Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] in [Wh det] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Research turned towards the policy process itself , to the people who took the decisions and to the local political institutions in which they operated . |
| 2 | It was in the days before soldiers were housed in barracks and were left to their own devices in the taverns and private houses in which they were billetted . |
| 3 | I suspect that , in the highly political times in which we live , Lamont will reserve any spare cash in the budget kitty for vote-catching ideas . |
| 4 | The prime responsibility , however , rests with the individual counsellor to establish supportive relationships in which he or she is able to feel that stress is contained and processed and that feedback from those relationships is given in an honest and constructive manner . |
| 5 | Peyton had a violent character , behaving viciously in the frequent private quarrels in which he became embroiled . |
| 6 | The symbolic role of greenstone adzes in Maori society is exemplified by the elaborately carved hafts in which they were mounted ( plate B ) and not least by their designation toki pou tangata , meaning the adze which establishes authority . |
| 7 | Gibson and Gibson ( 1955 ) responded vigorously to this suggestion , arguing that there were no clear cases in which it was necessary to conclude that the associations formed by cues during discrimination training were responsible for changes in the distinctiveness of those cues . |
| 8 | In Chapter 1 we argued that conscious awareness , the images and representations that people use to communicate with each other and the various forms of deliberate planning and foresight which they use are all partly a result of the myriad social relationships in which they are caught up , and partly a product of deep-rooted instincts and emotions . |
| 9 | And after a certain amount of discussion they accepted that point , and we had some very interesting sessions in which they learnt to say things like , ‘ Well the syncrotron is a bit like a racetrack for very small particles which exist in atoms . |
| 10 | We noted the mismatch between the mainly solitary activities children were undertaking and the gregarious settings in which they were often expected to undertake them . |
| 11 | Both of these sets of expectations are variable , over different time-periods and in the different social settings in which we find ourselves . |
| 12 | Like Sumner , he was interested in the intersection between individual behaviour and society , in particular with how social groups imposed a range of standards and mores as a result of the broad social circumstances in which they were located . |
| 13 | People 's understandings , as we have earlier seen pointed out in Williams 's The Country and the City , need placing in the wider social circumstances in which they are living . |
| 14 | Daily contact with infants in the crèche ( next to the sixth-form coffee bar ) , the elderly , the frail , the physically and mentally disabled , employed people who come to us for literacy support or computing courses , active retired people attending daytime A-level classes , members of the community using our library , students on the threshold of professional careers in music playing with non-too-gifted amateurs engaged in recreation , academically-gifted students about to enter university engaged in social work with our special-needs students , has perhaps given us an unusually clear insight into the different ways people need and want education and the different circumstances in which it enriches their lives . |
| 15 | The second is that there may be slightly different circumstances in which it remains true , but a no longer believes it . |
| 16 | Those who were quite recently converted began to take responsibility in different areas in which they had not seen a need prior to our departure . |
| 17 | The next section will examine in more detail what is meant by ‘ corporate power ’ , and the different areas in which it has an impact . |
| 18 | Multinational companies will gather data about different countries in which they sell their products ( and different regions within countries ) . |
| 19 | How she worked this out was a mystery to Henry , since her mother 's role in Elinor 's life was confined to twice-yearly visits in which she sat in their front room and listened to Elinor telling her how awful Henry was . |
| 20 | All of the multifarious social duties in which he was now involved constantly encroached upon the time and energy which he wished to devote to his own writing . |
| 21 | For each individual GEMM , it is improbable that daily transactions with customers will leave it holding the desired amounts of all the different stocks in which it deals . |
| 22 | As Mr Gladstone has pointed out , in the last few years progress has been far more rapid because improved education has created in all classes of the community an increased desire and appetite for literature which did not formerly exist , and that can only be supplied by means of such public libraries in which we are now met . |
| 23 | The original timber used was Oregon Pine , the inherent softness of which was aggravated by the wet conditions in which it lay . |
| 24 | While idealization of , or sentimentality about , the way of life of primitive peoples must be avoided , there seems to be no doubt that among the Siberian peoples in their original state a certain harmony with nature existed , if only as a reflection of the unavoidable conditions in which they lived . |
| 25 | Such arguments will have no pretensions , by definition , to knowledge-claims that affect to rise above the historical conditions in which they are made . |
| 26 | Put another way : we have sought to teach children by establishing a close personal contact with them and by developing an understanding of the social conditions in which they live . |
| 27 | Broader in scope than any predecessor its special strength is that it deals not only with the manufacturing industry but the social conditions in which it was set . |
| 28 | Their big airy dining-room overlooks the river , their delicious pâté of Rouen duckling cooked with port is brought to table in the gigantic old terrines in which it has been baked , their hors-d'oeuvres are always fresh , well chosen , original and beautifully served , ducks and chickens are roasted on a spit in the old Norman fireplace in the kitchen . |
| 29 | The realisation that we teach children more effectively if we understand them fully and set them against the social and cultural conditions in which they live and grow , places an expectation upon the teacher which can not be prescribed by contract . |
| 30 | The first , I believe , is a case where the Court guessed , but guessed incorrectly , at the parliamentary intention and so construed the Act in a way which accomplished a most desirable social purpose but which nevertheless contradicted the clear and unequivocal terms in which it was expressed . |