Example sentences of "it was a [noun] in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was particularly important as it was a field in which full-time education was only just emerging , and the development coincided with the early days of the CNAA . |
| 2 | He pronounced it ‘ Roobish ’ — it was a word in which his Rummidge accent was particularly noticeable . |
| 3 | I knew this and I knew it was a weakness in him and I should not put up with it . |
| 4 | Wilberforce J held , among other things , firstly , that the retention provisions , which operated after the end of the employee 's employment , substantially interfered with his right to seek employment and therefore operated in restraint of trade ; secondly , that the transfer system and the retention system , when combined , were in restraint of trade and that , since the defendants had not discharged the onus of showing that the restraints were no more than was reasonable to protect their interests , they were in unjustifiable restraint of trade and ultra vires ; thirdly , that the court could examine a contract between employers only and declare it void on grounds on which such a contract would be declared void if it had been a contract between an employer and employee , and that it was open to an employee to bring an action for a declaration that such a contract was in restraint of trade , inasmuch as it threatened his liberty of action in seeking employment , which was a matter of public interest ; and , fourthly , that it was a case in which the court could and should grant the plaintiff the declarations sought . |
| 5 | I yelled … it came out as a croak only but it was a yell in my mind … |
| 6 | It was a struggle in which the heroic confessor of the faith was understood to be uniquely assisted by the Spirit of God , and more than one account tells of the ‘ victims ’ being granted visions to strengthen them . |
| 7 | For Michael Nader , sexy Dex Dexter of TV 's Dynasty , it was a nightmare in which he saw his own death that convinced him he must break the cocaine habit . |
| 8 | It was a day in which the Queen was anxious to leave the past behind and to the end she made a point of meeting Argentinian soldiers who form part of the U N contingent here . |
| 9 | It was a year in which the emphasis of my life changed . |
| 10 | And it was a year in which we were able to declare ourselves to be a good research and teaching university . |
| 11 | It was a rebuke in itself . |
| 12 | He was good at climbing ; it was a sport in which his small , sinewy build was on his side . |
| 13 | But it was a fight in which no one — apart from the punters — suffered any real pain . |
| 14 | Of course this film was a condemnation of sweat-shop conditions , and of course it was a melodrama in which poor girls have affairs with the boss 's sons and in which the heroine brandishes a gun in order to make one son do the honourable thing but above all it was a vehicle for a star who had already become one of Hollywood 's hottest properties . |
| 15 | ‘ Really , it was a game in which I made the rules : always being the one to decide whether or not we 'd make love when we met . |
| 16 | I liked it once ; it had the clean , easy authority of my father 's office , and I felt it was a place in which hard work could be done . |
| 17 | It was a landmark in her life . |
| 18 | Indeed , if the message of its architecture is to be taken at all at face value , it was a city in which the factions did not follow conventional lines at all . |
| 19 | Well I suppose at the , one of the best things , best examples of the difference was that my wife when she saw this house , knew that it was a house in which she could be happy , in which her tastes and , could spread themselves , erm rather than her tastes having to be curtailed by lack of space and lack of accommodation , erm , the fact that I had a garage which was essential er next to my house instead of some er quarter or twenty minutes ' walk away from where I lived as happened in London also made a terrific difference to comfort , erm the fact that there was a garden instead of a few windowboxes and a couple of tubs , all these things I think made one appreciate the fact that you 'd come , not only into a new town , but into a new way of life probably the fact that we had a staircase inside the house , which was the first time that we 'd had a staircase between our bedrooms and our living rooms |
| 20 | It was a context in which British antislavery , peace and temperance reformers ( there was a considerable overlap ) all devised another institutional instrument — the general or international conference or convention . |
| 21 | It was a revelation in its heyday , but Viz is now starting to look rather tired . |
| 22 | It was a match in which there were no losers and golf was the only winner . |
| 23 | However , the notion that it was a profession in its own right and there was a three-year course you could take rather amused me . |
| 24 | It was a world in which clerical power and the military power of the local representatives of secular rulers eclipsed the civilian administrator . |
| 25 | It was a world in which individual freedom in this world 's affairs meant little ; corporate continuance came before everything else . |
| 26 | Hilary Wright , in an article on Violet Needham , points out that the various countries are ‘ clearly recognizable as pre-1914 Austria-Hungary , with contributions thrown in from France and the Netherlands ’ , and that it was a world in which Violet Needham had lived herself . |
| 27 | It was a milestone in his life . |
| 28 | Again it had slithered in on his holiday , and , worst , it was a murder in which he would be interrogated . |
| 29 | It was a rule in my house . ’ |
| 30 | It was a season in which Mansell won an amazing Nine Grands Prix . |