Example sentences of "in [verb] this [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 It allows that the existence of a sensible thing need not consist in its actually being perceived but , rather more weakly , in its being perceivable ; in allowing this it would certainly be more acceptable to common sense .
2 In challenging this we believe in the unity of the working class .
3 In believing this we believe that some causal circumstance necessitated the temperature of his knee .
4 Second , it seems on this criterion that we shall never have more than the slenderest of reasons to believe that we know something ; for in believing this we are believing that when all the truths are in , our justification will remain , and it looks as if much more is required to support that belief than is required to support an ordinary claim to know .
5 In writing this I am acutely aware that the energy of commitment fuelled by the gravity of the situation in the Philippines has once more taken a hold of me .
6 In deciding this it is not necessary to consider whether members of the public who are knowledgeable about the product are deceived , it may be sufficient if members of the public who have very little knowledge of the product concerned are likely to be deceived , see J. Bollinger v Costa Bravo Wine Co .
7 In saying this I do not mean to trivialize art .
8 Of course in doing this we were inadvertently upwind of the rabbits then out to feed , and numbers would head for the main wood .
9 Ultimately there are more things in life than canoeing ; unfortunately we had allowed things to become part of what should have been a purely personal outing in a boat ; in doing this we had ensured that our attempt did not go ahead .
10 In doing this they pick up and swallow mud , gravel and other matter .
11 But in doing this they do not wield a power which is independent of the class struggle .
12 In doing this they undoubtedly commanded the enthusiastic approval of most of their Protestant supporters .
13 In doing this they provide the material for their own cultural development that is self-determining and self-governing .
14 However , in doing this they also provide the basic opportunity to make happier and more fulfilled wider relationships .
15 In doing this they have first cheapened the original process of selection which is made meaningless , and then , they shoved their heads firmly back into the sand .
16 In doing this she demonstrated the way in which , having once made contact with one 's feelings , it becomes possible to convert pain into creative action .
17 ( 40 ) She explained that she had worked as a volunteer in the parish and had felt that in doing this she was sharing his ministry — how ask him to give it up ?
18 In doing this I have further controlled the quality of attention to be expected but it still protects the participants because the centre of their attention is away from themselves .
19 Well tt during , during our discussions I 'll be taking notes on your current financial situation but also why erm your thoughts for the future and erm and in doing this I 'll be using this form to actually assist me to actually take down these notes .
20 In doing this you will probably find that you have become concerned , not simply with the particular task they have to carry out , but with their relations with other officers carrying out other tasks or involved with other aspects of the investigation you are writing about , even down to such matters of internal etiquette as how high does an officer have to rank before he can go into the office of a superior without knocking ?
21 In doing this it is likely that much of the richness of the uncontrolled interview will be lost , but the aims of the formal interview are not richness , rather they are uniformity of question from a team of fieldworkers , and rapid quantification of answers for analysis and testing .
22 In doing this it has also extended the role of hierarchical coordination in the overall process of running the country .
23 In doing this it would have been helpful to include profitability or value added as the independent variable but in all countries there were many companies which did not know or would not release these figures in relation to individual products .
24 But on the other hand , in doing this he is in danger of passing over altogether the notion of social ‘ repression ’ .
25 In doing this he must take care to see that the system is complied with and bear in mind that employees are often careless for their own safety .
26 In arguing this I shall limit myself to the internal characteristics of the National Curriculum .
27 In arguing this he not only collapses the specificity of consumption but also misrepresents the relationship between the ‘ individual ’ and the ‘ social ’ in Marx 's argument , for it is not for the individual consumer to recognize himself in another individual 's product anyway , but to recognize the socially-imprinted character and meaning of the product … and so to find in it the satisfaction of ‘ need ’ ( ibid : 30 ) .
28 In recognising this we must not underestimate the contribution made to the industrialising economy by the earlier expansion of manufacturing in response to home and overseas demand .
29 In exposing this it is possible to begin to see how and where the female perspective might usefully be introduced .
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