Example sentences of "in which [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The second is that it does not adequately take account of the sad fact of life that health authorities may on occasion find that they have too few resources , either human or material or both , to treat all the patients whom they would like to treat in the way in which they would like to treat them .
2 Thus a course tutor may invite workshop members to identify their own learning needs , to write learning objectives and consider ways in which they would like to learn the new skills or information they need .
3 In short , they should establish the kind of position in which they would wish to see themselves at the end of that period .
4 In early 1983 , therefore , a somewhat difficult pact was concluded , the so-called ‘ Alliance ’ , between the Liberals and the SDP , in which they would agree to choose one Alliance candidate in the different constituencies , and fight a joint election campaign with Roy Jenkins as leader and putative Prime Minister .
5 ‘ Even those who make money out of it — not just the pushers and dealers — are destroying the society in which they may wish to appear affluent . ’
6 By contrast in Kufra people did acknowledge circumstances in which they might have to unite with their enemies ; in 1978 they did in fact do so .
7 They do n't have to hunt foxes to do that the motion , the main motion not the amendment suggests drag hunting er they could , there there my , I think it means proper drag hunting not one er to previously er l l laid out er objectives er they could race each other , they can have treasure hunts , er there are plenty of ways in which they could enjoy riding .
8 I would rely on Mr Yeltsin and Mr Gorbachev that the only possible way in which they could have reached the eminence they have today is through membership of the party .
9 He was lowered down the main shaft and once underground tried to make his way to the area in which the missing men had been working or to any passageway in which they could have sought refuge .
10 If there was a sphere in which the authorities had a certain justification for retreating from the policy of reform ( and in which they could have afforded to act without alienating a numerically significant part of the population ) , it was that of higher education .
11 I conclude that after a short interregnum , which they have richly deserved and when the full regime of paid helpers may be set up , they will revert to taking an active part in the physical care of the plaintiff as well in the mental care in which they will have remained ever present .
12 So it is up to you to see that this does not happen , by creating circumstances in which they can continue to develop their relationship ‘ which his mother has every right to expect to be an on-going one , even in her old age .
13 The Court of Appeal concluded that this was a case of deliberate and secret action by the employees and the defendants in circumstances in which they must have known the exact result of what they were doing and must have known it was wrong .
14 " Power " , for example , is an ordinal attribute in which we might want to talk about individuals having " more " or " less " power than others and to reflect this in using the power of numbers to reflect " more " or " less " of some attribute in the same way that a higher number score on a test signifies a greater ability to do the test than a lower number .
15 Naturalists shower us with intriguing accounts , both anecdotal and experimental , and their range tends to put in perspective the sense , if any , in which we might wish to claim that some were consciously purposive and others not .
16 Cos that I must say that was the way in which we would have wished to have proceeded with the discussion .
17 In all of our businesses 1993 looks like being another challenging year in which we will have to concentrate on improving the efficiency and profitability of our operating companies in a depressed and competitive trading environment .
18 ‘ Leicester is a city in which we should expect to have a good general bookshop , and we shall be looking for a bigger and better site in the city . ’
19 That is the direction in which we must go to provide the best health service , the best opportunities and the best element of the classless society that I have talked about .
20 This early atmosphere was not one in which we could have survived .
21 I welcome the declaration , which is a big step forward , but , given British experience and law , we could have had a directive in which we could have taken the lead .
22 It is one of the ways in which we can hope to find out why he was killed . ’
23 The beatitudes of Jesus show the way in which we can experience transforming happiness in our own lives .
24 There are a number of ways in which we can help relieve the financial strain and start you off in your chosen career with no unnecessary money worries .
25 Wishing you a very happy and successful 1987/88 season — if there is any way in which we can help promote classes , arrange publicity or membership benefits for you , please do not hesitate to ask .
26 How do these ideas fit into what God wanted for us , and what are the ways in which we can help to fulfil God 's plan ?
27 competent enough vignettes of the witty , intelligent circles in which one might expect to discover Miss Iris Murdoch , and their end result was not far removed from the sum of of [ sic ] the parts of Miss Murdoch 's own elegant conundrums .
28 A word is not a category at all in the sense used : since a text may be decomposed entirely into a sequence of words , there is no linguistic sense in which one could choose to use something else instead of a word .
29 There are all sorts of ways in which one can attempt to alleviate suffering but killing your son by any method , whether starvation or some quicker execution , is not among them .
30 In both blue-collar and white-collar employment , the long-predicted world in which nobody could expect to have one job for a lifetime has now arrived .
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