Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] that they " in BNC.
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| 1 | They differ from older forms of association in that they are two-way trades of complementary strengths among competitors . |
| 2 | Many people these days have a rather negative concept of health in that they tend to look on it as a state in which one does not feel ill or has no pain — in other words , a state of absence of illness . |
| 3 | These locks are of the ‘ staircase ’ type , which are different from ‘ flights ’ of locks in that they are directly inter-connected . |
| 4 | Whatever the activity , I still see this as the old style … it 's teacher-led from that point of view in that they rely on me to start them off and I mean it 's almost as if I stand there with a gun and say ‘ Go ! ’ |
| 5 | Furthermore they behave like words in that they are always used together in appropriate contexts and they appear to be represented as words in the mental lexicon ( Wilson , 1984 ) . |
| 6 | Not only then do about a quarter of respondents cite pavement parking as one of the problems for pedestrians in that they object to the loss of pavement space to the vehicle and the obstruction caused by it , but they are then subjected to considerable accident rates as a result of the broken slabs and uneven surfaces that result ( Figure 8.3 ) . |
| 7 | Hooligans have something in common with nutters in that they both provide the group with a good deal of entertainment . |
| 8 | By and large , planners were associated with incomers in that they wished to control the way things were done , viz to impose rules where there were none before and to replace the old social norms by fiat instead of the usual agreement between households . |
| 9 | Parrots have an advantage over and above chimpanzees in that they can , of course , imitate human sounds . |
| 10 | ‘ We 're very fortunate with Verve in that they have a good understanding of why I work and about the way in which I work . |
| 11 | What all the theories have in common is the fundamental assumption that criminals are different from non-criminals in that they have a more or less enduring disposition towards the commission of crime and that this disposition is explicable in terms of ‘ causes ’ . |
| 12 | The Cathedrals of Paris , Laon , Reims , Amiens , Chartres have all been likened to the Parthenon in Athens in that they , collectively and individually , present the greatest contribution to the architecture of their time — Gothic — and became prototypes for churches all over Europe . |
| 13 | They are general in nature in that they indicate broad areas of content and could be achieved in a variety of ways . |
| 14 | ‘ Conflict theories ’ differ from functionalism in that they believe that there are fundamental differences of interest between social groups . |
| 15 | The new companies would also differ from co-operatives in that they would operate with unlimited liability . |
| 16 | Associated booklets distributed with a magazine are another form of bought space , though they are a little less subtle in approach in that they are not bound into the publication and may have a different format . |
| 17 | In most cases the 1988 Education Act offers blanket cover for governors in that they will not be held responsible , financially or otherwise , for their actions and decisions as long as at all times they have acted in good faith . |
| 18 | Procedures and functions are similar to subroutines in that they are " bits " of program which perform a discrete function . |
| 19 | The challengers have also all adopted a slightly different approach to PageMaker in that they have provided many of the creation tools within the desktop publishing program rather than leaving them to the more specialised stand-alone products . |
| 20 | Here , again , the American East Coast resorts have the advantage over Europe in that they experience very low temperature during the winter months . |
| 21 | Work groups differ from free-forming groups outside employment in that they evolve over long periods of time . |
| 22 | There is little evidence to support such explanations , which are insulting to women in that they are viewed as faulty biological mechanisms which spend some of their time malfunctioning . |
| 23 | — Structural colours differ from those due to pigments in that they are changed or destroyed by physical changes in the cuticle such as result from shrinkage , swelling , distortion or permeation with liquids of the same refractive index as the cuticle . |
| 24 | The abstractions of a type description may be preferred on occasions in that they activate more effectively the process of learning . |
| 25 | There is an additional double bind for men in that they are very often the cause of the woman 's tears ; it may well be their behaviour that has caused the distress . |