Example sentences of "in [conj] he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But note that Ratner differs from other exploiters of the Thatcher Years in that he stuck to his last . |
| 2 | Yo you ca n't put it in that he said , it 's brand new ! |
| 3 | He was the forerunner of the modern professor of materials in that he wrote , with F. M. Lea , The Chemistry of Cement and Concrete ( 1956 ) . |
| 4 | He might also be likened to Montgomery , in that he judged this ‘ definitive effort ’ could not take place until there was certainty of success ; until the attacking force had three-to-one superiority . |
| 5 | ‘ Christopher Ricks was very good because he was a bit trendy in that he played Bob Dylan and quoted from the Daily Mirror in lectures and tutorials . |
| 6 | In that , he was like Wallace and like Norman Lockyer , the first editor of Nature ; but he was unlike them in that he went on to become President of the Royal Society , at the time of the First World War . |
| 7 | Wilson 's leadership was certainly new in style , in that he proclaimed his intention to turn No , 10 into a ‘ power house ’ , where the rhythmic working of bulging brains would generate a new hope , a new vision , a new purpose and a new nation . |
| 8 | Yet this man found himself unloved , in that he demanded so much from his friends that he could not find a close , enduring relationship to satisfy him . |
| 9 | In 1830 a monk living in Bentota , a village on the south-western coast , singled out George Turnour , an Englishman whose career had been in Kandyan districts , as an unusual arbitrator in that he understood Sinhala . |
| 10 | Ince was lucky in that he made lots of fouls , but the ref played advantage on some and then forgot about them . |
| 11 | To Dennis 's in the sense that he thought he could act as team-boss without regard for Niki ; to Niki 's in that he thought his personal world outweighed Dennis 's and the team 's . |
| 12 | Durkheim 's view differed from Freud 's , however , in that he saw little possibility of happiness for people outside a normative societal structure . |
| 13 | The document said the Commissioner was in no doubt he had breached Garda disciplinary regulations in that he associated with a prostitute at Wilton Place , Dublin , on April 16 , 1992 . |
| 14 | What , and tell whoever came in that he had been frightened by a feather ? |
| 15 | Others maintained that , even if he knew nothing of these crimes , he was morally responsible in that he had contributed substantially to the general climate which allowed members of his organization to believe that such acts were justified in order to destabilize the government of Terence O'Neill . |
| 16 | Only Carling of the three-quarters did not get on the scoresheet , ironic in that he had one of his finest games for England . |
| 17 | Robert of Mortain was lucky , in that he had the substantial Roman site at Pevensey on which to build . |
| 18 | Niki was lucky when he began at Ferrari in that he had a powerful intermediary in Luca Montezemolo , a gentleman in the Italian style , enormously suave , even-tempered , civilized and amiable . |
| 19 | Gooch 's century was a triumph , in that he had looked far from certain in the early part of his innings , particularly against the unlucky Morrison . |
| 20 | Herbert Morrison once argued that ministers were responsible for every stamp stuck on every envelope and that if faults occurred within a department , the minister was at fault in that he had failed to lay down adequate procedures and systems of control . |
| 21 | The court held that the Minister had acted ultra vires in that he had used his power for an improper purpose . |
| 22 | ‘ The defendant had been personally negligent in that he had failed to take such steps and make such inquiries as would have revealed to him the defects in his structure and the risks of fire thereby occasioned . ’ |
| 23 | By a notice of appeal dated 24 December 1991 the local authority appealed with leave of the judge on the grounds that ( 1 ) the judge had erred in law or misdirected himself as to the criteria to be applied to the decision whether leave should be granted in respect of an application by a former foster parent ; ( 2 ) the judge should have applied the test whether ( a ) there were quite exceptional circumstances disclosed necessitating the ousting of the local authority and the consequent discharge of the care order , and ( b ) there was a real likelihood that the applicant could persuade the court to adopt that course and ( c ) such a course was in the interests of the children ; ( 3 ) alternatively , if the judge had adopted the correct test , his exercise of his discretion had been plainly wrong in that he had failed to give any or sufficient weight to ( a ) the disturbing effects on the children of further investigation , ( b ) the fact that if residence orders were made the care order would be discharged , ( c ) the shared responsibility between the foster mother and the mother resulting from section 12(2) of the Act of 1989 , ( d ) the fact that the foster mother 's proper remedy was her application for judicial review , and ( e ) the wishes of the children and the mother . |
| 24 | Held , ( 1 ) allowing the cross-appeals ( Lord Mustill and Lord Slynn of Hadley dissenting ) , that , where a visitor 's decision was made within his jurisdiction in that he had power under the relevant regulating documents to enter into the adjudication of the dispute in question , his decision was not amenable to challenge by judicial review on the ground of error in fact or law contained in that decision ; and that , accordingly , the Divisional Court had had no jurisdiction to entertain the applicant 's motion for judicial review ( post , pp. 1114F–G , G–H , 1121G–H , 1124H — 1125B , H ) . |
| 25 | We can quickly dispose of the most obvious zone fossil , the king himself , in that he had already lived for 60 years before his era began and we have seen that his era is commonly regarded as lasting several years after his extinction . |
| 26 | Domenico Sica , the High Commissioner responsible for co-ordinating the fight against the Mafia [ see p. 36433 for his appointment in August 1988 ] , was in March 1990 accused of having exceeded his powers , in that he had conducted rather than co-ordinated police investigations [ see pp. 36433 ; 37096 ] . |
| 27 | Haughey 's original choice for the Defence post , James McDaid , withdrew hours after his nomination when opposition leaders accused him of being a Sinn Féin " fellow-traveller " in that he had opposed the extradition to the United Kingdom of an IRA escapee , James Pius Clarke . |
| 28 | He was fortunate in that he had the right doctor at the right time in the right so hospital |
| 29 | But his profession was deficient at the time in that he failed to recognise the necessity of suffering . |
| 30 | The defendant then complained that the trial judge had failed to direct the jury adequately with regard to the defendant 's previous good character in that he failed to point out that this is primarily relevant to the question of credibility . |