Example sentences of "[prep] that they [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Jesus , Saint Peter and James and John had just been on the mountain top at the site of the transfiguration , a high point in the gospel story , and right on the heels of that they descended into the valley below and there was a crowd with Jesus ' others disciples .
2 Not only then do about a quarter of respondents cite pavement parking as one of the problems for pedestrians in that they object to the loss of pavement space to the vehicle and the obstruction caused by it , but they are then subjected to considerable accident rates as a result of the broken slabs and uneven surfaces that result ( Figure 8.3 ) .
3 When adult the males are larger as are their dorsal and oral fins in that they reach beyond the base of the tail whereas the fins of the female barely reach this point , or even stop short .
4 Spits differ chiefly from offshore bars in that they spring from the coast and are supplied with material mainly by longshore drift and not from the sea floor .
5 The order and the organization of the chapters is sequential , in that they begin with the earlier problems of old age , taking a preventative stance , and move thereafter through to deeper , more pathological experiences of old age .
6 Of course , such decisions are medical matters in that they arise in the context of the professional relationship of doctor and patient , and they are for doctors to make in that the doctor is the professional ‘ on the spot ’ caring for the patient .
7 These distortions are interactional in that they arise from the reaction of the subject to the investigator and are the product of unconscious interference of the experimenter in the subject 's response .
8 At this point , inevitably , they were dissidents from their class , and in one sense rebels against it , but in a specializing way , in that they found in the arts of painting and poetry an alternative to the dominant social and cultural order .
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