Example sentences of "be [adj] [prep] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall , the review may be judged to have been effective in that it produced valid and reliable evidence of how things were in the Art department , on the basis of which prescriptions for institutional changes might be made , and it provided the necessary motivation for those changes of the most direct importance to the pupils to be acted upon . |
| 2 | In some ways it is similar to second language acquisition , but it appears to be different in that it starts from the natively acquired dialect as a base . |
| 3 | Thus power in modern capitalism might be more fractionated and pluralist than in the past — it might also be based on non-class political divisions — but in practice the use that was made of the state and its scope of manoeuvre would be conditional on whether it threatened capitalism as a system . |
| 4 | This means that their relatedness to their organization can be construed as being infantile-like in that it evokes relationships reminiscent of childhood . |
| 5 | Yet the advice to surgeons about ways in which transmission of these viruses might be avoided during operative procedures is deficient in that it fails to mention techniques of monitoring any breaches in the integrity of the barrier between the patient and surgeon . |
| 6 | THE Treasury admits its figure of £1 billion income is hypothetical in that it assumes no loss of sales . |
| 7 | The new procedure is simple in that it involves an application form having three parts on the front of it ( the declaration of means being on the back ) , first the information about the applicant and the charge , second a part to be completed by the Sheriff Clerk , and last a part to bc completed by the Local Secretary . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | So you actually write down questions so much going on you ca n't be expected to remember everything and if you 've got just you know sort of questions written down the page like what is your name , it 's simple as that it gets you to do , what ? |
| 10 | Conflict is personal in that it affects different people in different ways . |
| 11 | But reference to liability is valuable in that it emphasises that shareholders qua members may be under obligations to the company as well as having rights against it . |
| 12 | Their anthology , like Grigson 's , is valuable in that it steps outside the ordinary canon of eighteenth century verse to recover poets whose works bear consideration . |
| 13 | This bacterium is unusual in that it tolerates extremely acid conditions . |
| 14 | The dun at Trudernish is exceptional in that it shows signs of vitrification . |
| 15 | The dun at Trudernish is exceptional in that it shows signs of vitrification . |
| 16 | THE new campaign to combat solvent abuse , launched in London yesterday , is welcome in that it brings the problem before the public once more . |
| 17 | The action design of these three is remarkable in that it contains all the essential elements of the action of the modern grand piano , including the check . |
| 18 | The B-side , ‘ Sunburn ’ , is remarkable in that it appears to have less than one chord on it and happily informs us that ‘ everybody has to die ’ before going completely mad forever . |
| 19 | Kaprun is unique in that it offers summer skiing , along with a multitude of other activities . |
| 20 | The L & NWR is unique in that it manufactures its own accumulators for carriage lighting plants . |
| 21 | The Martek Chainsaw Sharpener , a winner of The Daily Mail New Design Blue Ribbon Award , is unique in that it allows the cutting edges of chainsaws to be sharpened ‘ on-bar ’ — utilising a power drill . |
| 22 | The forest is unique in that it has affinities both with the central African rainforest to the north , and the coastal forests of Mozambique . |
| 23 | 638 is unsatisfactory in that it involves a legal fiction . |
| 24 | The Inland Revenue 's Tax Bulletin is helpful in that it gives the Revenue 's view on how it interprets the law and relates it to practical points . |
| 25 | Factoring is useful in that it relieves a company of the administrative burden of collecting book debt although it can be expensive . |
| 26 | The title Chair is useful in that it separates the formal role from the person occupying it . ) |
| 27 | This way of putting the hypothesis is useful in that it does two things . |
| 28 | This theory of the Asiatic mode of production is complicated and subtle ; it is hardly elaborated in Formen but it is fascinating in that it foreshadows a central concept in Capital . |
| 29 | The meaning of a typical sentence in a natural language is complex in that it results from the combination of meanings which are in some sense simpler . |
| 30 | The term ‘ gouger ’ is flexible in that it refers to known criminals as well as others who look or act as if they have a potential for crime and trouble . |