Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] that it [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foolish in that it gave a great deal away to the other woman , and she could tell the woman looked at her as someone who could be aggressive and perhaps a bit vulgar , someone who said things which ought never even to have been thought . |
| 2 | The opposition to Raybestos was unusual in that it involved the formation of an autonomous women 's group , in which up to 30 women became involved . |
| 3 | The design was somewhat unusual in that it used a power MOSFET rather than the usual 2N3055 ( or similar ) series-pass transistor . |
| 4 | Althusser describes the ideological form of Marx 's early work as humanist in that it addressed the problem of human nature or the essence of being human . |
| 5 | His pupil , D'Eslon , formulated laws under which animal magnetism seemed to operate : it was a universal , continuous fluid , which was subtle in that it had an ebb and flow ; it was concentrated in the human body like a magnet ; and could be accumulated and communicated over a distance . |
| 6 | The Ho-Sainteny agreement , momentous in that it allowed a temporary re-occupation of Tonkin by French forces , was nevertheless reckoned to be a preliminary . |
| 7 | It was important in that it signified the gulf between the police and the policed . |
| 8 | This request was important in that it forced the staff involved in Guidance to review the programme and look at the students ' experiences in totality . |
| 9 | It is no less important in that it marked the return of Ho Chi Minh to Indochina after an absence of 30 years . |
| 10 | The accountability debate was , however , important in that it highlighted a need for systematic evaluation in education . |
| 11 | The 1987 Green Paper on Education was notable in that it forecast an increase in the number of students in HE in the 1990s . |
| 12 | The experience of Aden was therefore precious in that it revealed the only alternative to acquiescence or schizophrenia : the political struggle . |
| 13 | His successor Breton d'Amboise 's version was more influential in that it provided the base for three other amplifications , one anonymous , the other two by John of Marmoutier . |