Example sentences of "in which [pron] [vb base] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Given employers ' lack of knowledge about qualifications and the relatively arbitrary way in which they use them , it is difficult to give credence to the widespread notion that they are dissatisfied with the educational levels of young workers . |
2 | Animals are no strangers to ‘ technology ’ and some of the ways in which they use it are surprising as well as being remarkably sophisticated . |
3 | Remember that whenever either a conveyance , lease or transfer defines the land by reference to a plan attached to the document , the plan must be signed ( sealed and attested by director and secretary in the case of a company ) by all parties — except that the conveyancer for buyers can sign on their behalf if they state the capacity in which they sign it : " solicitor for the transferee . " |
4 | Two methods may have the same selection of structure , vocabulary and meaning , yet differ in the order in which they teach it . |
5 | From a functionalist perspective , mental processes are inferred processes — they gain their status in our theoretical base not as a result of being directly observed or experienced , but from the way in which they enable us to understand and explain human behaviour . |
6 | the types of products that these companies make and the markets in which they sell them ; |
7 | But the ways people can best deal with their own stress are as varied as the ways in which they express it . |
8 | These video records will be used to identify the words which the children produce and the situations in which they produce them . |
9 | A sequence in which they knock me down and I get up . |
10 | The position nevertheless remains that the possibility exists of parliamentary legislation inconsistent with the 1972 Act being preferred by an English court under the doctrine of implied repeal and , even if this possibility were removed , there would always remain the possibility of an express repeal , for notwithstanding this impressive accumulation of law and practice there is no shortage of political figures who insist that the sovereignty of the Parliament of the United Kingdom stands unimpaired , and plenty who are pledged to use that power to extract the United Kingdom from the coils of Europe in which they see it as enmeshed . |
11 | By studying the differences and the ways in which they arise we can arrive at an understanding of how language relates to gender . |
12 | Obvious indicators are the books schools or parents buy for children and the priority in which they buy them , the volume of work in exercise books and the care with which it is corrected as well as the actual , as distinct from the official , allocation of teaching time . |
13 | As you know , these programmes come to you from the University of Sussex , and if you 've listened to any of them in the past , you 'll know that they 're devoted to topics and subjects in which we feel we have some expertise , and which we think would be of special interest to the local community . |
14 | In the harsh climate in which we live it is perhaps too much to hope that editors , no doubt feeling themselves lucky to employed at all , will rise up against their own management to resist this dictate . |
15 | It remains true that sport is really all about competing well rather than winning , but when defeat becomes too common , particularly in activities in which we think we should excel , the moment may have come to do something drastic . |
16 | To describe self-governed perceptual sequences , Kant gave the example of scanning the front elevation of a building ; in doing which we determine what we see and the order in which we see it — roof , front-door , top-left-hand window , and so forth . |
17 | But according to Derrida , neither language nor literature is a stable object , because neither the language of the texts we read , nor the language of the discourse in which we discuss them , is exempt from différance . |
18 | Of course there are , and ought to be , a thousand images of God in which we represent him as changing his mind , forgetting , being angry , being him , doing all kinds of creaturely things ; our language of worship , of gratitude for existence , has to be full of such metaphors and images ; we must take these metaphors seriously , but if we take them literally , if we mistake these images for God , we are idolaters . |
19 | Perhaps it will make dealing with such a situation a little easier if we realise that there really is a reason for it and that the way in which we handle it may well go a long way towards aiding our spiritual development . |
20 | Secondly , what is or is not needless killing will again be determined by the role of the animals in the practices in which we employ them . |
21 | We recognise too that Britain 's success in the next century will depend not just on changing what we do , but in changing the way in which we do it . |
22 | For all its curiosities , what Joshua 6 describes , in the form in which we have it , is not a liturgical ceremony , but an act of war , the capture and wholesale destruction of a city . |
23 | Once again the importance of style needs to be stressed , given that the poundage you lift does not matter as much as the way in which you lift it . |
24 | You may find that your till has different buttons , or that the order in which you press them is different . |
25 | I think that the simple answer that it 's you , the media , who decide whether an event is a disaster by the way in which you report it . |
26 | Work out if there are any particular situations in which you think you could be helpful , and discuss them with the speechreader . |
27 | Start by making a list of the areas in which you think you might be able to generate coverage over a three-month period . |
28 | Since it is hard to change departments once you are in , choose the department in which you think you will be able to settle down . |
29 | That will give you a fair idea of the sort of environment in which institutions are placed , and the sort of environment in which you might be happy , and again , go for the environment in which you think you will be happiest . |
30 | ACTIVITY 6 15–20 mins Does your work area use primary nursing as a delivery system ? if so , make a note of any ways in which you think it could still be improved . |