Example sentences of "[conj] in [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] [be] " in BNC.

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1 At the other end of the scale , although in many cases it is open to private individuals to prosecute for breach of the criminal law , it is generally thought , for various reasons , that usually it is best for public prosecutors to take such action .
2 However , this is not a time for complacency because , although in many respects you are in control of your own destiny , there are certain obstacles to be surmounted before you have a completely free hand .
3 Its base unit is the kilogram although in chemical calculations it is often more convenient to use grams .
4 So it was that although in those days I was often homesick , missing Harry , missing Daisy , it was never unbearable .
5 ‘ Royal Glyn-Neath ’ , we call it , although in those days it was only a little nine-hole course .
6 Although in three cases it was recognised that the operation was technically unsatisfactory and early rebleeding was encountered in each case , in the rest there appeared to be no obvious explanation for these surgical failures .
7 Historians have found some manors where the local custom was for the widow to receive a half proportion , or even the whole , and yet in others apparently none — although in these cases it is more likely that the documentation is being misconstrued .
8 The radial shields are usually covered although in some specimens it is possible to see the outline of distal end .
9 In many instances it is likely that these lowered rates of employment are the direct result of providing care , although in some cases it is possible that a temporary withdrawal from the labour market ( for example , because of redundancy or child-bearing ) may enable some women to take on informal caring responsibilities and delay their return to paid employment .
10 Although in some hospitals it 's as high as one in five .
11 Although in some ways it 's even more agreeable when they 're not , because then Howard does his famous imitation of Freddie — Freddie being praised , Freddie being jealous , Freddie doing his best to unbend enough to be wrathful .
12 Social workers must recognise , therefore , that in racist societies they are working with a potentially vulnerable group .
13 As a price for his reduction of the rebels , Louis forced from the very reluctant abbot the recognition that in temporal matters he was subject to the decision of the royal court .
14 Indeed , the Married Man 's Tax Allowance has recently been re-confirmed despite strong criticism of it ( for example , Equal Opportunities Commission , 1982b ) : in the March 1984 budget the allowance went up so that in real terms it is now higher than at any time since the war ( Financial Times , 14 March 1984 ) .
15 I think there 's a third fact that you touched on earlier that I think it 's just worth mentioning and that is that we know it 's also a genetic pre-disposition to anorexia nervosa , in other words , we know that in certain families it is a disorder that will run from one generation to another .
16 The West , the Atlantic world , may have been firing rockets to the moon and fighting a war in Indochina , but the benefit of hindsight indicates now that in other ways it was gripped by a blinkered and introspective mood , absorbed by its own internal problems .
17 Wycliffe felt sure that in normal circumstances she was a cheerful woman , more ready to laugh than cry .
18 They point out that in many cases they are not only far cheaper than the same holiday bought through a travel agent , but also often offer a unique experience in leadership , endurance and community service .
19 Jones ( 1931 ) implies that it can , but experimental work ( e.g. O'Connor and Tooley ( 1964 ) ) suggests that in many cases it is not perceptible unless a speaker is deliberately trying to avoid ambiguity .
20 We have to remember that in many cases it was , ironically , only accidental hardening by destructive fires that preserved caches of clay tablets as samples of the Minoan scripts .
21 First , they used variable and often vague definitions of abuse , so that in many cases it was not clear that they were dealing with established cases of abuse .
22 However , the Oxford Study showed that in many cases it was not a factor , since very little use was made of this procedure , despite its obvious advantages to the defendant .
23 Incontinence , however , was poorly defined ( for solid or liquid stools ) , but we may reasonably suppose that in many cases it was for liquid stools only .
24 They recognize that in many ways they are junior players not only in the world league , but also within Europe .
25 And having done it , and having experienced aspects of being a solo artist , I know that in many ways it 's a lot easier being a solo artist !
26 Although the amount NoS had to raise at this point was small compared with what was to come later , those involved say that in many ways it was harder work .
27 Although Valiant was of identical design to Vigilant with the same dimensions and general layout , we soon found out that in many ways she was a different ship .
28 Hence it was that in many subjects he was behind the knowledge of the day .
29 I think it is fair to say that in practical terms you are likely to get substantial life out of the tool before the original battery is spent , perhaps several years .
30 Recent research has shown that in such cases it is more likely that the animals and humans had been eaten by other predators , such as leopards an hyenas .
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