Example sentences of "in theory [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time , in theory they wish to accept that Ulster protestants form part of the Irish people while they actually do not accept them in practice . |
| 2 | This evening I have attempted a contribution to the work by taking the Plowden propositions and suggesting that if they are true in theory they demand recognition in practice . |
| 3 | Its remuneration in the form of wages may not be very high , but does offer a measure of security , in that wages are contractually established and regulated under existing labour laws , which means that in theory they can not be arbitrarily withdrawn or altered . |
| 4 | ‘ I think that in any case technological developments ensure that there is no point in trying to propagandize or conceal , because people have access to the truth — at least , in theory they have access to more data that will enable them to determine what the truth of a matter is — through satellites , facsimiles , etc . |
| 5 | In theory they may stand to benefit from the nationalization of property ; in practice state ownership may provide less liberty and less efficiency than private ownership . |
| 6 | In theory they should be available to all suitable patients , but the current lack of facilities precludes this . |
| 7 | There are various forms direct taxes can take and in theory they can be levied by either central or local government . |
| 8 | In theory they were writing a book on the actors , but long since the fascination of collection for its own sake had taken over and work on the collation of evidence ceased . |
| 9 | Hess has protected them , although in theory they are people he should not even know . |
| 10 | In theory they should labour in order to stop being workers as soon as possible , thus entering the bourgeois universe . |
| 11 | in theory they should not be able to talk to each-other because they 're either answering the phone and talking to somebody else bloody getting on looking at the screen and typing |
| 12 | In theory they do but in practice they never have . |
| 13 | In theory they are there . |
| 14 | None of the partners here is actually entitled to a salary ; in theory we split the profits in accordance with a formula that we fix annually and that takes account of age , and experience and what people are contributing in terms of work or clients . |
| 15 | However , in abstract thinking it has always been our habit to assume the role of Ego perfectly isolated from spontaneity ; and even when in theory we have learned to distinguish the play-acting from real life , we are still liable to slip back into thinking as though the agent applying ‘ Be aware ’ were indeed an Ego unaffected by inclination veering with awareness . |
| 16 | We 've got the beating of Venture Capitalist on that run and he 's got the beating of Lochsong so in theory we should have a big chance . |
| 17 | Where a file area contains N addresses we can expect : In theory we could provide just sufficient space in the file for all the records . |
| 18 | Yes in theory we should be doing the same thing |
| 19 | Although in theory we do not know how it would have turned out if that had been the only option available to Mr. Thorpe , we know that the principles are clearly set out in the health service management documents and at a political level by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State . |
| 20 | Many changes are not viewed as fundamental in today 's economic climate , so in theory we may seem to have the backing of the legal scheme , where in practice we have to cope with the interpretation which is weighed towards the employers and their economic arguments . |
| 21 | er , I 'd believe in theory we could because the lease provides us or gives us the opportunity to do so , but we would not go against the wishes of the residence |
| 22 | If it was any other manager , I would have to keep him informed , because in theory he is coordinating the whole process . |
| 23 | In theory he was right . |
| 24 | A victim ( and in theory he could be male , although no man has yet , apparently , pursued a sexual harassment claim through the courts ) can leave and complain of unfair constructive dismissal but will often prefer to keep the option of staying on in the job and bringing a sex discrimination claim instead . |
| 25 | In theory he supposed he could organize PANUP from anywhere in the UK , but he knew that it was irrevocably bound to Larksoken headland , to the caravan , to that concrete mass five miles to the north which had power , apparently , to dominate his will as it did his imagination . |
| 26 | That is to say , he could think through those ideas and feelings and in theory he could say them aloud but his shyness and his social position and the conventions about men expressing their feelings would have prevented him . |
| 27 | Well , in theory he was doing what he was supposed to do since this was the time of day he always spent with Katrine and he had been told not to vary the routine . |
| 28 | In theory he had been prepared for it all along , but that it should happen now , right now … |
| 29 | In theory he was correct , and in 1838 , well after Herschel 's death , the German astronomer F. W. Bessel managed to measure a star distance in this way . |
| 30 | And having got our agreement in theory he would begin grilling the poor waiter . |