Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] that it [was/were] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stalnaker , 1975 ) Or , to interpret the idea in a way less ontologically extravagant , a way which does not seem to commit us to a plurality of somehow existing worlds , what the conditional means is this : if our actual world were different in that it were raining , and differences overall were in a sense the smallest possible , the balcony would be wet . |
| 2 | Its organization was similar in that it was controlled by persons of relatively high social status , that ransoming was a major source of profit , and that the transporting of animals over long distances was usual when a payment was not forthcoming . |
| 3 | One of these aircraft was unique in that it was fitted with metallised wings and fuselage , making it the only metal Norseman in the world . |
| 4 | Their stand was all the more remarkable in that it was compiled in extremely murky light . |
| 5 | Chiles 's victory was particularly impressive in that it was based upon a campaign which included the explicit rejection of negative campaigning tactics — despite personal attacks upon him by his opponents — and the renunciation of " money politics " in the form of a refusal to accept campaign contributions greater that $100 . |