Example sentences of "[prep] that it [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His pupil , D'Eslon , formulated laws under which animal magnetism seemed to operate : it was a universal , continuous fluid , which was subtle in that it had an ebb and flow ; it was concentrated in the human body like a magnet ; and could be accumulated and communicated over a distance . |
| 2 | The 1987 Green Paper on Education was notable in that it forecast an increase in the number of students in HE in the 1990s . |
| 3 | It is impossible to predict when QT prolongation will be beneficial , in that it represents a prolongation of ventricular refractoriness , and when it will be harmful . |
| 4 | Die Entführung is unlike any previous Singspiel , in that it represents a fusion of the technical resources of Italian opera seria with the homely tunefulness of the Singspiel . |
| 5 | The new procedure is simple in that it involves an application form having three parts on the front of it ( the declaration of means being on the back ) , first the information about the applicant and the charge , second a part to be completed by the Sheriff Clerk , and last a part to bc completed by the Local Secretary . |
| 6 | One of these has already been put forward , by the CNAA early in 1982 , termed Model C. In its response to the July 1981 Green Paper , the CNAA is critical both of Model A and Model B , regarding Model A as inadequate and lacking credibility both on academic and other grounds , and Model B as too exclusive in that it creates a division between institutions substantially involved in the provision of public sector higher education and those only marginally so . |
| 7 | The stepwise progression of colorectal cancer through a series of genetic alterations as proposed by Vogelstein is attractive in that it postulates an inter-relationship between the accumulation of genertic changes and tumour stage . |
| 8 | Factoring is useful in that it relieves a company of the administrative burden of collecting book debt although it can be expensive . |
| 9 | The decentralized authority has a somewhat dated ring to it , in that it retains a faith in the ability of the local state to decide and provide . |
| 10 | The design was somewhat unusual in that it used a power MOSFET rather than the usual 2N3055 ( or similar ) series-pass transistor . |
| 11 | This proved quite a successful theory for a number of years , in that it stimulated a lot of research and produced a corpus of compatible experimental results . |
| 12 | Rowthorn 's argument is important , in that it highlights an irony of capitalist socialisation . |
| 13 | The accountability debate was , however , important in that it highlighted a need for systematic evaluation in education . |
| 14 | This strategy is particularly interesting in that it implies an awareness of a lack in the Oxfordshire scheme , which provides neither guidance on strategies for looking at the curriculum nor criteria for judging its appropriateness and adequacy , but merely requires teachers to do it . |