Example sentences of "a [noun sg] in that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Snotling Pump Wagon is very much like a chariot in that it consists of a wooden fighting platform , rather like a ramshackle wooden hut on wheels , and it moves under its own power . |
| 2 | The agreement is also seen as a landmark in that it is said to be the first time that Apple has licensed Macintosh technology under such an OEM agreement , terms of which were not disclosed . |
| 3 | I 'm a transcendentalist in that I think for myself , no one tells me what to do in my career , my training . |
| 4 | The network of family connections in Italy , though not in itself either a reason or motive for the policy which Napoleon III was to pursue in the peninsula , was nevertheless a help in that it did provide a useful information service and helped to create a feeling of sympathy for French policy . |
| 5 | The paragraph also contains a clue as to why management budgeting has been perceived , by some , to be a failure in that it talks of an ‘ unsophisticated system ’ . |
| 6 | The Drowners says quite a lot about Suede as a concept in that it showcases the way we work rhythms into a song , the aggressive bite of the guitar lines , the drawled vocals and the kind of things it talks about . ’ |
| 7 | The canton of Glarus lies between this mountain barrier in the south and , in the north , the Walensee ( lake ) and the Linth Canal which in the short northern plain links Walensee with the eastern extension of Lake Zurich which is known as the Obersee , ( ie , Upper Lake ) The canal also drains former marshland between these two lakes Glarus , though one of the smallest cantons , is often described as an epitomy of Switzerland as a whole in that it has three geographical sectors : a vast area of mountain country , a moderate stretch of rolling upland plateau capable of settlement what the Swiss call Mittel-land ( literally , middle-land ) and a small area of real lowland . |
| 8 | Money is also a claim in that it gives the holder command over goods and services in the market place . |
| 9 | Vic Furlong : ‘ He was always a bit of a dreamer in that I 'd give him a job to do , come back in about an hour and he was still chatting , the job unfinished , so he had to go . |
| 10 | He is going to do that , so he was going to have a hand in that he 's gon not really not going to have a hand in it , he is going to be directly responsible for selecting the panel which will select the independent members on the short list and recommend them to him . |
| 11 | have a similarity in that they exist because of spatial aspects . |
| 12 | It also has an advantage in that it can be installed on the smaller air range diving support vessels . |
| 13 | Erm there is an error in that we have included er at two in that we have added in a reference there to further additional meant that we have taken the budget earlier guidelines here three point three , we are not proposing to do that and therefore that should be deleted . |