Example sentences of "[adj] in [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a change should have the effect of reducing the number of apparently aimless mergers among large firms , and this in itself might help to ameliorate the bandwagon effect on all firms during merger waves . |
| 2 | This in itself would create diversity . |
| 3 | However , American experience — and common sense — suggests that this in itself would deter most lenders from making insurance compulsory . |
| 4 | This in itself would have achieved little . |
| 5 | This in itself would constitute a major achievement and would give recognition to the important contribution of residential workers in preparing young people for citizenship . |
| 6 | The rapid advances in this field suggest that computational analogues of human reasoning abilities will become increasingly difficult to distinguish from the real thing , and if a mechanistic view of biological systems is taken , this in itself may provide sufficient proof of the ability of non-biological systems to develop the ability to process ideas and communicate concepts . |
| 7 | But this in itself must have been a difficult decision for the authorities : to dismiss her was to create a security risk and , as she had proved herself dishonest , to retain her was also a potential threat to Ultra . |
| 8 | This in itself can bring problems with the numbers of enthusiastic teenagers using the hall . |
| 9 | Got ta colour all this in it 'll take ages ! |
| 10 | BES companies lasted for a minimum of five years , and shareholders were interested in what would happen at the end of this period . |
| 11 | Another noted that ‘ the very expression ‘ green belt ’ sounds like something an ordinary man may find it worthwhile to be interested in who may find no appeal whatever in ‘ the distribution of industrial population ’ or ‘ decentralisation ’ … |
| 12 | We may take it that the utilitarian in him could accept with Ricardo 's labour theory of value his hostility to landlords , who might be regarded as unproductive and bone-idle , and share with him a reluctance to extend that hostility to master-manufacturers . |
| 13 | That in itself may sound daunting , but on its centennial in 1993 the museum would prefer to see its situation as an asset . |
| 14 | That in itself might mean something . |
| 15 | And even after that high point of drama and inspiration had passed , and the French had launched their successful attack on the Castalians , Protestantism survived in pockets throughout the kingdom ; it was a fallow period , but that in itself would prepare the ground for more spectacular growth . |
| 16 | Sure , he will have the immediate option to make himself rich by fighting Frank Bruno , though that in itself would diminish the status of the belt . |
| 17 | That in itself would win the support of a substantial group of Vietnamese fence sitters , and would unite all Vietnamese in solid opposition to Ho Chi Minh ; and the Chinese communists , practical people , when they saw their aid resulting in no real accomplishment , would be less ready to see it frittered away . |