Example sentences of "in [pron] [adj] [noun] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who chronically seek help from subspecialists are a small but costly subgroup in whom psychosocial factors may be more disabling than the gut symptoms themselves . |
| 2 | With increasing age the operation is more effective in resolving glue ear than in younger children , in whom such surgery may also be contraindicated for more general reasons of increased operative risk . |
| 3 | A second group in whom this technique may be valuable is those in whom the number of stones or technical difficulties such as diverticuli , may expose the patient to a protracted procedure which even if successful may be detrimental for the patient — that is , the old and frail . |
| 4 | It should be borne in mind that despite the fact that psychiatric diseases such as depression or manic-depression tend to be vastly over-diagnosed , particularly in sufferers from alcoholism ( in whom these features may be indications of their primary disease of alcoholism ) , some patients do have both addictive disease and psychiatric disease and need appropriate treatment for both . |
| 5 | However , it is difficult to be completely sure of the absence of vascular disease on clinical grounds alone and , for this reason , some groups have studied platelet function in diabetic children and adolescents in whom vascular disease would be unlikely . |
| 6 | As Dali once said , ‘ Where else but in my own town can the most extravagant and solid facets of my work endure ? ’ |
| 7 | After passing a first-year course in Spanish , students in their second year would normally learn Portuguese from scratch and take a course on ‘ Culture and Society in the Portuguese-speaking World ’ , together with their second-level course in Spanish . |
| 8 | Achieving a further 16 modules in their second year will allow them to gain SCOTCERT Part 2 . |
| 9 | Nor , for the same reason , can he succeed upon his broader submission that the publicity now given to these documents has so eroded their privacy that the public interest in their future non-disclosure should be found to have evaporated . |
| 10 | The effect of imposing taxes unilaterally rather than globally ( for example , within the EC but not in the US or Japan ) , would mean that countries less stringent in their environmental policies may become more attractive as locations for production . |
| 11 | Well , even even people who perhaps are not so experienced in doing it in their personal lives can be influenced I think , especially when they are relating to children , to perhaps become more sensitive to that and the children in their care . |
| 12 | The formation of the lattice from its elements in their standard states can be broken down into five steps . |
| 13 | The lucky ones , once established in their new home will remain there for the rest of their lives unless driven out by force of numbers . |
| 14 | Langbaurgh 's cleansing squads in their new uniforms will have a group of young overseers on their rounds today . |
| 15 | The contrast in their present lives could not be made more explicit . |
| 16 | They argue that a continuation of Green Belt restrictions in their present form will turn the countryside into a ghetto for rich commuters while local people pay for this rural idyll in homelessness and unemployment . |
| 17 | After a section has been weeded , those books which are considered worth retaining in their existing form will remain on the shelves — one would hope , a substantial proportion . |
| 18 | The value of dry foods in their various forms should not be overlooked as a great deal of ‘ state of the art ’ research has gone into the major manufacturers ' efforts to produce these high-quality nutritious foods . |
| 19 | This ‘ tradition ’ is much more recent , yet the ideas have been pervasive : that organised , structured opportunities for ‘ disadvantaged ’ children in their early years can combat or offset the allegedly depriving effects of a poor ( and therefore , by definition , unstimulating ! ) home . |
| 20 | Detail does matter because concepts which are excellent in their general sweep can founder on a small matter of detail . |
| 21 | A local general practitioner of twelve years ' standing , concerned about the increased incidence of myelomas ( a type of bone marrow cancer ) in his area , told me that nobody in their right senses would eat cockles and mussels from Morecambe Bay . |
| 22 | ‘ Who in their right senses would want to take a babby in arms on a journey like that ? ’ |
| 23 | Who in their right mind would avoid a road or a railway track simply because it had once been the scene of an accident ? |
| 24 | No one in their right mind would live exclusively on sausages or hamburgers or meat pies ( or sweets or crisps ) but the arguments are presented as if they would . ’ |
| 25 | After all who in their right mind would reject enthusiastic and cost-free labour ? |
| 26 | Blood-tests are now available to tell whether someone has had German measles in the past , and nobody in their right mind would suggest that such a positive blood test indicated the presence of active German measles long after the patient had recovered from the infection . |
| 27 | Snooker 's a lot more fun when you do n't have to wear a tie and waistcoat — who in their right mind would want to do that ? |
| 28 | He was in some ways a sort of humanoid Winnie the Pooh ( the bear with very little brain ) without any of Pooh 's more lovable characteristics — although no one in their right mind would tell him so ! |
| 29 | Cheap champagne may be unpredictable these days , but no one in their right mind would flush these wines down the loo . |
| 30 | Who in their right mind would build a conservatory with Athletico Whaddon FC emblazoned along the side , and have window frames made from wood bearing the wards ‘ Seats 1–10 ’ and ‘ Ticket holders only ’ ? |