Example sentences of "in that [pers pn] [vb base] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's much like the relationship between GM and Lotus in that we do co-operative engineering work with it , but we do n't get actively involved in the day-to-day operation of that company . |
| 2 | Oats are a ‘ safer ’ feed in that they contain more husk . |
| 3 | This is the sense that is represented by the title Aesop 's Fables : used of unrealistic stories ( Aesop 's fables are unrealistic in that they present anthropomorphized beasts and birds ) which may nonetheless present a valuable and pertinent moral to their readers . |
| 4 | Diesel cars have many advantages over petrol driven cars in that they use less fuel , have a longer working life , and are more reliable and cheaper to maintain . |
| 5 | Japan is a hierarchical society and the Japanese are very status conscious in that they use different forms of language and bow in different manners according to the status relationship with another individual . |
| 6 | The changes in histamine secretion may be important in that they change mucosal blood flow and thus alter mucosal defence . |
| 7 | Also , current recommendations for screening for stroke and major coronary events by blood pressure measurements are not rational in that they take little account of the absolute risk of these diseases , specifying cut off levels for blood pressure screening that take little or no account of age . |
| 8 | So although the two models are observationally equivalent they are different in that they make different predictions about what would happen if the economic environment changed . |
| 9 | They are general in nature in that they indicate broad areas of content and could be achieved in a variety of ways . |
| 10 | They are typical in that they adapt non-literary work on language . |
| 11 | But such ecosystems are often open , in that they require heavy inputs of nutrients and energy to maintain populations and productivity of a few selected species of plants and animals . |
| 12 | There has been work going on for sometime in developing user friendly programs for statistical analysis which are ‘ intelligent ’ in that they include many checks for pitfalls and errors . |
| 13 | Such trades are commercial , in that they represent genuine business transactions , but have not been effected through the exchange 's competitive trading system . |
| 14 | Most of their important critical texts , Edwards remarks , are theoretical , in that they prompt fundamental reflections about the basic nature of writing , even if , ‘ One notices about such writing that it does not necessarily offer itself as theory , that it is directed towards what we now call literature and not towards something else . ’ |
| 15 | Several aspects of Balinese dance as interpreted by Artaud have important implications for the understanding of postmodern culture in that they illustrate cultural de-differentiation . |
| 16 | You can usually tell a good Fender before you plug it in , and I 've got to say that acoustically the SRV is one of the loudest and most solid-sounding Strats I 've come across ( and in that I include non-trem Strats , which usually sound better under these conditions ) . |