Example sentences of "in [det] its " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Guardian , which has 80,000 investors , 35,000 borrowers and assets of £1 billion , is an unusual case in that its reserves are higher than those of many societies . |
| 2 | Wool is a well tried and tested material in that its natural crimp enables the fibres to resist pressure from heavy furniture . |
| 3 | This concept of a line of infinite length has a remarkable property in that its detail is unaffected by a change of scale . |
| 4 | Sandweg church was different from other churches on the island in that its frescos did not bear the imprint of the celebrated Elmelunde master but of some unknown artist who , it seemed , had neither painted nor supervised the painting of any other works of public art . |
| 5 | This gastropod is unusual in that its aperture lies on its left-hand side , not on the right as in most other species . |
| 6 | This class maintains the smooth running of the social order and economic system , but differs from the dominant bourgeois class in that its wealth is not derived from capital . |
| 7 | The LFA Directive differs from other CAP provisions in that its broad objective is to support an area of agriculture which may not be best suited for production . |
| 8 | Different though it is from the practical syllogism , it resembles it in that its conclusions are always revisable in the light of further information , which imposes itself as relevant whenever it does turn out to alter spontaneous reaction . |
| 9 | Limited recourse debt is one of the kinds of debt envisaged in paragraph 58 of the [ draft ] FRS in that its legal nature differs from that usually associated with debt . |
| 10 | Subordinated debt is one of the kinds of debt envisaged in paragraph 58 of the [ draft ] FRS in that its legal nature differs from that usually associated with debt . |
| 11 | FRS 2 , Accounting for Subsidiary Undertakings ( see also this issue , p 124 ) , is an unusual standard in that its main function is to bring SSAP 14 into line with the 1989 Companies Act . |
| 12 | The root of the trie is the only exception in that its initial entry is the empty string . |
| 13 | It is one of the ‘ true ’ whales in that its mouth is furnished with plates of baleen ( whalebone ) through which it filters the water from the shoaling small fish on which it feeds . |
| 14 | A whole series of arguments against correctionalism can be discerned , originating from various sources , but all gaining impetus in the 1960s and early 1970s : the corrective stance was seen as being inappropriate to an academic discipline in that its partiality had the effect of distorting the nature and appearance of the phenomena it was studying ; it was seen as neglecting the possibility that crime may have positive qualities and consequences ; correctionalism was seen as having led to the violation of fundamental human rights and principles of justice in its single-minded quest for efficient crime control . |
| 15 | However that may be , it is , surely , part of the very meaning of being rational that one tries to organise one 's mental stance towards the world so that it is consistent and comprehensive , consistent in that its elements do not frustrate each other , comprehensive in that it covers one 's stance to as wide as possible a range of phenomena . |
| 16 | If he countenanced a philosophy of sadism , it was the more dangerous in that its stimulus was closely allied to puritan susceptibilities . |
| 17 | Chinese design is also unusual in that its motifs often have very specific meanings which can be literally translated into philosophical sayings , desirable personal qualities or magic charms aimed at promoting health , wealth , happiness or long life . |
| 18 | Thomas Cook is a slightly different case in that its origins are at the consumer end — as a travel agent chain — but it has now developed into the provision of holiday sector as well , thus generating backward vertical integration . |
| 19 | The discourse of ‘ diagnosis ’ represents a coercive use of metaphor in that its aim is to replicate itself faithfully in the conceptual idiolect of all people . |
| 20 | Brooke-Rose distinguishes her novel from the plethora of ‘ fiction about the writing of fiction ’ in that its purpose is to play with ‘ the reader 's habit of trusting the reliable narrator ’ ( 1976k:4–5 ) . |
| 21 | What is usually glossed over is the fact that , in the process , democracy came to be " liberalised " in that its radical and egalitarian ideals were softened so that , in practice , democratic politics worked within the prevailing system of power in economy and society . |
| 22 | The Bank faces a continual problem in that its actions in each of these markets have repercussions for the functioning of the others . |
| 23 | Some mathematics teachers express the view that there is no need to reconsider how we teach mathematics since , as it deals with universals , it is bound to be multicultural in that its abstract nature reaches across cultural divides . |
| 24 | It was unlike other British forces in that its members were armed and subjected to military discipline . |
| 25 | The fluorite structure ( see figure 3.27 ) differs from those described above in that its stoichiometry is AB2 and also in that it has two different coordination numbers — and 4 . |
| 26 | The National Savings Bank has a large branch network in that its services are provided through post offices and sub-post offices , although of course the nature of these outlets differs considerably from those of the building societies or retail banks . |
| 27 | The course of the split varies from one Species to another ; in some its lateral arms run dorsal to the antennal insertions , in others it runs to them or below them . |
| 28 | In the event , fascism in either its nationalistic form ( Italy and Spain ) or its chauvinistic and racist form ( Germany ) was to prove a totalitarian system of terrifying evil . |
| 29 | Many of these have since been taken on by the wider society and are to be found in all its corners influencing even those who would now deny them any real significance and tend to look back on the decade as only times of silliness and self-indulgence . |
| 30 | Dance in all its aspects has proved capable of embracing the whole range of emotions and behaviour that emerge from a proper reading and understanding of the text . |