Example sentences of "in [pron] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson would talk at great length and it became clear to me that the number of people in whom he could confide safely was very small ; in fact it was clear that he had few , if any , complete political friends . |
| 2 | Growing herbs at random throughout a garden is in some ways the best arrangement — it is , after all , the way in which they would grow naturally — and species and varieties will be found that are happy on the rock garden , by the water , in bedding schemes , or as underplantings to tall perennials , shrubs and trees . |
| 3 | His novels , whether for young or adult readers , are centred on boys in the process of growing to manhood : he does not probe in depth into the feelings of his young heroes , but he does develop them in relation to events in which they may play convincingly passive or active roles in the fortunes of war . |
| 4 | Mr Davies has now written to me in connection with his research on BCR , saying — ‘ if anyone would like to help I can certainly suggest ways in which they might do so . |
| 5 | Officers seemed to gain easier exemption from building regulations and from restrictions on landlordism ; their attempts to influence judges in cases in which they might have only an indirect interest were also reported , in private , by judges . |
| 6 | However , it is by no means certain that either of the established parties would agree to change since they would be bidding away long-term electoral advantage in return for a short-term in office in a coalition government in which they might have only limited power . |
| 7 | In 1341 England and France found both a cause and a theatre of war in which they might meddle further . |
| 8 | It is open to holists , however , to resist this conclusion , and Cohen distinguishes two ways in which they can do so . |
| 9 | There should be discussion between governors and the head about the best ways in which they can work together to complement each other 's efforts . |
| 10 | I wish to explore the progress from 1840 , with its clear problems and answers , to the present in which we must incorporate much subtler considerations about our relationship with animals and with plants and with the inanimate world about us . |
| 11 | This is a world in which we can grow closer to God . |
| 12 | Christ has called us to step out by faith and this is one very small way in which we can do so . |
| 13 | After a generation in which we can detect only rather humdrum work in the Kerameikos , the Athenians established their supremacy in the second quarter of the century . |
| 14 | There are difficult conditions in which it is possible to race honourably ; there are absurd conditions in which one may race honourably if slowly ; and there are conditions in which it is impossible to race . |
| 15 | The idea of ‘ subjective meaning ’ is a loose one , covering all ways in which someone may act deliberately or expressively and excluding only reflex actions . |
| 16 | In that look she saw her life with him and it was a decent life : the small farm in high northern fell-land , the farm coming in part or in whole to him , several children , heavy days , quiet times , a life she often yearned for — a plain and ordinary life away from this coddled valley , a place in which she could start again . |
| 17 | She will try to accept the fact , as she takes her mother 's ‘ elevenses ’ in to her , that any attempt she may make to start a discussion of something that might not be of immediate interest to her mother may be turned off suddenly like a switch , and will plunge her temporarily into an emotional darkness in which she will feel very much alone . |
| 18 | When a female is ready to spawn she will leave her cave ( in which she will have previously have spent a lot of time ) and approach the male , who will display to her by quivering his body slightly and beating his tail in front of her , so that she is buffeted by the current created . |
| 19 | Q. What could the politicians do to create a climate in which you can prosper still further ? |
| 20 | There are very few careers in which you can use solely numerical ability , unless of course you become a statistician or school-teacher . |
| 21 | , the other way , the other way of , in which you can get more close to live Amnesty is to affiliate as a school group or a youth group or a religious group erm , that 's nice to see you tonight . |
| 22 | But Budworth was an honest man , and , as such , felt a compunction for the errors in which he might have unthinkingly involved the innocent and unsuspecting female . |
| 23 | When Humphreys was making his study of homosexual activity in public lavatories in the USA , there was no way in which he could have simply stood around watching what was going on . |
| 24 | There 's a sense in which it might sound rather strange , I think Simon was there was something in this guy that is attractive I think . |
| 25 | In it you 'll find more fun and thrill rides than any other amusement park in Europe . |
| 26 | Probably she 'll be so wrapped up in it she 'll feel differently . ’ |
| 27 | Luckily penicillin became available and was found to be highly effective in what we would consider today to be almost homeopathic doses . |
| 28 | My money is invested in what you can do now . ’ |