Example sentences of "in [Wh det] [pron] [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Nov. 27 , following direct talks brokered by the UN , dos Santos and Savimbi issued the " Namibie Declaration " in which they committed themselves to accepting the Bicesse Peace Accord and implementing a ceasefire , and to a continuing UN presence in the country . |
| 2 | I have not changed in any way the words in which they expressed themselves . |
| 3 | For example , Parsons explicitly says that , that the drives of the id are socially moulded in the sense that , the forms in which they express themselves are the result of socialization . |
| 4 | Detecting them is just the beginning of a process in which only slowly , and with considerable backsliding , one becomes aware of the multiple ways in which they manifest themselves as evasiveness , defensiveness , spikiness , apprehensiveness and so on . |
| 5 | Both Ghorbanifar and Hakim , expecting to find in North the usual grey apparatchik , were amazed at the world of fervour in which they found themselves . |
| 6 | What sprang the trap in which they found themselves was not so much any actions of theirs , but the intense pressure which Henry applied . |
| 7 | The theory of heredity as it existed in the 1940s , then , was one of genes linearly arranged along chromosomes , influencing the characteristics of the organisms in which they found themselves , and being transmitted via egg and sperm to the next generation . |
| 8 | D'Arcy had invited Saint Julien to join them ; the Corsican had struck up a strangely abrasive relationship with Nadirpur , who appeared comforted by his mildly sarcastic wit and no-nonsense approach to the situation in which they found themselves . |
| 9 | The room in which they found themselves ran the whole length of the house and was obviously both the formal dining-room and library . |
| 10 | Willis had emphasised how his young men had welcomed the opportunity to do factory work like their fathers , yet many of my male and female respondents were not happy with the jobs in which they found themselves — they often resisted by leaving them . |
| 11 | Gilbert , with the edge of terror still in his voice , was talking to keep himself sane ; and the others were listening to try and make sense of the nightmare in which they found themselves . |
| 12 | From infancy they may have wanted more than they were given , indeed , they may have needed more , more love , more attention , more education , more stimulation , more explanation about the nature of this world in which they found themselves . |
| 13 | And their strange adaptations , such as the finches ' beaks , must be a response to the new and strange environment in which they found themselves . |
| 14 | They therefore form themselves into various groups in which they identify themselves as ‘ we ’ , as distinct from those who are outside and described as ‘ they ’ . |
| 15 | The dancers or players in a theme ballet will need to convey the general atmosphere and any other element pertinent to the situation in which they find themselves , as well as the mood and content of the music chosen to give them phrasing . |
| 16 | The result is a tendency to ‘ blame the victim ’ , a belief that older people have caused the plight in which they find themselves . |
| 17 | This then reminds us that although there is a veritable plethora ( and , as I shall argue , cornucopia ) of potentially useful publicly available information artefacts in each enterprise 's external environment , in their format and detailed context , these artefacts will often not be directly usable by the enterprise 's decision makers in the context in which they find themselves to help solve the tasks in hand . |
| 18 | The ‘ bad mood ’ syndrome brought on by an offensive odour and the resulting symptoms of annoyance can lead to antisocial behaviour ; relationships with family , friends and others become strained , the persons most affected perhaps blaming other members of the family for the position in which they find themselves and which they consider intolerable , leading in extreme cases to marriage problems or at least much unhappiness . |
| 19 | Secondly , English contributes to preparation for the adult world : people need to be able to communicate effectively and appropriately in all the widely different social situations in which they find themselves . |
| 20 | The inclusion of a counselling element into such groups is based on the understanding of their potential value in facilitating and enabling personal change , by helping group members understand their own thoughts and feelings , and in changing their coping behaviour to the situations in which they find themselves within the group . |
| 21 | For example , it has been suggested that sons or daughters may resent a situation in which they find themselves forced to be ‘ in charge ’ of a formerly dominant parent . |
| 22 | They feel there is something outside the box of time and space in which they find themselves . |
| 23 | It seems fatuous to condemn companies like this for functioning as they must in the industrial and political context in which they find themselves . |
| 24 | They do not lose the overall parameters of meaning which they bring with them , but the precise meanings these take on are orientated through the effect of the new context in which they find themselves . |
| 25 | Their learning strategies are not just personal responses , but partly predictable and rational responses to the situation in which they find themselves . |
| 26 | Or , as Eldridge has put it , ‘ adequate description for sociological purposes involves the attempt to delineate the meaning people attribute to their behaviour , and to the situations in which they find themselves ’ ( 1968 , p.17 ) . |
| 27 | They do not purport to explain fully why peripheral areas are in the condition in which they find themselves , nor do they regard one dimension ( in this case , the political ) as offering the complete explanation . |
| 28 | In summary , Owen and Roger present fundamentally different approaches to the similar situation in which they find themselves . |
| 29 | In natural selection , genes are always selected for their capacity to flourish in the environment in which they find themselves . |
| 30 | In contrast with Accommodation Theory this approach tries to relate the linguistic behaviour not just of two interacting individuals relative to each other , but of individuals with respect to the communities in which they find themselves . |