Example sentences of "in [adj] it [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In private it would seem that he was becoming increasingly fixated on the idea of a Third World War . |
| 2 | The scientific prediction of a person 's limitations , and thus his possible fate , has a very dangerous component in that it may lead the individual to inaction and despair . |
| 3 | In rural areas the school frequently serves as a focal point for the local community — its removal can have a detrimental effect in that it may become increasingly difficult to attract new families to settle , the younger age groups tend to drift towards the neighbouring towns and the average age of the remaining inhabitants goes on rising . |
| 4 | Consultation with the next of kin has a further advantage in that it may reveal information as to the personal circumstances of the patient and as to the choice which the patient might have made , if he or she had been in a position to make it . |
| 5 | The increasing emphasis on capital projects within an annual budgetary cycle creates problems in that it may take a number of years to acquire and to develop urban sites . |
| 6 | The size of the new government 's legislative majority was also considered to be destabilizing in that it would encourage factionalism within the National Party . |
| 7 | The twelve-hour shift pattern was also an obstacle to change in that it would have made it difficult to recruit new staff for hospital development . |
| 8 | The 1967 White Paper ( Cmnd. 3301 ) on the Legal and Constitutional Implications of Membership of the EEC , stated that Parliament 's freedom of action would be limited in that it would have to refrain from passing legislation inconsistent with community law and would be under an obligation in certain instances to legislate to give effect to our community obligations . |
| 9 | The Criminal Law Revision Committee , Eighth Report , Theft and Related Offences , Cmnd 2977 , para. 123 , goes against Lambert in that it would have given a defence only when the accused 's act was " morally and socially acceptable " . |
| 10 | Apted places computer browsing in the category of specific browsing in that it must start " with a definition of requirements " and is systematic . |
| 11 | The subduction of oceanic lithosphere is a steady-state process in that it can continue until a continent or island arc arrives at the subduction zone . |
| 12 | Systems analysis has important advantages in that it can handle both complex biophysical relationships ( which is more difficult in a rigid mathematical programming approach ) and can include the effects of policy instruments and other hitherto exogenous social and economic variables . |
| 13 | Clause 11.3 relates to misrepresentations and misdescriptions , the position as to the latter being similar to non-disclosure in that it can render the landlord liable in damages for breach of contract . |
| 14 | If she has had it for a few years , there will be another bonus in that it will mature before the end of your mortgage term , saving thousands in extra interest payments . |
| 15 | Any change to a field will have some knock-on effect on other areas in that it will modify the overall pattern of student choice . |
| 16 | Several digitisers have appeared for specific computers such as the BBC Micro and ZX Spectrum but the Touchmaster graphics tablet claims to add a new dimension in that it will operate ( with a suitable interface or cable ) with almost all the current machines . |
| 17 | The purchaser will be negotiating the heads from a position of weakness in that it will know far more about the vendor 's business once the due diligence has been completed . |
| 18 | This could have severe repercussions for the landlord in that it could include easements over the adjoining retained land of the landlord adversely affecting the landlord 's ability to use or develop that land . |
| 19 | In 1935 it might have seemed as if Hollywood was moving into a period of labour and political films but such was not the case . |
| 20 | In this it may have been little more than a mouthpiece for a Russian directorate but in an article , which , says Sacks , amounted to a reading of the riot act to the ICP , one finds this clear and unmistakable instruction in the French journal Cahiers du Boishévisme : |
| 21 | I no longer believe — nor do I desire — that Semiology should be a simple science , a positive science , and this for a primordial reason : it is the responsibility of semiology … to question its own discourse … finally , science knows no site of security , and in this it must acknowledge itself as writing . |
| 22 | In some it may approximate to the full panoply of procedural safeguards including notice , oral hearing , representation , discovery , right to cross examine and reasoned decisions , etc. ; in others it may connote considerably less . |
| 23 | In 2013 it will go up to 20pc of the market value . ’ |
| 24 | If a Canterbury visit did occur in 1018 it may have been while Cnut and his men were waiting for the £82,500 to be handed over , as the bulk of those who received it were doubtless based in and around London . |
| 25 | In short it should foster acceptance of a single data exchange medium for each broad category of device ( e.g. exchangeable disk , cartridge tape ) . |
| 26 | If the WGMS had been used in Britain in 1987 it would have been put to an exacting test in the South-East ( regarded in this context as one of the nine officially defined standard regions of England ) . |
| 27 | It would indeed have defined a biological category of criminals , but as an explanation of crime in general it would have been virtually irrelevant . |
| 28 | In general it would seem that the now-extinct Alderney was fairly similar to today 's Guernsey but smaller ( in 1800 bulls stood at 119cm , cows 112cm and oxen 140cm ) and with short , ‘ crumpled ’ ( curled ) horns , fine bones , a long , thin neck and protruding , raised hips . |
| 29 | In general it would seem that keys a minor third apart have just the right degree of conflict , and are well suited to this technique . |
| 30 | Often it will be completely identical , but in general it will tend to end with finality and with an added touch of interest ( e.g. quicker movement , reaching a greater height , using larger leaps , etc . ) . |