Example sentences of "in [pron] it [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the congregation of the Lutheran Church gathered to hear the Word of God expounded , they expected to hear it expounded fully , and the Pastor of Tappersdorf was ready to oblige , not merely comparing the German text for the day — a reference to the doings of an obscure Old Testament prophet — with the original Hebrew , and giving a learned half-hour to an explanation of the circumstances in which the prophet lived , suffered , and prophesied , a time in which it seemed a small group of people struggled for the truth and searched for God under the shadow of huge decadent empires to the East — and the West , but he , the Pastor , was perfectly willing to apply the prophet 's message to the present day — and to present-day socialist Germany , at that . |
| 2 | Inaugurating the new boards of the affected banks on July 13 , Falae announced that the government planned to privatize all the banks in which it had a controlling interest , in line with the government 's policy of divesting itself of state holdings . |
| 3 | Thus , AEA is now beginning to contemplate a future in which it becomes an independent business , and its management is excited by the prospect . |
| 4 | The term is now used more commonly in a broad sense in which it connotes a looser grouping of individuals , each exercising power and united by one or more of a number of features such as wealth , social origins or pre-eminence in achievement in a particular field . |
| 5 | Earlier this year MB Group merged its world-wide packaging interests with the French Carnaud to form CMB in which it has a 25.5 per cent stake . |
| 6 | Despite recognizing the need for theory to explain market-type control mechanisms within real-world firms , this chapter accepts that some use of direct , non-delegated authority is the necessary , defining feature of a firm , and turns to Williamson 's work for an explanation of the circumstances in which it has a comparative advantage over other control mechanisms . |
| 7 | All of these are projects in which the government holds a controlling interest and in which it has a strong commercial partner . |
| 8 | The Occasional ( maybe not so occasional ) case arises in which it has a strong sado-masochistic element . |
| 9 | Thames had long discussed the option of launching a popular entertainment channel on Astra , in which it has a 10 per cent shareholding and two reserve channels . |
| 10 | SHELL , which is due to report its 1992 results later this week , will be forced to write off £131 million through adverse foreign currency dealings involving a Japanese associate company in which it holds a 50 per cent stake . |
| 11 | Large armchairs , with loose covers , looked comfortable , but when I sat in one it had a broken spring . |