Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [verb] [subord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 What sets the Pearce-Hall ( 1980 ) model apart is its prediction that a decline in associability occurs when a stimulus accurately predicts its consequences and that inconsistent consequences will attenuate or prevent the loss .
2 If more shakes are needed then a gradual increase in potency occurs until a saturation point arrives and presumably only intensification takes place .
3 The operator can " cut " from one picture to another , and is in effect editing as the recording progresses .
4 The dig continues with the locator in place to advise if the ferret moves away .
5 The daggerboard is raised slightly from the same position in lighter winds because the boat 's sailing faster .
6 some of the poorest work in reading occurred where the organization and management of the class were weak .
7 The request ( 5:1 ) : this seems less than the whole truth ; but it is in the nature of a test-case , Israel had to leave Egypt in order to sacrifice because the nature of their sacrifice was offensive to the Egyptians ( 8:26 ) .
8 In order to test whether a student is using such a hierarchy correctly , the marker can make an eye-catching change to an element of the hierarchy ( e.g. section headings to be red ) and observe whether the document changes in the way it should .
9 Under the 1977 Act , in order to decide whether a term or notice is reasonable , particular attention is paid to :
10 The court had to weigh up all the circumstances in each case in order to decide whether an order for production should be made .
11 For example , it is essential to know exactly where each find was unearthed in order to assess whether the date of the finds can help to date the deposits in which they were found .
12 However it may still be useful to compare some of the main relevant characteristics of the samples , omitting those who went straight into institutional care , in order to see whether the development officers had more dependent or problematic clients to deal with than were in the control samples .
13 When I have grasped this ( the difference , not the colour chart ) , I can apply it to my present experience in order to see whether the experience is one of pink or of orange .
14 But the prosecution lawyer , Christopher Clark QC , insisted , You deliberately killed that cat , in order to see whether the mechanism worked .
15 In order to see whether the recognition results can be interpreted in terms of schema theories of memory it is first necessary to have some measure of the schema consistency of particular films .
16 A social security appeal tribunal is exercising quasi-judicial functions and forms part of the statutory machinery for investigating claims in order to ascertain whether the claimant satisfies the statutory requirements which entitle him to be paid benefit .
17 In order to establish whether an agreement is registrable the following steps should be followed : ( 1 ) Consider whether you have copies of all the agreements comprising the entire transaction .
18 In order to establish whether an employee was or is in a position to take advantage of his employer 's special trade connections , it is necessary to examine the quality of the contact between the employee and those connections : " the character of the work done " per Younger LJ in Attwood 's case .
19 It also examines the influence of the SEM and related rules on the locational behaviour of large firms with respect to the LFRs in order to establish whether the nature and quality of investment in such regions may enhance regional development potential .
20 Some insects , snakes and other preyed-upon creatures — most famously the opossum — have perfected the useful trick of feigning death if captured in order to escape when a predator relaxes his grip .
21 Research then focusses on access to the public housing sector , in order to reveal whether the role of the state was less direct ( specifically aimed at the Caribbean population through the migration agency ) than indirect ( through the role of employers and the general involvement of the state in housing provision ) .
22 This has not been based on the theoretical approach adopted above ; instead , it has been concerned with offering criteria to be used in practice in order to determine whether a unit should be included within the overall financial report of what they call the ‘ oversight unit .
23 The criteria to be applied in order to determine whether a person was ‘ knowingly concerned ’ are not specified .
24 One needs to know by how much , for example , screening for breast cancer reduces mortality from the disease in order to determine whether a screening programme is worthwhile .
25 Under this approach , if a relationship is created by trust deed , contract , or other similar instrument and there is no pre-existing fiduciary relationship between the parties , in order to determine whether the relationship is fiduciary and , if so , the scope of the fiduciary 's duties , it is necessary to have regard to all the terms of the instrument .
26 Measures of concurrent validity must therefore be examined in order to determine whether the comparison measure is , in itself , a valid measure of the linguistic ability in question .
27 However , in order to discover whether the history of the longue durée , and of structures and conjonctures , can be couched in the strongly counterfactual form spelled out , for example , by Miller , and can thus qualify as an example of concessive holist explanation , we need to consider its relations to the actions and intentions of individuals much more carefully .
28 I can however advise you that as of 1 May 1984 Sheriff Courts were empowered to grant divorces and in order to check whether the divorce was granted by a Sheriff Court you should apply to the Registrar General , General Search Unit , New Register House , Edinburgh as this office only holds records of divorces granted in the Court of Session .
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