Example sentences of "in [pron] [pers pn] [modal v] " in BNC.

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1 In the British context , Wenger ( 1984 ) found that married people were most likely to name a spouse as the person in whom they could most easily confide ; people who had never been married were most likely to name a brother or sister ; widows were most likely to name a child ; and in general , the likelihood that a child would be named increased with age .
2 At this critical juncture in her life she felt that there was no-one in whom she could confide .
3 This patient may have had asymptomatic M tuberculosis infection in this classic anatomical site , as is well recognised in patients with chronic bronchitis , in whom it may be unmasked by treatment with steroids .
4 The soup seemed to fail in its purpose , and so did Herman , in whom I would have put my trust .
5 Luckily , he had a correspondent in his brother Theo in whom he could confide and with whom he could explore ideas about art ; the letters are thus an invaluable source of interpretation .
6 Hank felt stripped of the only person in whom he could confide , and , for a while , considered following his example .
7 Wilson would talk at great length and it became clear to me that the number of people in whom he could confide safely was very small ; in fact it was clear that he had few , if any , complete political friends .
8 The chance to pull in everyone they could . ’
9 er after they got so you had n't got no more life in them we used to weld short bits onto .
10 In them she might have seen her reflection .
11 In them you will see in the hands of a master ( though not every book he writes is farce crime ) how to achieve that build-up of ever more ridiculous events that is the key to success in this form of crime fiction .
12 The Word of God records the words of the Lord Jesus Christ in John chapter 16 verse 33 when He said ‘ These things I have spoken unto you , that IN ME YE MIGHT HAVE PEACE . ’
13 In a present-day community , these constraints can be observed in spoken language : in ME we must locate these constraints initially through the writing system .
14 If you believe in me you shall be saved !
15 ‘ I have told you these things , so that in me you may have peace .
16 In me you will have a second unless you agree that we go tomorrow into the city and lay the entire matter before the syndics .
17 ‘ If Brian Clough is still interested in me he will want to know if I cope as well during a bad spell as I did when I was enjoying a purple patch and scored 11 goals in 14 games earlier in the season . ’
18 index or database and indicates the form in which they shall be shown ; it thus acts as an authority list for index terms and their form ;
19 The Executive Committee of this party may tender such advice as it deems necessary to the General Committee on the nominations found to be valid , and may suggest to the General Committee the manner in which they shall be dealt with provided that all valid nominations shall be placed before that body for its consideration at an ordinary meeting .
20 In early 1983 , therefore , a somewhat difficult pact was concluded , the so-called ‘ Alliance ’ , between the Liberals and the SDP , in which they would agree to choose one Alliance candidate in the different constituencies , and fight a joint election campaign with Roy Jenkins as leader and putative Prime Minister .
21 It would move councils towards a ‘ sensible pattern of rents ’ , in which they would generally be lower in parts of the country where the value of houses and flats was lower , and higher where the values were relatively high .
22 West Midlands bureaux managers may feel proud at the number of workers who reported that they were very satisfied and could think of no way in which they would do things better .
23 A fast ship was sent to recall de Tourville but fog in the Channel delayed it and the French prepared , all unknowing , for a battle in which they would be seriously outnumbered .
24 These people would not be trained in law ; they would represent the interests , the social groupings and the nature of the community in which they would serve .
25 Although the interviewer stressed that this was a hypothetical situation , in which they would really need to borrow money , 26 per cent spontaneously said that they would on no account even consider borrowing money .
26 Young people were looking forward to a modern China in which they would play an active role .
27 Even now , they were following their own destinies , being drawn towards some Last Battle in which they would stand against things Hawk called the Dark Spirits , whose front man on Earth she recognized as Elder Seth .
28 Thus a course tutor may invite workshop members to identify their own learning needs , to write learning objectives and consider ways in which they would like to learn the new skills or information they need .
29 He envisaged a shift , in line with modern educational thinking , away from a system in which pupils are assessed in relation to each other ( a norm-referenced system ) to one in which they would be assessed in relation to certain pre-specified criteria ( a criterion-referenced system ) .
30 Before the first day of the project , both groups had been given a very general outline of the activities in which they would be involved .
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