Example sentences of "in which more [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These upheavals have created a society in which more than 75 per cent of the people are now urban . |
| 2 | As to which is the more stringent obligation in a situation in which more than one applies , that is for intuitive assessment in the light of all that can be known about the particular circumstances of the case . |
| 3 | Prices had already quadrupled during the siege ; now a frenzy of economic activity took place in which more than one lady gave a handful of pearls for a bottle of honey or a box of dates . |
| 4 | ( Occasional instances are known in which more than one spermatozoon has penetrated an ovum , but its condition is then non-viable . ) |
| 5 | There may well be other regions of the universe , or other universes ( whatever that may mean ) , in which all the dimensions are curled up small or in which more than four dimensions are nearly flat , but there would be no intelligent beings in such regions to observe the different number of effective dimensions . |
| 6 | Mr Bland spent four years in a persistent vegetative state after his brain was starved of oxygen in the crush at the Hillsborough football ground in Sheffield in which more than 90 people died in 1989 . |
| 7 | The action sought to emphasize that the conflict , in which more than 3,000 people had died in faction fighting since January 1987 , was a national , and not simply a local problem . |
| 8 | In what was seen as a serious challenge to President Daniel arap Moi 's government , four days of rioting in which more than 20 people were killed followed a rally held on July 7 by advocates of political reform . |
| 9 | In November 1985 , when the Palace of Justice was occupied by guerrillas of the April 19 Movement ( M-19 ) , Arias had led the assault by government forces in which more than 100 people had been killed [ see pp. 34804-05 ] . |
| 10 | It followed a week in which more than 120 people were reported killed in township fighting . |
| 11 | A session set for May 13 was cancelled , and resumed negotiations were again suspended on May 27 when the ethnic-Moslem Party of Democratic Action ( SDA — chaired by Bosnian President Alija Izetbegovic ) withdrew in protest at alleged Serbian atrocities in Sarajevo , including the shelling of a maternity hospital on May 25-26 , and a mortar attack on civilians queuing for bread on May 27 in which more than 20 people were killed . |
| 12 | The recent wave of lawlessness , in which more than 150 people were reportedly murdered , had been fuelled by fierce fighting between rival student groups competing for scarce dormitory spaces at Dhaka University . |
| 13 | Rocks in which more than 50 per cent of the carbonate content occurs as the mineral dolomite are given the rock name dolomite . |
| 14 | Any system in which more than 10 per cent of monitored , high-risk residences exceeded that threshold was cited . |
| 15 | THE Angolan government was yesterday back in control of the capital Luanda after four days of heavy fighting in which more than 1,000 people have been killed . |