Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] is in [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each novel presents a main character in a situation in which he or she is in some way alienated . |
| 2 | or she is in some way masculinized : |
| 3 | To take the case of religious education first : in a society that is increasingly mixed in terms of religion and culture and which is in any case predominantly secular , compulsory RE seems an anachronism . |
| 4 | All the men he knows are fathers or grandfathers and it is in that capacity that he knows them . |
| 5 | More recently , however , Liberal Theology has become a recognised description of the Ritschlian school , and it is in that sense that it is used here . ) |
| 6 | What Thucydides and his contemporaries were doing was ‘ challenging ’ social dogma , not simply ‘ readjusting ’ it , and it is in this characteristic of classical Greek scholarship that we can identify the crucial consequence of acquiring literacy . |
| 7 | The Science Library holds a comprehensive collection of some 600 technical journals and it is in this field that new developments are first reported . |
| 8 | Instead of being an act of service , making money and owning things can become purely selfish activities ; and it is in this sense that our Lord issues the warning that ‘ you can not serve both God and Mammon , and tells the story of the very prosperous farmer who is destroyed by his self-indulgence . |
| 9 | For each of these divisions we would find inequalities of outcome and it is in this sense that one can assert that we have failed to achieve equality of opportunity in England . |
| 10 | This whole situation is , for Freud , a necessary construct for his group psychology , and it is in this sense logically prior to any other construct , or hypothesis , developed in psychoanalytic theory about groups . |
| 11 | In another case it will mean that the writer creates his own special kind of language : and it is in this sense that Halliday applies it to the Neanderthal language of The Inheritors . |
| 12 | Schizophrenic speech provides a metaphor for metaphor , and it is in this sense that its use in Out may be understood , not as a valorization of the psychotic condition but as a literalization of the figure . |
| 13 | This last procedure , ‘ the exploitation of formal resemblance to establish connections of meaning ’ , Culler characterizes as ‘ the basic activity of literature ’ ( 1988:4 ) , and it is in this sense that the pun can be seen as a cognitive model which accounts for the ‘ literariness ’ of even the most rigorous forms of language use . |
| 14 | The role of the lawyer or adviser in taking the initiative in identifying problems with which help can be provided becomes important , and it is in this type of work that the law centres have been particularly successful . |
| 15 | The more inclusive , ‘ small m ’ sense of magisterium has the main weight both of history and of Tradition behind it , and it is in this direction that the most vital movements in the Church — especially the increasing witness of women — are developing ( cf. |
| 16 | Of course , none of the work carried out by Amnesty could continue without money and it is in this respect that sections , particularly the larger sections like the British , have a vital role to play . |
| 17 | In the well-defined types , such as yew , zebrano and walnut , grain is the dominant visual feature and it is in this group that some of the effects most characteristic of good marquetry can be achieved . |
| 18 | Offerings of food are placed before the figure and so it assumes a role almost equal to that of a human , and it is in this light that it becomes understandable why the sanctum of Indian temples is usually taboo to all but the priests who attend the icon and perform the ceremonial prayers . |
| 19 | It is in this context that even the barest skeleton of a common vocabulary that captures the different forms of urban life may be welcomed and it is in this search for cogent communication that the notion of the inner city , so commonly discredited analytically , remains so powerful descriptively . |
| 20 | The offer of some greater good in the future , however , is not usually sufficient to guarantee our belief in present conformity , and it is in this connection that we must introduce an additional need : the need for a sense of fairness , or justice . |
| 21 | The title of a recent book on structuralism describes it as a revolution — ; La révolution structurale ( Benoist 1976 ) — and it is in this perspective that the phenomenon is best approached . |
| 22 | In order to prevent a drain of young English cricketers to South Africa during the winter , the TCCB has to provide a suitably well-rewarded alternative and it is in this area that Subba Row 's successor will need to shine . |
| 23 | That takes us very far away from the little local Scottish drama ; and it is in this context that Mary 's reign should be understood . |
| 24 | Measures to increase people 's resistance to infection are also important in prevention , and it is in this context that immunisation has played such a major role ( p. 82 ) . |
| 25 | Being convicted involves being identified publicly as a criminal , and it is in this context that we can say that being found guilty is the same as being guilty . |
| 26 | However , Eliot was , and it is in this context that Four Quartets should be seen . |
| 27 | The perception of urban problems changed ; in due time the nature of planning response changed with it , and it is in this context that explanations may be sought as to how and why the tempo and style of the public regulation of the urban environment changed so markedly at this time . |
| 28 | There are many issues where a N C V O should be exercising leadership , sometimes a rather difficult concept , and there is no need to apologise for that , for using leadership at the right time , but it has to be a leadership by consent , rather than claimed without authority , and it is in this context that the policy development department in N C V O exists , to help channel voluntary sector concerns to opinion formers , and policy makers , regardless of party politics , regardless of political commitment . |
| 29 | One litter a year is quite enough for my needs , and it is in any case very much better to look after one litter properly — it may number eight or a dozen — than to spread the effort ( and the food available ) through a much larger number . |
| 30 | ( And it is in any case a singularly unromantic name ! ) |