Example sentences of "in [adj] [adj] [noun pl] it " in BNC.

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1 In literate urban societies it can provide valuable quantitative information on such topics as education , health , housing , social class , racial attitudes , income distribution , family-structure , the mass media and so on , thus contributing to the identification and understanding of important social issues .
2 In some political systems it has indeed practically no other function .
3 In some other respects it relied on centuries of evolution of peasant society .
4 This has been proved in several places : in some arctic localities it is found with trilobites that lived at great depths in the muds of the Ordovician ocean , while in Canada the same species occurs mixed with the inhabitants of the shallow-water seas , where limestones were accumulating .
5 In some urban areas it can comprise as much as 40 per cent of the stock and up to 100 per cent of houses over considerable tracts .
6 In these egalitarian times it would take no more than the price of an off-season 's weekend bed and breakfast and the permission of a landowner or two .
7 He had , but in these new circumstances it might be unwise to admit it .
8 In these rural parts it was usually a case of potter in the garden , or off to church or chapel .
9 Expressed in these general terms it is easy to see how such a code of rights could be regarded as a " good thing " .
10 In these violent thermals it is possible to be flying with a good margin of speed at one moment and to be falling with virtually no speed the next .
11 We 've never had a big dog before , but we thought in these violent days it might protect us . ’
12 IN these bleak times it is good to see that one veteran television star has succeeded in resurrecting his career .
13 In these difficult times it makes sense to look again at this post .
14 In these ordered relationships it is not possible to alter the order of the clauses .
15 Activity is greatest in these particular sectors it is true , but it is also the case that the pattern of user education is broadly similar in each .
16 If there were no need for sheltered workshops because disabled people were fully integrated into ‘ normal ’ society , then it would be a gain ; but if , as I suspect , in these hard times it is impossible for many severely disabled people to get a job of any sort , surely the lack of opportunity to go to work is a loss — even if the kind of work they do is far from ideal .
17 The nests of social insects are run almost entirely by smell , because in these dense communities it is the most efficient way of sending messages .
18 Now if this contaminated fish is eaten in large enough quantities it can cause symptoms of Minimata disease .
19 In large transient hotels it is not practical to confirm in writing every reservation , as guests come and go at short notice .
20 If the two novels were to be recast in late post-Freudian terms it would be clear how completely our attitudes have changed towards amatory and social matters : it is difficult to read the Ruritanian stones now in the way Anthony Hope 's first readers did and not to dismiss them as mere escapist romances .
21 In all other cases it would seem that the union 's responsibility for the acts of an individual are to be determined by the general law of master and servant or agency .
22 In all other cases it is advisable to grant tenants easements to use the facilities in common with the other tenants in the building .
23 In all other cases it is artificial to draw this distinction between : ( 1 ) " issues " where the parties have not taken defined positions ; and ( 2 ) " disputes " or " formulated disputes " where the parties have taken defined positions .
24 In all other areas it either was not an issue or nothing could be arranged .
25 In all other respects it seemed that I was winning .
26 In all such studies it is important to take account of confounding variables .
27 Certainly , all of the groups were unhappy with ( b ) as an ending : in all six reconstructions it was placed at least three sentences from the end .
28 In all six cases it was indicated that sexual intercourse had taken place .
29 In all five departments it is the planners themselves who use the online services , although one had a clerical assistant to undertake the bulk of the work .
30 In all flow-visualization experiments it is necessary to give some thought as to what features of the flow are shown up .
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