Example sentences of "in [noun] that [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Tears become a signal to the male partner that the issue under discussion is one that should be taken seriously , and if he is sensitive to his partner 's needs he will respond swiftly and allow the woman to weep in ways that affirm her dignity . |
| 32 | Lévi-Strauss accepted the traditional role of anthropology to ‘ explain' the differences of alien cultures in ways that make them recognisable as the same ‘ underneath ’ . |
| 33 | The problems are formidable and they interlock in ways that make them more difficult to tackle . |
| 34 | It is time , it is thought , for English to organize itself in ways that make it more like a proper academic discipline , with clear procedures and goals . |
| 35 | So with the gradual release of information about Stalinism and the terrible losses of life in the labour camps , a whole generation of political activists lost their faith , not only in Russia , but in the hope that human beings can radically alter their society in ways that make it more equal and more just . |
| 36 | Often he acted in ways that made him seem like a child demanding to be looked after . |
| 37 | But those who read his work , and might potentially have taken up the challenges it provoked , generally modified the project in ways that made it unrecognizable . |
| 38 | Whereas in Chomskian grammar the basic approach is ‘ top-down ’ , with transformation rules sometimes applying in ways that require one to consider syntactic environments beyond the immediate focus of application , the picture in Montague grammar is simpler , in a way more congenial to our evolutionary picture . |
| 39 | A work such as Judith Weir 's A Night At The Chinese Opera ( 1987 ) plays with narrative continuity and frames of reference in ways that tie it much more closely to modern literary devices than to any musical antecedents ; Harrison Birtwhistle 's The Mask of Orpheus ( 1986 ) uses all the dramatic devices and timeshifts an opera can muster to tease out the contradictory bundle of myths around the Orpheus legend . |
| 40 | Most assemblies are , however , ‘ consociations ’ resulting from behaviours in which animals respond to each other 's presence in ways that establish their spacing in relation to one another and their occurrence in groups of certain age and sex composition . |
| 41 | In an organization , they may rarely come to the attention of a predominantly male management in ways that give them power and encouragement . |
| 42 | Moments of panic in the national efficiency debate often orchestrated by the new popular press — enabled medics to dramatically represent their new scientific concepts in ways that gained them intellectual hegemony and popular credibility . |
| 43 | In addition , some prey behave in ways that enhance their conspicuousness once they have been spotted . |
| 44 | This is where you find that no matter where and when you fish on that water , the bream are so alike in size that catching them becomes tedious after a while . |
| 45 | The theory of ideology offers an account of the role of knowledge in society that enables its analyses to operate as critique . |
| 46 | The big thing there is there 's no rule in life that says you know if someone says Five them you must draw five centimetres . |
| 47 | ‘ Every now and then things happen to you in life that put everything else in perspective , ’ he explains . |
| 48 | I think more than anything I enjoy the freedom and there are two things in life that give you freedom . |
| 49 | A simple example of this occurs in languages that draw their polite second person singular pronoun from their plural one , where there will be no overt distinction between second person singular polite and second person plural pronouns . |
| 50 | It was crucial to his remarkable success in winning the nomination of his party ; without that asset it is most unlikely that he would have secured his narrow victory over Gerald Ford , but it was his insistence on remaining an outsider in spirit that limited his accomplishments in office . |
| 51 | Now Frusamide is actually the stuff in Laciride that makes you wee . |
| 52 | In a reference to Iceland , Norway and Turkey , which belonged to NATO but neither to the EC nor to the WEU [ see p. 38216 ] , ministers said that " Allies that are not participating in the development of a European defence identity … should be adequately involved in decisions that affect their security " . |
| 53 | My views are taken into account in decisions that affect my job . |
| 54 | The employment secretary David has today told company bosses in Nottingham that treating their staff properly will save them money and boost their profits . |
| 55 | The evening of talented entertainment was hilarious and also included shafts of criticism expressed in humour that struck me as evidence of CA 's basic good health . |
| 56 | Many plants native to natural mixed woodland flower and produce their leaves early in the year , before deciduous trees have developed a full canopy , and welcome the shade in summer that protects them from scorching in full sun . |
| 57 | Erm , apparently that 's what the trouble with the ratifying in Congress that led him erm , some degree to another centre in Massachusetts . |
| 58 | Blacks in the USA achieve success in sport in numbers that belie their minority status in the population at large . |
| 59 | A confidential study designed to assess the extent of professional abuse , follows investigations in America that showed one in 10 counsellors developed sexual relationships with those they should have been helping . |
| 60 | The Chelsea Gardener is perhaps the most sophisticated and design-conscious garden centre in town , where all the plants have been displayed in locations that suit their growing needs . |