Example sentences of "[adj] in that [pers pn] [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However that may be , it is , surely , part of the very meaning of being rational that one tries to organise one 's mental stance towards the world so that it is consistent and comprehensive , consistent in that its elements do not frustrate each other , comprehensive in that it covers one 's stance to as wide as possible a range of phenomena . |
| 2 | Although Landry makes clear that the shoe does not always fit , this sort of approach , as suggested above , is dangerous in that it shapes what a scholar is willing to see . |
| 3 | The L & NWR is unique in that it manufactures its own accumulators for carriage lighting plants . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's fussy in that he wants it right , but he does n't mind if a guitar 's action is a little higher or a little lower ; he can basically play anything . ’ |
| 5 | Your behaviour is extremely important in that it conveys your attitude much more effectively and directly than the words you use . |
| 6 | This work offers a good illustration of the range of economic support which is given between kin , and is also important in that it stresses its two-way nature . |
| 7 | I find this emphasis generally correct in that it describes what the anorexic girl believes to lie in store for her as a woman : a passive role , a position of helplessness , a loss of self . |