Example sentences of "[conj] in [adj] [noun pl] they " in BNC.

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1 Platform weapons were set to allow nothing to rise more than a thousand kilometres from the surface of the world below — or in other words they had a killing range of about thirty-five thousand kilometres .
2 They all like a dryish soil in full sun ; in rich conditions or in shady spots they tend to grow too lush and produce too few flowers .
3 Hibernation deaths are probably common , although in most cases they probably result in isolated carcases well apart from each other .
4 C. oncophora and C. curticei are generally considered to be mild pathogens in calves and lambs respectively although in some studies they have been associated with inappetence and poor weight gains .
5 Social workers must recognise , therefore , that in racist societies they are working with a potentially vulnerable group .
6 Unlike the others who appear and disappear as fashion and progress dictate , children occupy a permanent place in the list partly because of their continuing presence as a potential sub-class , partly because they have never protested and mainly because it is assumed that in favourable circumstances they will become men and therefore require attention .
7 It is not surprising that in recent years they have served interchangeably in the hands of various theorists as models of each other .
8 Suggest that in small groups they make an image to show what it 's like to experience conflicting feelings — of sorrow , loss , relief , excitement , hope , expectation .
9 More analytically , pluralist methods might in theory uncover conspiracy by an elite by investigating observable decisions , and the fact that in various studies they did not find evidence of narrow conspiratorial elites led pluralist community power researchers to conclude that a more flexible competitive and open system prevailed .
10 In 1983 , the Attorney General issued new guidelines to the police which suggested that in all cases they should prosecute only when there was at least a 50 per cent .
11 They point out that in many cases they are not only far cheaper than the same holiday bought through a travel agent , but also often offer a unique experience in leadership , endurance and community service .
12 It was encouraging that the wives saw themselves as having an increasing role to play and it was equally encouraging that in many cases they saw training courses as the best way of acquiring new skills and knowledge .
13 It is true that the corrective measures that can be taken do not usually have an immediate response , and that in many cases they appear to be quite small actions , relative to the size of the problem with which you are grappling .
14 It should also be noted that in many cases they would also facilitate explicit collusion , and so their use does not rule out the ( possibly concealed ) existence of this .
15 They recognize that in many ways they are junior players not only in the world league , but also within Europe .
16 The point I want to make is that in most cases they could not .
17 It is not always possible to say precisely which kind of eyes these are pretending to be , but the chances are that in most cases they are mimicking the forward-facing eyes of birds of prey .
18 Teachers readily admit at the present time that in most cases they have had little or no training in assessment procedures , and therefore feel they lack both the skills and the confidence to take on a more responsible role in certification .
19 He also concluded that in most cases they had simply been wrong .
20 When , however , in one district , private hospitals attempted to provide data they found that in most cases they could not identify patients ' districts of residence ( S Israel , personal communication ) .
21 It is submitted that in these circumstances they do not do well enough with the written word .
22 Suffice it to say that in some circumstances they authorise treatment despite the objections of the patient , whether minor or adult .
23 As we shall see in Section 6.5 , some weathering products show a remarkable resilience to changing environmental conditions to the extent that in some circumstances they can persist in the landscape essentially unaltered for tens of millions of years .
24 If one accepts that a person 's actions are freely chosen , one can not then argue that in some cases they are determined by outside forces .
25 In April 1983 , teachers reported that in some areas they had not been paid for four months and 828 schools had been closed down .
26 I have watched famous conductors direct this music and I know just from looking at their backs that in some passages they are no longer in control , they are terrified .
27 And some places that erm I know that in some places they have their own local way of speaking and then they speak a different way to other folk .
28 Although I concentrate in this chapter on sexual difference and on cultural and racial differences in the last chapter , it is worth remembering that in some contexts they interrelate .
29 He was astute enough to see that in some ways they shared the same experiences .
30 So if the law was clear that in those circumstances they should have been on notice and should have therefore watched where the money was going , there would n't have been a problem and are we not saying that legitimate stock lending which I think is what is about is suggesting , if carried on properly on the market , would be all right , but if it immediately goes off market into the back doors and back rooms and people ca n't see what 's going on and the Financial Institutions take part in that , then they are doing something that un undoubtedly is probably going to cause loss to pension funds and should n't there be a clear law which makes them liable in those circumstances .
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