Sentence examples for its sitting from inspiring English sources

Damage to buildings in the area around the colliery caused by subsidence led to it becoming uneconomic despite its sitting on large reserves of high-quality coal, and it was closed in 1968.

Fearing that spores had infiltrated the Capitol's ventilation system (erroneously, it seems), the House of Representatives suspended its sitting for nearly a week; the Senate declined to copy, saying it would not bow to terrorism.The attacks on the Capitol add to the complexity of the anthrax outbreak.

Labor has three seats and all its sitting MPs are retiring.

Fremantle is held by Labor on a 5.4% margin but its sitting member, Melissa Park, is retiring.

She marched into the Bird's Nest last weekend for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Paralympics, representing the United States as a member of its sitting volleyball team.

The same month he was selected to contest the seat of Upper Bann following the death of its sitting MP, Harold McCusker.

The N.C.A.A. would argue that is precisely what it has, with so many of its members sitting at the table.

Its owner, sitting near him in the audience, answered.

The new A-Class is sportier than its predecessor, sitting roughly six inches lower.

The school, in north-west London, had 75% of its students sitting GCSEs classed as disadvantaged.

Ezra was an enthusiastic contributor to energy debates in the House of Lords, and became its oldest sitting member 1.