Example sentences of "in [pron] was [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cognitio was an official procedure , and a judgment given in it was based on magisterial authority . |
| 2 | The Dialogue was not published for the benefit of transvestite amateur countertenors : Mopsa 's part in it was aimed at young ladies . |
| 3 | They became embodied in what was taught in British schools . |
| 4 | In the longer term , it may be something aesthetic will be seen in what was intended as pure politics . |
| 5 | Agriculture was beginning to change dramatically as well and after two hurricanes which almost wiped out the flourishing egg industry many farms built more substantial hen houses out of concrete blocks and the poultry were kept inside all the time in what was known as deep litter houses . |
| 6 | Eleven convicted murderers were hanged on Nov. 15 in what was claimed by human rights activists as the biggest mass execution in the country 's history . |
| 7 | The Sun 's publisher Rupert Murdoch was reported to have ordered an apology in what was described by assistant editor Chris Davis as a ‘ handsome and gracious ’ gesture after discussions ‘ at the very highest level ’ . |