Which preposition to use with nutshell

of Occurrences 2%

But the whole basis on which Mr. McTaggart's own certainty so solidly rests, settles down into the one nutshell of an assertion into which he puts Hegel's gospel, namely, that in every bit of experience and thought, however finite, the whole of reality (the absolute idea, as Hegel calls it) is 'implicitly present.

in Occurrences 1%

Aguinaldo put the whole matter in a nutshell in a postscript to this letter, saying: "You should issue an order commanding that all our chiefs should employ a policy of friendship toward the Americans until our status is defined; but said order should be confidentially given.

on Occurrences 1%

[ILLUSTRATION: STORMY SEA BREAKING OVER ROCKS OFF JAFFA] We rowed out quietly, our boat a little nutshell on the tossing waves.

than Occurrences 1%

He had rather have an iron chain hung about the neck of a flea than an alderman's of gold, and Homer's Iliads in a nutshell than Alexander's cabinet.

Which preposition to use with  nutshell