Example sentences of "whereas in [adj] [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | Thus the gist of Spinoza 's argument , for example , is that whereas in ordinary circumstances we may indeed find it useful and necessary to distinguish between essential and accidental properties , metaphysically such a distinction can not be upheld . |
2 | On the other hand , when one is obsessively searching for the solution to a problem , it may be consciously recognised when it occurs as a fluctuation in the random activity of the subconscious whereas in other circumstances it might not emerge at the conscious level at all . |
3 | If an explosion occurs owing to the escape of gas , it does not seem to have been suggested that the defences of common benefit or consent of the plaintiff would be available to the defendants , possibly because the plaintiff has no choice as to the source of his supply of gas , whereas in other cases he can decide for himself whether he will accept the arrangement offered to him by his landlord . |
4 | The nature of the entry mechanism can also vary : in neural cells it is through voltage-operated channels , whereas in other cells it is usually mediated by the InsP 3 -dependent entry mechanisms described earlier . |
5 | Under permanently wet conditions , small mammal bone becomes soft and easily broken , and it has been found that small mammal bones preserved in wet caves become extensively broken , whereas in dry caves they are better preserved , but other factors may also modify such an assemblage . |
6 | In some cultures , for example , the political may be largely determined by the economic , whereas in capitalist societies it is relatively autonomous . |
7 | Our dependence on tools … . means that a large part of the mental capacity of a human culture exists outside the individual , whereas in non-manipulative dolphins it is still embodied in brain and behaviour … . as social beings … . we may be inferior to many cetaceans . ’ |
8 | you 've got the chance whereas in these countries they have n't , if you have n't got a democracy . |
9 | Primary teachers normally teach English as part of an integrated curriculum , whereas in secondary schools it is more usually taught in timetabled slots by subject specialists . |
10 | Whereas in most databases you have to go to quite a lot of effort to create the linked structure , in Delta Five it is expected that your databases will have this structure , and you have to work quite hard not to conform ! |