Example sentences of "in [adj] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Nevertheless , those participating in the programme have a common intellectual goal in that their primary concern is to understand rather than to develop . |
2 | But they differ from private enterprise in that their defining characteristic , indeed the rationale for their existence , is that they are subject to some form of political control . |
3 | Then while watching an election programme on TV that evening I heard Mrs Angela Rumbold saying how badly-behaved the Labour Party was in that their loutish supporters ( my words ) had tried to shout down John Major . |
4 | The DUC considered the seminar a success in that their one platform speaker , helped by contributions from the floor , made the seven pro-industry speakers look foolish . |
5 | Some of its politicians were backward-looking in that their major objectives were to remedy inter-war problems . |
6 | To some extent , therefore , A level art/design classes offered by the schools are in competition with foundation courses offered by art colleges ; however , the two are not strictly comparable in that the former are considered by many to be less suitable as pre-entry training for higher level courses in that their diagnostic value is much less than that of foundation courses . |
7 | Limited recourse debt is one of the kinds of debt envisaged in paragraph 58 of the [ draft ] FRS in that its legal nature differs from that usually associated with debt . |
8 | Subordinated debt is one of the kinds of debt envisaged in paragraph 58 of the [ draft ] FRS in that its legal nature differs from that usually associated with debt . |
9 | The LFA Directive differs from other CAP provisions in that its broad objective is to support an area of agriculture which may not be best suited for production . |
10 | Wool is a well tried and tested material in that its natural crimp enables the fibres to resist pressure from heavy furniture . |
11 | FRS 2 , Accounting for Subsidiary Undertakings ( see also this issue , p 124 ) , is an unusual standard in that its main function is to bring SSAP 14 into line with the 1989 Companies Act . |
12 | Some mathematics teachers express the view that there is no need to reconsider how we teach mathematics since , as it deals with universals , it is bound to be multicultural in that its abstract nature reaches across cultural divides . |
13 | The root of the trie is the only exception in that its initial entry is the empty string . |
14 | Charlemagne was lucky in that his only brother , four years younger than himself , died in 771 after a short period of increasingly fraught joint-rule ; but it took more than luck to remove that brother 's sons — they , and their mother , disappeared when their uncle defeated and imprisoned their protector , the Lombard king . |
15 | During this time Thomas was fortunate in that our elder sister and her husband , a Royal Engineer , were also stationed in Malta . |
16 | i in , in , in that our present policy , which will continue , is simply the rent reduction , interest rate reduction . |
17 | In 1850 his eldest son David became a partner and soon six brothers were to be involved in the firm in various capacities . |
18 | Edward moved to London , and in 1794 his first engraving was published by his brother Daniel . |
19 | She stayed under a side table in the front room until in 1925 my own dog ‘ Nip ’ , a terrier , took a dislike to this strange animal with glaring eyes and proceeded to tear her to pieces . |
20 | In 1933 its total membership was believed to be about 300 , but the cost of a fund-raising appeal for £25,000 proved to be more than the sum collected and the movement went £800 into debt . |
21 | In 1757 his daughter Mary married Osgood Hanbury , a great Quaker Chesapeake merchant of London ; in 1767 his other daughter Rachel married David Barclay [ q.v. ] , a leading Quaker merchant , banker , and brewer of London . |
22 | It was the first time that the chubby presenter , the ravages of drink clear in the dark bags under his eyes , had ever gone so far and admitted in public his total dependence . |
23 | In so far , therefore , as the deaf and dumb desire to be independent and to have some say in all matters which directly concern themselves , educationally , spiritually and socially , ample opportunity is provided for them in this their own Association . |
24 | Gemma , in this her last moment of being Miss Dallam , did not notice the stir Linnet was creating and would not have minded if she had . |
25 | It means that any office development or commercial of this kind in this I twelve policy that was to occur in Harrogate would not be counted off the sixty hectares of em erm of I five allocation , it would be in addition to it , and that may be a very important breakthrough for us . |
26 | In this his second publication of poetry , or as he calls it ‘ making the bastards suffer ’ , Bitumen has produced a well rounded collection of spite , venom and malicious slander . |
27 | Doctor Bailey was then a young man in his twenties , newly qualified and recently married and settled in this his first practice . |
28 | In this his inventive energy makes Welch 's more delicate line appear fussy and twee . |
29 | Swift put it more pungently , enumerating the brilliant thinkers who would ‘ in this our undistinguished age incur manifest danger of phlebotomy , and Whips , and Chains , and Dark Chambers , and Straw ’ . |
30 | In that year , the college moved away from Mercersburg , Nevin retired , and Schaff later embarked on an outstanding career as a Church historian at Union Seminary , New York , where he published in 1876 his great History of the Creeds of Christendom . |