Example sentences of "that in [det] " in BNC.

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1 He points out first that those who are aware of the finer points of history will know that in former days ( or " the earliest days ' : the meticulous ulema were authorized to give fetvas individually according to the requirement of a particular time .
2 ‘ But here we are , drinking wine sitting on a bed that in former times would have been on fire by now . ’
3 But , to the contrary , Singer finds that in much of post-war British life it is applauded and rewarded .
4 But the main deterrent is that in much of Russia and Ukraine the bureaucrats , Servicemen and scientists who rode roughshod over the locals while living ‘ abroad ’ can not find homes or jobs .
5 An important consequence of the introduction of mechanical clocks was that in much of western Europe it led to the adoption of the uniform hour of sixty minutes .
6 The importance of these becomes obvious by comparison with Hastings , whose claim on the loyalty of the duchy servants in the north midlands was weakened by the fact that in much of the region his authority rested only on duchy office .
7 It is certainly the case that in much of what is said about pension comparisons with Europe , areas that would lead to a substantial loss among some British pensioners , including those to whom my hon. Friend referred , are often overlooked .
8 The importance of these becomes obvious by comparison with Hastings , whose claim on the loyalty of the duchy servants in the north midlands was weakened by the fact that in much of the region his authority rested only on duchy office .
9 It estimates that in that time it cut its carbon dioxide emissions by more than 20 per cent .
10 Meeks has suggested that in that year the United States still did not possess truly great stations to match the European models .
11 Whether it was that in that heightened state I had a premonition of what was to follow , or was simply recalling Dennis 's corpse-like stupor in the next room , I felt a perverted thrill , as though I were desecrating the most holy altar of all .
12 It is just that in that particular situation he had to act as he did , and to have acted differently would have meant that he would have been in the wrong though not for the same reason .
13 She was paler than ever and , Luke noticed , that in that shirt , her eyes were more navy blue than black .
14 One can only say that in that case there are an awful lot of them — ‘ the pits of Angband seemed to hold store inexhaustible and ever-renewed ’ ( S , p. 157 ) .
15 In the final analysis , it may be that national states and their control agencies are relatively autonomous of a particular social class , and that in that sense could , under the right circumstances , become an instrument , at least for a specific and limited objective , of any particular class or alliance of classes or pressure groups .
16 On the other hand , the mere fact that in that time she has overtaken it most one of some 20 countries that outranked her in per capita terms is enough to establish that her record is less than spectacular .
17 It is pretty clear that while big business is being done in local area network hubs and routers , the market is very overcrowded , and in those circumstances , the outcome is usually that the rich get richer and the poor get taken over or go bust : observers reckon that in that context , the richest of the rich is Cisco Systems Inc , Menlo Park , which did $340m in the year to last July and is estimated to have at least 45% of the market and maybe as much as 50% ; Wellfleet Communications Inc is thought to be number two , with anything from 12% to 20% , with 3Com Corp third at around 10% , but in the hub sector alone , SynOptics Communications Inc is thought to have about 33% and Cabletron Systems Inc 15% , although the latter says the two are neck and neck .
18 If we agree that in that case women should be embraced by the liberty principle then so should children .
19 It had been five years since the President had last presented the awards for gallantry and to voluntary workers , and in his opening remarks he reflected that in that time over 7,600 lives had been saved , 180 new boats built and lifeboat technology had advanced by leaps and bounds .
20 If the level of foreign news keeps up it will turn again to its shareholders , says Mathews , adding that in that event : ‘ I would be very surprised indeed if they did n't make more resources available .
21 Reed Children 's Books and Books for Students , the Warwick-based school and library supplier , have just announced that in that capacity she will be a judge for a new competition for primary school children — the first prize being a week 's holiday for a whole class at children 's author Michael Morpurgo 's farm in Devon .
22 It is noted here because it indicates the increasing dissatisfaction of many Edwardian novelists with the high Victorian ideal of the exclusive ‘ home ’ , despite ( or because of ) the fact that in that period , as Walter Crane observed , ‘ the beautifying of houses , to those to whom it is possible , has become in some cases almost a religion ’ .
23 ‘ Suppose that there is an action between A and B in which B claims , but A disputes , that B is entitled to demolish A's house and that in that action the court grants A an interlocutory injunction restraining B from demolishing A's house pending the trial of the action .
24 My reference in the next ensuing paragraph to the general principles of responsibility of the principal for the acts of the agent was to set the context of the consideration that in that particular case the solicitors for the creditors were equally deceived by the dishonest conduct of the son as were his own parents .
25 The insurers also sought to distinguish Lawrence by contending that in that case the student 's money had not passed to the taxi driver and that the student had not conferred on the taxi driver the rights of an owner .
26 What had the members seen for their entrance fees and contributions when it could be shown that in that year they received some £pound9,000 in benefit while over £pound32,000 went into the management of the union ?
27 My own experience , on the rare occasions when I have actually been asked to produce a short story with my mind totally blank , is that one can tune oneself like the strings of a wind-harp by admitting to one 's mind the desire to write a story and that in that state of receptivity even the oddest , most trivial circumstances will produce a basic idea .
28 And he understood that in that enjoyment would lie his final freedom from a death camp called Sobibor whose memory had remained as the bars to his personal cage decades after its walls and huts and grim enclosures had been overtaken again by a Polish forest .
29 Striped shirt tapped a gold pencil thoughtfully against his teeth and said that of course one had every respect for someone wishing to take such a stand and that in that case we must see what could be done with the portfolio as it was .
30 He will send the Conablaiche to kill every male child in Ireland , ’ said Fael-Inis , ‘ for he believes that in that way , he will kill the child who will one day rise up to challenge him . ’
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