Example sentences of "in [noun] [prep] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judgements made in the course of a lecture will be taken down in notes as if they were facts , whereas it is in the nature of critical judgements that they can not be taken over by others ; it is on this dilemma , I believe , that Leavisism ultimately foundered . |
| 2 | But a decision whether nitrate contamination of water is to be reduced by curbs on land use or by treatment with untried technology is being held up by a conflict in Whitehall on whether farmers should be compensated for income losses resulting from land use controls ’ . |
| 3 | They 've always been a precarious , yeah , I mean me dad used to work down the shipyard and you know you 'd live in fear for when they would close the yards down |
| 4 | It 's what the Godfathers might have in mind for when George goes that worries me . ’ |
| 5 | He actually picked up Angy 's phone … it was off the hook and covered in blood as if she 'd tried to use it to call for help . |
| 6 | At present , they are not in accord over whether the proposals are a departure from the development plan , and I understand that Buckinghamshire expects to refer the application to the Secretary of State . |
| 7 | Like someone struggling out of a drugged sleep , Sarella flickered open her eyelids , blinking in confusion as if unsure as to where she was . |
| 8 | They sear across the ice , moving in unison as if some magnetic force holds them together . |
| 9 | With a final decision expected in January on whether to scrap subsidised buses , the school 's vowing to fight it all the way . |
| 10 | Aching in bones as if they would break |
| 11 | Aching in bones as if they would break is the main feature of this remedy that accompanies all of its complaints . |
| 12 | In its varied type-faces , its symbols of mourning — lilies , the reaping sickle , the portrait photograph framed in lines as if hanging on a wall — and its verses from Longfellow , this seemed an almost Victorian celebration of death . |
| 13 | The matter is still up in the air , and congress plans to hold hearing in May on whether EPA manipulated data about 1080 to justify reappraisal of the ban . |
| 14 | ‘ Diana came off that plane in Korea as if she has just had a stand-up row with Charles , ’ the aide said . |
| 15 | Finally , an issue we became aware of — in England at least-because of the " dowry " system of funding was that a two tier system may be set up which benefits those people who have come out of hospital and ignores the others . |
| 16 | To be more explicit , it is simplest to take the particular formulation of the independent conditional just suggested , and anticipated earlier ( 1.3 ) , in place of If R and C , even given any X consistent with R and C and W , then still W. That is , let us have this : Given the world as it is , or given any changes in it logically consistent with R and & and W , then if R and & then W. From these two things it follows-as from if A , then if B then C , and A , it follows that if B then C — that if R and C , then W. From this in turn , together with C , there follows the dependent conditional if R then W. To repeat , let us have the statement ( Y ) describing the actual events and conditions accompanying r and & in the world as it is , and the disjunctive statement ( K ) to the effect that the world is in one way or another otherwise , logically consistent with R and C , and W. Then our premisses and conclusion are as follows . |
| 17 | In 1969 there was an argument in the BBC Film Unit in Bristol about whether our films were being supplied with faithful sound . |
| 18 | ( It may be helpful to note a parallel dispute in economics about whether firms respond rationally to their market situation or need to be analysed in terms of how they are organized internally . ) |
| 19 | Younger women , on reaching 30 , often find themselves in conflict over whether to marry , have children , or combine motherhood with a career . |
| 20 | His dark eyes flared over her hair and the long lips compressed in irritation as if the sight of her was more than enough to infuriate him . |
| 21 | but try and keep , you know try and get some good feedback this is something to go away and look at in conjunction with if you wan na view the video again then say . |
| 22 | Without exception they were splattered in paint as if they 'd gone in for action art . |
| 23 | One wonders how often our players play in tournaments for if one looks at the tennis results in the daily newspapers one seldom sees the letters G.B. behind the player 's name , and if we do , seldom does it appear past the first round . |
| 24 | Gastric clearance of indigestible markers was significantly slower in patients with than in those without cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy . |
| 25 | So get your orders in well in advance for when the putter goes into production in a few months ' time … . |
| 26 | Then he fumbled for a cigarette , lit it clumsily , and sat drawing in smoke as if it were a narcotic . |
| 27 | One of the patients could not categorize the expression on faces that she was shown in photographs in terms of whether the expression was one of happiness , anger , surprise and so on . |
| 28 | I claim no copyright for the expression , but since first hearing it regularly find myself considering people in terms of whether they are ‘ earthed ’ or not . |
| 29 | It seems likely that responses were sometimes in terms of whether the post was full-time or part-time , and sometimes whether training responsibility was full or part-time , and that this genuinely reflects the rather confusing diversity of titles held by library staff with training responsibilities . |
| 30 | This information may then be represented statistically ; in terms of the frequency of occurrence of combinations of letters , or in terms of the probability that some letter is preceded by some combination of a number of other letters ( transitional probabilities ) ; or non-statistically in terms of whether or not some combination of letters occurs in the source . |