Example sentences of "is [indef pn] in [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fourth issue is something in which the Minister will not be at all interested — European competition in the 1990s . |
| 2 | ’ It 's already being said of her that unlike her famous namesake she is one in whom the quality of Mercy is very finely strained . ’ |
| 3 | The interpretation of the sequence of events involved in the aggradation is one in which the geomorphologist has usually insufficient specialised knowledge , as the phases of marine and river aggradation are represented by different types of alluvium with differing fossil contents . |
| 4 | A static system is one in which the content of all individual applications of the rules is at least tacitly contained within the general rules and principles and is discoverable therefore by a purely intellectual process . |
| 5 | A typical example is one in which the subject is sitting in a window lit by daylight . |
| 6 | The belief , universal in the political thinking of the Enlightenment , that the best form of government is one in which the individual is subject to known and clearly expressed laws , ruled out the arbitrary and uncontrolled ‘ oriental despotism ’ which every thinker of the age agreed in rejecting . |
| 7 | But they reaped no advantage ; there was nothing moving towards them which could be deemed to be a consideration , with the result that the case is one in which the contract is made , but remains unenforceable in law … . |
| 8 | A second ‘ delinquent ’ type is one in which the gang still broadly aspires to dominant ideas of success ( including the equation of ‘ success ’ with material rewards ) but finds alternative means towards these ends . |
| 9 | The present position is one in which the Treaty of Maastricht can not be ratified because of the Danish veto . |
| 10 | A cash placing is one in which the subscription offer is made to investment clients of the purchaser 's merchant bank or broker rather than to its existing shareholders . |
| 11 | A convenient alternative presentation of the information inherent in a Nyquist plot is one in which the logarithm of the modulus of the loop gain , , and the phase shift , φ , round the loop are plotted separately as a function of the logarithm of the pulsatance , . |
| 12 | The impact of tourism is rightly a subject of growing international concern , and the surrounding debate is one in which the Trust is well placed to make an important and practical contribution . |
| 13 | ‘ A free and independent society is one in which the ownership of property is spread as widely as possible ’ according to the 1983 Conservative Election Manifesto . |
| 14 | A free and independent society is one in which the ownership of property is spread as widely as possible … |
| 15 | ‘ A common type of case where problems of timing may arise is one in which the complaint and allegations involved in it are directly or closely associated with criminal proceedings which are pending . |
| 16 | It is one in which the task of management is to manipulate people into maximizing profit and achieving other goals with which other personal and group interests may conflict . |
| 17 | The easiest format for the script is one in which the shot details are written down on one side of the page , while the corresponding words of commentary are written opposite them on the other side . |
| 18 | However , the difficult condition which requires the most consideration because it is not that unlikely is one in which the operator is faced with a situation where various things have gone wrong naturally or by inadvertent human interference in the plant or instrumentation . |
| 19 | A logistic curve is one in which the rate of increase of a population is a function of the size of the initial population . |
| 20 | Equally , it is one in which the pattern of uneven development at the international level changes in line with the shifting relations of domination and subordination between countries . |
| 21 | But that does n't mean that the ordinary case is one in which the woman is in any way asking to be raped . |
| 22 | Hermogenianus ' case is one in which the beneficiary of the trust appears to have an immediate claim against the trustee . |
| 23 | It is one in which the group achieved a major breakthrough only last year . |
| 24 | A balanced tree is one in which the number of levels hanging from its left branch is very close to the number of levels hanging from its right branch . |
| 25 | A cohesive team is one in which the number and strength of mutual positive attitudes among the members far exceeds the number of negatives . |
| 26 | This world-view is one in which the material and the phenomenal dominate consciousness at the expense of the spiritual ( the numinous ) and the supernatural . |
| 27 | According to the standard description , a long shot of a human figure is one in which the figure takes up half to two thirds of the height of the picture . |
| 28 | A much less demanding condition is one in which the saboteur is attempting to damage a plant about which he has little or no technical knowledge . |