Example sentences of "[noun] in [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a pilot , it is perhaps one of the most agreeable settings in which to ply his profession — even though fog , gales and ice do sometimes demand the limits of his skills . |
| 2 | I will be lacerated with drink tonight and , although the replay will be very difficult , the eternal optimist in me says we 've got a chance . |
| 3 | Parents are no longer told what methods to adopt , but rather the frame of mind in which to adopt them . |
| 4 | Her voice was trembling ; he could hear the fear in her pushing it from her control . |
| 5 | The sudden tension in him wrenched her heart . |
| 6 | Mm because his account was frozen as soon as he put his card in it took it in ! |
| 7 | It had been such a stupid little exchange , the words in themselves meaning nothing , yet here she was , trembling like a colt . |
| 8 | Time and again women failed to find the words in which to frame their questions , knowing only that the language available to them did not fit . |
| 9 | She had no words in which to express her present distaste for the idea . |
| 10 | A sly grin crossed his face as he thought of an alternative billet in which to spend what remained of the night . |
| 11 | They knew nothing of Judaism , did not feel Jewish , and yet had enough Jewish blood in them to make them somehow different from their former friends , if not quite enough for them to be welcomed unreservedly into the Jewish community . |
| 12 | He had to reach the President 's cabin with at least an hour of daylight in which to plan his defence and with time to get through to Caspar on the President 's radio . |
| 13 | She reckoned the rope had just enough slack in it to allow her to reach it . |
| 14 | Well , there 's no harm in you doing it , is there ? |
| 15 | The speculation at Westminster last night was that Mr Kinnock was preparing the ground for a dignified exit by leaving his colleagues six months in which to mount their campaigns for a contest in the autumn . |
| 16 | And even if it was not it allowed both sides an extra nine months in which to strengthen their positions . |
| 17 | Consequently , a private company which has 10 months in which to file its accounts , and has an accounting reference date of 30 September , must file its accounts at Companies House on 30 July at the latest and not on 31 July . |
| 18 | They had about six months in which to achieve their miracle , she and Nails and Mr Sylvester , and the riding was her department , a hurdle of the most gigantic proportions . |
| 19 | Cape Canaveral was the lock in which to turn it . |
| 20 | First this is held downwards , then it is swung upwards to varying heights so that you have a split second in which to hit it with a suitable technique . |
| 21 | They were still there , attached to her by unbreakable strings , but at least they retreated enough for her to have a breathing-space in which to resolve them . |
| 22 | Already , before he has found a theological universe in which to create them , they have the feeling of lost souls , fodder for hell . |
| 23 | Even with evidence for the level of wealth in each building , this could imply that the village society was led by a single chief , who lived in the biggest house in the centre of the village , or that the village was run by a council of all the members of the village , who built a large central hall in which to hold their meetings . |
| 24 | It made up for all the poverty and hardship they had suffered , and planted a new , fierce determination in her to make her way in the world , to marry well and make up for all the injustice they had suffered because of her Uncle Harry . |
| 25 | The Chamber was packed when there were seven orders before the House , with an hour and a half in which to debate them . |
| 26 | The child in me dominates my personality — which has good and bad aspects — but I realize I need to explore and exert the adult and parent aspects of my character too . |
| 27 | Gauss ' most influential contribution is probably his Disquisitiones Arithmeticae ( 1801 ) , a work in which appear his 17-gon ( see Section 4.6 ) , his introduction of the notation of congruence ( see Section 2.2 ) , his proof that all the roots of unc are expressible in radicals , and a proof of the quadratic reciprocity law . |
| 28 | The auto industry just happened to be a convenient sector in which to show his determination to change ( Doner , 1987 ; Oman , 1989 : pp. 164–166 ) . |
| 29 | Not the ideal circumstances in which to hire someone who is to look after your children for a couple of years or more … ’ |
| 30 | Before fitting any mortise lock , ensure that you have sufficient depth of wood in which to house it . |