Example sentences of "unusual [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bushy , white-edged ‘ Madame Salleron ’ is a fine edger for summer beds and is unusual in that it never flowers . |
| 2 | ( The Prinsep case was unusual in that the family were prepared to take out a private prosecution in the hope of retrieving their property . ) |
| 3 | Autism is also unusual in that the children will often possess special skills which can falsely suggest that they are considerably more intelligent than they in fact are . |
| 4 | This bacterium is unusual in that it tolerates extremely acid conditions . |
| 5 | Patchouli is unusual in that it actually improves with age , and a twenty-year-old oil will be extremely mellow and fragrant . |
| 6 | Current British circumstances are unusual in that the reforms aimed at are highly ambitious , yet lack obvious external impetus of the sort which would clear the way to radical change . |
| 7 | The computer business in Japan is unusual in that most software writing is done by people who use computers , as opposed to the manufacturers of the machines . |
| 8 | Polish nationalism , as Rosa Luxemburg pointed out to Lenin on several occasions , was unusual in that it was not primarily a bourgeois phenomenon , but rather a substitute for ideology taken over from the szlachta by the Polish peasantry as they and the lower ranks of the gentry coalesced to form an industrial working class and a commercial bourgeoisie.14 An important component of Polish political life , and part of the damage wrought by partition , was the continuing failure to produce an ideology that went beyond the purely national to link the aspiration to exist as an independent nation with either capitalist organisation or a socialist vision of society . |
| 9 | The fuel system is also unusual in that the two wing tanks are linked , but the carburettor is gravity-fed from a header tank immediately in front of the facia . |
| 10 | The design was somewhat unusual in that it used a power MOSFET rather than the usual 2N3055 ( or similar ) series-pass transistor . |
| 11 | The black-chromed , Telecaster-knob controls are unusual in that we 've got two volume controls , one for each pickup , and a master tone control . |
| 12 | In the cellars are cupboards which are unusual in that they are made of the wood from the boxes used in the sugar trade with Brazil . |
| 13 | The opposition to Raybestos was unusual in that it involved the formation of an autonomous women 's group , in which up to 30 women became involved . |
| 14 | The young Dutchman is unusual in that he travels with a ‘ mental ’ coach , who practices something called haptotherapy . |
| 15 | The layout of the aircraft was unusual in that the fuselage was set well back on the wing , that his the nose was very short in relation to the length of the rear fuselage . |
| 16 | The resulting conflict , the Battle of Grunberg , was unusual in that it consisted almost entirely of mounted troops on both sides , the best of the Empire 's knights versus the most mobile part of the Orc horde . |
| 17 | Later in the year a case which appeared only in the Sun and The Times was unusual in that the police suggested that they had a particular suspect in mind . |
| 18 | Because it was constructed for a specific purpose , this text is fairly unusual in that there are few lexical clues to what the text might be ‘ about ’ . |
| 19 | The retina is unusual in that it can be moved to scan the scene . |
| 20 | The campaign was unusual in that the Alliance had presented two leaders , the two Davids , Steel and Owen , to the electors . |
| 21 | At Sanaigmore a cist contained a crouched skeleton of a mature adult with knees well drawn up ; and this cist was unusual in that the northern end was shaped into a point . |
| 22 | In this case the circumstances were unusual in that the suspect vessel had been intercepted in French waters and was being chased legitimately by armed French Cutters . |
| 23 | Panna is unusual in that she was born asexual . |
| 24 | The Taipei job was only unusual in that it would be a new experience to work in a country where English was not the official language , but the presence of a large population of Westerners , the bulk of them American , ensured high listenership figures even with the competition provided by the existence of other English-language stations . |
| 25 | In one boot was thrust a riding crop , unusual in that it was as long as a spear and tipped with tiny steel barbs . |
| 26 | Her career was unusual in that she remained within the Customer Service Department throughout , becoming an expert in dealing with complaints . |
| 27 | Fleur is unusual in that she eschews easel , palette and studio , preferring to balance her paintings on her lap and take the paint straight on to her brush from the tube . |
| 28 | The Passacaglia Interlude ( IV ) itself is unusual in that the ground [ 21 ] and the variations do not coincide — there are 39 statements of the ground and ten variations , or nine if one counts the viola solo [ 2 I ] as a theme ( for the variations ) rather than a variation ( on the ground ) , though it is certainly that as well . |
| 29 | The Lears are unusual in that they live in colonies ( two are known to exist ) in North Brazil , where the natives regard them as food and not an endangered species . |
| 30 | Mr Hunter 's book is unusual in that this is the first volume of the history of a passenger transport network . |