Example sentences of "in [pron] [noun] had [art] " in BNC.

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1 While non-carers ' individual equivalised median income was 87 in 1985 , carers with a dependant in their household had a median income of only 64 a week .
2 The assault was stiffly resisted and at no time in their planning had the Germans calculated that the Belgians would do anything other than tamely submit .
3 Listening to the conversation in which Midnight had no part , she felt a sudden pity for him which increased the sense of gratitude already there , and was slightly surprised when the foppish Randall asked him a direct question :
4 From this it might have been possible to develop a philosophy in which humankind had a responsibility towards the other species with which we share the earth .
5 Tolkien always had close family ties in which Lewis had no wish to be involved .
6 In France before World War I , collective bargaining existed only in mining and printing — both being geographically highly concentrated industries in which employers had an obvious interest in organising , in this case in order to avoid ‘ whipsawing ’ by the union .
7 It was a ballet about slum dwellers , set surprisingly to Weinberger 's Variations on ‘ Under the spreading chestnut tree ’ , in which John had a comic role as a social worker .
8 Ironically , the one area in which Vogts had no criticism to make concerned the Ibrox pitch that has recently looked as battered and in need of rest as any Rangers player .
9 The political situation in Germany before 1914 , in which parties had no direct role in the formation of the Imperial Government , which functioned independently of them , meant that the SPD had no reason to think of its activities mainly in parliamentary terms .
10 She recalls one flashpoint involving a persistent representative who called regularly without an appointment trying to sell goods in which Betts had no interest .
11 The essence of the case is that GAF and its vice-chairman , James Sherwin , tried to manipulate the price of Union Carbide , in which GAF had a shareholding which it subsequently sold .
12 The ice in her voice had no effect on him whatsoever .
13 The small girl with the wound in her temple had a slightly slow pulse and could well be concussed .
14 Never in her life had the penguin heard so many words .
15 Di Leonardo looked flabbergasted , as though never before in his experience had the media failed to be satisfied by the reading of a prepared statement .
16 But the look in his eyes had a peculiar effect on me .
17 In what way had the gaunt man already earned his money ?
18 Patients receiving cyclosporin in our study had a 20% rise in mean serum creatinine and a 14% reduction in mean iothalamate clearance at two years .
19 Apart from the barmaid , we were the only women there , and the two youngest women in our group had a long discussion : one defended the secret solidarity of the men , the other said , " it 's no place for a woman , I could n't stand it . "
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