Example sentences of "in [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Both sides agree that these behaviours lead to much if not most of the premature mortality as well as chronic morbidity of adults today , and that a reduction in them would lead to reduced mortality and an enhanced quality of life .
2 He predicted that if the Royal Family now led a ‘ less flamboyant life-style ’ they would find that media interest in them would diminish .
3 Geologists realized that the formation of the rocks and the fossils in them would have taken hundreds or thousands of millions of years .
4 The meetings were considered successful , and doubtless those who came to take part in them would get a double benefit from the fine air and the healthful scenes around that beautifully situated city .
5 Do n't over-do it with styling products — the alcohol in them can make your hair dry and if allowed to build up , make it look dull .
6 Out of pocket issue fees , including legal , printing and fiscal agents ' fees , tend to be small ; in extreme cases differences in them can sway deals , but in general the yield , commission cost and cost of the swap ( if included ) remain primary factors .
7 Second , in the case of the lost triumphal Arch of Nero , a careful compilation of the surviving specimens and analysis of the dies represented in them can help establish the fullest and most reliable reconstruction of the monument ( fig. 13 ) .
8 But there are already languages , claimed to be of ‘ higher ’ levels than LISP , that must , in their turn , be translated into LISP before programs in them can run .
9 Sometimes the people engaged in them will have attitudes to , and feelings about , old people which are not acceptable and may even be ageist .
10 Some feel too vulnerable to cope with having boyfriends at all , at least not for some time , and almost all are determined that any man who shows an interest in them will have to accept and love their child too .
11 Where the rivers have flowed transverse to the structure rias formed in them will have a much more irregular plan : the main arm of the ria may not be straight and it may possess branches developed along weaker beds followed by the courses of previous subsequent streams .
12 whoever believes in me will do what I do — yes he will do even greater things , because I am going to the Father .
13 Not many houses in I must have passed his house when I was up there .
14 And then she wanted me to sort of layer it in which would look better cos she wanted to keep the fringe longer .
15 Clearly , ROADCARE will have to address and manage these changes in a manner in which will ensure its future success .
16 A beginners ' course is also available , good progress in which will enable students to join the second year course .
17 That in itself might mean something .
18 The accumulation of such data in itself might form the basis for an evaluation of Compact .
19 Such a change should have the effect of reducing the number of apparently aimless mergers among large firms , and this in itself might help to ameliorate the bandwagon effect on all firms during merger waves .
20 This in itself would create diversity .
21 However , American experience — and common sense — suggests that this in itself would deter most lenders from making insurance compulsory .
22 And even after that high point of drama and inspiration had passed , and the French had launched their successful attack on the Castalians , Protestantism survived in pockets throughout the kingdom ; it was a fallow period , but that in itself would prepare the ground for more spectacular growth .
23 So that in itself would make people stop and think that they are going to take work away from health service and social service workers .
24 Sure , he will have the immediate option to make himself rich by fighting Frank Bruno , though that in itself would diminish the status of the belt .
25 If , objectively , corporate crime is the more serious , in the sense that more people are avoidably killed , maimed , and robbed and that the last of these aggregated far exceeds the value of ‘ conventional ’ theft , then that in itself would justify prioritizing its study .
26 He believes that the mere learning of Sanskrit by large numbers of people in itself would represent a quantum leap in consciousness .
27 This in itself would have achieved little .
28 Moreover , as Hirst has suggested , it is not by any means certain that more knowledge in itself would help ; disagreement among supposed experts suggests that in fact we are comparing differing practices , differing values , differing approaches , and that in the end we shall come down to a series of judgements in which personal preferences will play their part .
29 This in itself would constitute a major achievement and would give recognition to the important contribution of residential workers in preparing young people for citizenship .
30 That in itself would win the support of a substantial group of Vietnamese fence sitters , and would unite all Vietnamese in solid opposition to Ho Chi Minh ; and the Chinese communists , practical people , when they saw their aid resulting in no real accomplishment , would be less ready to see it frittered away .
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