Example sentences of "[that] in [art] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 This is so sensitive that in a noisy office it can pick up an unamplified solid electric guitar from about 12 inches and show the exact pitch on the strobe .
2 Now I 'm sure you , Brian , would acknowledge that in a certain sense we are all laymen most of the time .
3 Listening to this I on the whole thought that in a real sense he never really quite answered them , on the other hand he made every single person look silly .
4 She had taken the trouble first to find out what she could about the topic from the notes given , and had thought about it carefully , so that in a real sense she was herself involved in what was happening in the classroom .
5 God alone knew why we wanted to sail to New Zealand together , except that in a strange way we were friends .
6 He may , for instance , have a general belief that the woman 's wishes in sexual matters are immaterial , so that in a specific instance he does not bother either to enquire or to think about them .
7 In the Diaspora , our Jewish people have been inclined to sit back and think that the battle has been won and that in a little while we Jews will have our National Home in our Promised Land .
8 She knew , as Travis must surely have known , that in a little while she would begin to feel really cold .
9 And we have done something about it , grasped the mettle , and I believe that in a short while we 're going to solve this problem , and it wo n't be thanks to you and the Conservative Party .
10 It always was a surprise , the pure majesty of the scene approaching the Alps , more especially in moonlight ; it seemed odd to me , whilst devouring this special panorama that in a short time we would be raining all the horrors of war down on people not seriously willing to fight .
11 But I did n't have a single partner who said to me afterwards that in a corporate sense I 'd done the wrong thing .
12 Furthermore , points out O'Connor ( 1973 p 123 ) , because languages have " different numbers of phonemes , and different allophones representing them , it follows that in a foreign language we do not hear the sounds in the same way as a native speaker does …
13 Yes , I can now reveal that in a previous life I was the iceberg that sunk the Titanic .
14 And suppose that in a previous existence you had suffered a particularly unfortunate fate — let us say that you met your death in a burning building .
15 Speaking broadly , we may say that in the Roman church it is regarded as presumption , in the Protestant churches it is a privilege or a duty , but in the New Testament it is simply a fact .
16 Equally , if we conclude that other presuppositions are not true , we can be sure that in the long run they will not prove satisfactory either , and we should root them out .
17 You can erm by word of mouth recommendations it means that we , we have to spend less money on advertising , now that means that in the long run we can pass that on to the client like yourself
18 It is only possible to assert that work begun with a lifting of the heart is likely to go on for longer than work begun with a contracting of the stomach , that work done with a lifting of the heart will develop further than work done with a contracting of the stomach , but there is nothing to indicate that the small amount of work which is the result of a contracting of the stomach will not be better than the large amount of work done with a lifting of the heart , than the rich development which is the likely result of work undertaken with a lifting of the heart , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , and Goldberg , poring over the pages covered in his friend 's tiny handwriting , wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve , glanced up at the sheet in his typewriter , always bearing in mind , he typed ( as Harsnet had written ) , that better and worse are relative terms , and that one man 's better is another man 's worse , one age 's better is another age 's worse , one civilization 's better is another civilization 's worse , better , worse , relative values , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , always bearing in mind , wrote Harsnet , that in the long run it all comes to the same thing , long run , scribbled Goldberg in the margin , same thing .
19 There were , moreover , many commercial men within the Boards who felt that in the long run it would be desirable and economic to win the space heating load .
20 She had not intended to bring this out into the open in quite this way , but she was left with little option , and she had a vague instinct that in the long run it might reap results .
21 A and the , the justification for doing this would be that in the long term we will need the coal therefore it 's ne it 's necessary to keep er a viable coal industry going .
22 Although the number of cars registered in Wales fell slightly during 1992 , there was little reason to think that in the long term we will not be faced by an unsustainable surge in the number of private vehicles using Welsh roads .
23 What is particularly frightening is that in the long term it may cause irreparable brain damage .
24 It is recognised that in the Catholic school they will also be seen within the context of a wider and life-long catechesis .
25 I would add that in the present case I am satisfied that the decision of the visitor was correct .
26 We do n't need all that much from each club to keep us afloat but if we do n't get your help , I am very concerned that in the present recession we shall not be able to keep up our work and in conclusion Your Royal Highness perhaps I could just say that the Seamanship Foundation is very grateful to the R Y A , to the Treasurer , Chris and particularly to the Senior Managers who have done everything they can to help the foundation , thank you .
27 The Government should not be particularly bothered about competition but [ should ] realise that in the modern world you are going to have a number of standard-bearer companies .
28 At one extreme , the consumer could spend nothing in the present period and save all of his present income so that in the future period he can spend as much as Y t + 1 ; + ( 1 + i ) Y t ; that is , his future income plus his saved present income plus interest .
29 It was just that in the intervening period she had changed her thinking a little .
30 Although many people do not like talk of market forces , the plain fact is that in the real world we simply can not ignore them .
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