Example sentences of "in [pron] the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second group in whom this technique may be valuable is those in whom the number of stones or technical difficulties such as diverticuli , may expose the patient to a protracted procedure which even if successful may be detrimental for the patient — that is , the old and frail . |
| 2 | Having discussed these introductory points , we can proceed to examine some of the ways in which the structure of organisations contributes to the achievement of the goals set by management . |
| 3 | A biology of hierarchy grounded in a metaphysically prior ‘ great chain of being ’ gave way to a biology of incommensurability in which the relationship of men to women , like that of apples to oranges , was not given as one of equality or inequality but rather as a difference whose meaning required interpretation and struggle . |
| 4 | A world in which the behaviour of others was the same , but the mental life blank or absent , would be , to us , indistinguishable from our present world . |
| 5 | He observes a set of violations set in a microcosm and the photographs resonate with an irony reminiscent of the manner in which the behaviour of Lilliputians was chronicled by Jonathan Swift . |
| 6 | There are many biological systems in which the interaction of cytokines with proteoglycans in the extracellular matrix and on cell surfaces is functionally important . |
| 7 | It is not so in the same way in which the Bill of Rights is a part of the law of the United States of America — no Act of Parliament becomes void because it transgresses the provisions of the European Convention ; no United Kingdom court will or even can issue an injunction to re ; train a government official from acting in contravention of its terms . |
| 8 | The Act II trio , in which the labyrinth of disguises reaches a peak of intricacy , is one of his most sensual pieces . |
| 9 | Investment is financed out of saving and the last way in which the level of savings can possibly be increased is by the imposition of extra taxes on it . |
| 10 | The focus will be upon the routine ways in which the majority of complaints are dealt with inside these organizations , although more formal procedures will also be looked at . |
| 11 | Key stage 1 ( ages 5–7 ) ( years 1 and 2 ) : begins on attainment of compulsory school age and ends at the end of the school year in which the majority of pupils reach the age of 7 . |
| 12 | where it makes sense and is practicable , the pupil may be moved up or down a key stage for the subject in question by placing him or her in a teaching group in which the majority of pupils are older or younger … |
| 13 | The vision of social order which results from taxis rests on ‘ a relation of command and obedience , or a hierarchical structure of the whole of society in which the will of superiors , and ultimately of some single supreme authority , determines what each individual must do ’ . |
| 14 | We must also examine the way in which the run-down of resources through personal social services and housing , as my hon. Friend the Member for Wakefield pointed out , has led to local authorities having to suspend many innovations . |
| 15 | Maidstone has the kind of problems which beset most prisons ; illegal brewing remains a constant problem in which the ingenuity of prisoners is constantly pitted against the watchfulness of staff and the balance shifts constantly . |
| 16 | After hearing about the founding of the Victoria Press , the audience took part in an animated debate , in which the question of wages was immediately raised . |
| 17 | We were interested to examine the adhesive properties of E coli which we had isolated in studies of the flora closely associated with the rectal mucosa , a flora in which the expression of adhesins and other adhesion associated characteristics might be expected to be favoured or prerequisite , and to compare our results with those reported for faecal isolates . |
| 18 | Most importantly , they fail to acknowledge the genuine lessons of Marx 's work , as , for example , reflected in Bourdieu 's Outline of a Theory of Practice ( 1977 ) , in which the significance of artefacts is seen to consist in their simultaneous operation in both the material and cognitive worlds , thereby exposing the artificiality of a dichotomous approach . |
| 19 | The same report referred to the priority of creating " a new culture in which the school leaving age ceases to be an end to education and in which the development of skills and knowledge continues throughout working life . |
| 20 | Another situation in which the total of bankers ' deposits will change arises as a result of transactions between the government and the private sector . |
| 21 | Heavy industry produced not so much the industrial region as such as the company town , in which the fate of men and women depended on the fortunes and goodwill of a single master , behind whom stood the force of law and state power , which regarded his authority as necessary and beneficial . |
| 22 | Finally , I will review the way in which the system of levels of attainment encourages the arbitrary classification of children into groups of varying educational value . |
| 23 | These facilities are being used in projects such as one in which the influence of microbes on radioactive waste repository materials is being investigated . |
| 24 | We have all had experiences of life in which the suffering of others has led us to ask questions of God and about God . |
| 25 | For although purporting to provide a degree of public participation in the making of a major policy decision , detailed examination of the institutional machinery provided by the government revealed that it was far from being a neutral forum in which the choice of options remained open until determined by the Inquiry . |
| 26 | The second feature which is of interest in Dworkin 's formulation is the way in which the content of rights is derived from two non-controversial ultimate moral principles . |
| 27 | However , those who criticize foreign inward investment are accused of possessing a ‘ Little Englander ’ mentality , in an environment in which the nationality of companies is becoming ‘ increasingly irrelevant in modern trading conditions ’ ( Kenneth Clarke , Hansard , 8 June 1988 ) . |
| 28 | It would be important to promote a culture in which the discovery of mistakes is regarded by officers not as a method of policing their colleagues but as a means of improving the service and therefore as a source of professional pride . |
| 29 | Essentially , deixis concerns the ways in which languages encode or grammaticalize features of the context of utterance or speech event , and thus also concerns ways in which the interpretation of utterances depends on the analysis of that context of utterance . |
| 30 | As a sign of this substitution the ancient totem meal was revived in the form of communion , in which the company of brothers consumed the flesh and blood of the son — no longer the father — obtained sanctity thereby and identified themselves with him . |