Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] in [Wh det] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.

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1 But again I think it has been unfortunate er er that recently there have been a few cases in which it would have been better not to prosecute
2 Here are some further areas in which you may well have experience and that would stand you in good stead with a prospective employer .
3 LASMO has sold its entire interest in 14 blocks , and part interests in three further blocks in which it will retain operatorship .
4 In this essay , I have attempted to suggest some ways in which we might look beyond the conceptual dichotomy between ‘ us ’ and ‘ them ’ , villagers and bureaucrats , to ask how the dynamic of interaction across the boundary is played out .
5 All of these aspects of the production of the text affect its meaning , both from the point of view of the author 's intention and of the most probable interpretation , even before we consider the wider social situations in which it may be encountered .
6 Should anyone be interested , I would gladly co-ordinate their efforts — one of the few ways in which I might be able to help the Society from this distance ’ .
7 There are a number of different ways in which we can measure wealth .
8 There are many words and phrases which can be put into this category in English , and many different ways in which they can be classified .
9 Well I get involved in it in so many different ways erm this is a difficult one , but one of the things that happens is that a number of teachers , both from the area and elsewhere , erm do advanced courses at the university and as part of these courses we have a unit on evaluation , and for this they will choose some area of their school work which they and their colleagues — and I emphasise that this is something they do have to involve their colleagues back at school in very much — erm feel it would be useful to look at and then they try and discuss with their colleagues what aspects of it are important and significant and what ought to be seen , and they bring this discussion back and we all discuss together there 'll be different teachers working on different problems the different ways in which they could approach this problem and how they might most usefully be able to do it and at the end of the exercise they will have found out quite a lot about this particular area of teaching and very often we find that the people they 've consulted have themselves got quite interested in it and begun to realize that it 's not being done in a way that 's there to threaten them , they 're not sending a report to the headmaster or the Chief Education Officer or anything like that — it 's for the benefit of the people doing the work themselves .
10 There are certainly some situations in which it would be seen as entirely inappropriate , for example in relationships between grandchildren and their grandparents , where support is normally given from the older to the younger generation , but in the form of a gift .
11 But in a sense , too , she knew that Louise was not wrong to worry about Harry committing such a blunder , for Harry , moving in the social circles in which he would move , if he survived the siege , to the day of his death , would almost certainly suffer the inconveniences of having such a wife , would regret his marriage , and perhaps in due course would come to believe that his life had been ruined .
12 There are very few careers in which you can use solely numerical ability , unless of course you become a statistician or school-teacher .
13 The legality of the threat of use of a weapon therefore depends on an evaluation both of the characteristics of the weapon and of the possible circumstances in which it might be used .
14 Maria turned clear eyes , golden-brown tonight , on Luke and said what needed to be said , eschewing preamble , cleverness and a host of other possible costumes in which she might have dressed it up .
15 Like every other company in the oil industry , we ca n't operate in isolation from the factors that control the world oil business and we have to respond in a positive way by managing the business in line with the economic circumstances in which we must function .
16 Indeed , if the Council have any other similar projects in which we could be involved , we would be happy to help .
17 Alison Kelly sees at least four distinct senses in which it can be argued that science is masculine .
18 It shows us some simple ways in which we can all join the drive for a better environment .
19 There are somewhat similar ways in which it would be odd to express assent to a question to show that one shared the speaker 's wondering .
20 This discussion of pedagogical grammars will help you in any of the following four typical situations in which you may find yourself : a .
21 Sometimes he played games , drawing the assassins into verbal battles in which they would confess .
22 However , although there was less to be done , there were also fewer hours in which it could be accomplished .
23 And I 'll start backwards by saying what I 'd like to see , and that is that I think with a group of women coming from such a broad spectrum , that the work we 're going to do is never going to be the same and there are going to be large areas in which we may not be able to work together .
24 Nevertheless , at least in public , he reiterated his previous position that there were no foreseeable circumstances in which he would challenge Mrs Thatcher .
25 I argued that there was a lack of clarity ( or clear research evidence ) concerning what these appropriate qualities might be , an unfortunate tendency to abstract approved-of skills from consideration of the contextual circumstances in which they might need to be employed , and an inclination to present a one-sided interpretation of the implications of specialist subject expertise for teaching quality .
26 The Faculty will normally only register for the LL.M. degree those candidates who possess a prior degree in law although there are exceptional circumstances in which it will vary this requirement .
27 For a board over 3.20m there are three positions in which you can use the track mast : towards the front , towards the back or in the middle .
28 A real teacher is unlikely to use an instruction like this , for 11-year-olds : ‘ Find three ways in which you can tell from the drawings ( of spider and crane fly ) that they are the same as each other and three ways in which they are different . ’
29 A real teacher is unlikely to use an instruction like this , for 11-year-olds : ‘ Find three ways in which you can tell from the drawings ( of spider and crane fly ) that they are the same as each other and three ways in which they are different . ’
30 In this example , No. 3 is the same as No. 1 , but it is easy to imagine many circumstances in which they would be different in practice .
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