bonn decided its contents were ‘ not very promising ’ . |
6 | Four years ago the Saatchi Collection issued a lavish catalogue of much of its contents , a boxed set with the title Art of Our Time which comprised four beautifully illustrated volumes that retailed at the not inconsiderable price of £100 . |
7 | On opening one of these small tins and tasting its contents , I am pleased that we can still rely on good old Machonachie 's stew , at least its edible . |
8 | Charlie had opened his wallet with a flourish , taking care that its contents were visible to all the patrons of the bar . |
9 | A pull on the line , and the bag is out of the hole , its contents spilled out into the road . |
10 | which have adopted 95% of its contents . |
11 | Koolatron is a 12-V portable insulated box which can keep its contents either warm or cool by using a portable power pack . |
12 | STRONG reservations about whether the Government would provide enough resources to make the Environmental Protection Bill work tempered enthusiasm for its contents yesterday . |
13 | As the roar of the big bang faded , the universe got larger and its contents cooled down . |
14 | The accidental loss or destruction of a will has no effect upon its validity , and its contents may be proved by the production of copies or drafts , or even by the recollection of persons who have seen it or heard it read . |
15 | She drank from a cup so transparently delicate that its contents could be seen right through the patterned china . |
16 | Its contents seem to be lost to history , but one wonderfully inappropriate phrase survives : ‘ His Holiness the Imam and his Christian peace . ’ |
17 | He held it up to show me and the jar slipped out of his hand , rolling the remains of its contents onto the earth . |
18 | Biff tilted the bottle , shuddering as its contents ran down his throat . |
19 | An RSPCA spokesman denied all knowledge of the van , its mission and its contents . |
20 | Its contents are hard to classify , and its quality is hard to define : it is a good-bad play , which does not stand up to examination once it is over but provides some striking effects while it lasts . |
21 | They would like Britain to opt back into the social chapter , but join other EC members in attempting to renegotiate its contents . |
22 | WHEN John Boorman took on the job of co-editing this anthology , which is intended to be an annual event , and writing the chronicle of 1991 which comprises almost half its contents , he can not have imagined that he would be revealing so much about the reasons for his own creative decline . |
23 | However , it sprang to prominence last year when an inventory of its contents revealed that 325 artworks had gone missing . |
24 | Immediately , Jacques sent a copy of Watts ' letter to Green urging him to use its contents in discussion with Professor Barker to demonstrate that ‘ … his child is ailing and that seriously ’ . |
25 | Given the context — a decade in which a radical , market-minded government had restructured almost all of the public services , in an endeavour to ‘ roll back the frontiers of the state ’ and introduce commercial principles in the provision of social welfare — its contents are surprising . |
26 | However , its contents have not yet been revealed in any detail , neither has the valuable Abridgement been considered . |
27 | ‘ Livesey 's pocket-book was found on the floor of the cab , its contents strewn about . |
28 | Waiting till the next street lamp , for another squint at its contents ? |
29 | Argov himself had written an earlier letter of such hostility that it had to be returned by the paper because its contents were regarded by lawyers at The Times as potentially defamatory . |
30 | Now in the night its contents come back to me randomly , though it will be some weeks before , as a way of exorcism , I can make |