Example sentences of "in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most telling point against Janette Richardson 's methodical interpretation may well be that no commercial benefits to the merchant can be imputed to his generosity and hospitality towards the monk ; the monk is invited to his house simply " " to pleye … in alle wise " " , " to have fun in every way " ( 59 – 61 ) , and is able to borrow a hundred francs from the merchant even at a time when cash in hand would be particularly useful to him in his business ( 255 – 92 ) : this , significantly , is the immediate context of the merchant 's reflection : Derek Pearsall nicely describes the poignant ambivalence of a single action that is motivated simultaneously by instinctive self-interest and by the " " inner springs " " of human virtue in the Shipman 's merchant 's desire both to be and to be recognized as generous . |
| 2 | When we were first warned , I did n't really pay much attention to what was being said about it — the same problem had flared up at both Jersey House and the hotel I 'd just left but in neither case had there been prolonged cause for concern . |
| 3 | In neither case should you adjust your current payment to the Inland Revenue Accounts Office . |
| 4 | They were in neither half of the house , but in a space that did not really exist for Maggie , who never asked herself which half the house was whose , since the whole house was , for her , theirs . |
| 5 | In neither case did they mean they had personally been involved . |
| 6 | Careful study of the map showed him that his house was in neither parish ; it was within the boundary of a parish in which he and a lot of black-face sheep were the only inhabitants . |
| 7 | In neither case were there significant amounts of assistance , which was somewhat surprising when one considered how the use of contractors could keep capital investment in machinery to a minimum . |
| 8 | Another aspect which the two modes do appear to have in common is that in neither mode is the participant required to concentrate on the emotion itself ( another reason why Cemrel has got it wrong ) . |
| 9 | In neither case must we get mystical about it . |
| 10 | In neither case are the conditions to which the product may be subjected precisely known . |
| 11 | In neither case have the revenues been heavily channelled into replacing defunct and stimulating ‘ sunrise ’ industries . |
| 12 | In this case the animals get quite a good deal , but in neither case do they contribute much to wealth . |
| 13 | In the event , however , the project occurred in neither of these areas : not in Barnet because the psychogeriatric service was still in the process of development ; nor in Southwark because , although there was an enormous amount of goodwill and enthusiasm for the project , the social services unions ( particularly the joint Home Helps Shop Stewards Committee ) decided that they could not endorse cooperation with the project , the main reason being that they felt — mistakenly in our view — that a project which employed its own carers might be a threat to the employment of local authority home helps , and that ‘ to endorse such a service is not helping the elderly in the long term , it is only carrying out this Government 's stratagem in closing Homes and hospitals ’ . |
| 14 | Success came overnight in neither case ; but a slow and steady improvement did take place , hauled back on to the right track at intervals by taking out the original contract and referring yet again to the agreed terms . |
| 15 | But the original premise that all statements are either empirical or analytical is itself in neither of these categories . |
| 16 | In neither case does a clear picture emerge of the true value of any improvements in relation to the the organisation as a whole , and often the analyst is left with an uncomfortable feeling that more could have been achieved if the situation had been approached more methodically . |
| 17 | As she talked , she tried smoothing her crumpled lilac gown , then retying the fichu round her shoulders , succeeding in neither . |
| 18 | Deacon had taken over the head of the formation as the leader 's R/T was not working , and calling a warning to the other pilots , he swung into the attack on one Messerschmitt from the quarter position , breaking away to attack a second similarly , though in neither case did he observe any results . |
| 19 | Capital expenditure over five years has averaged £13m per annum ; taking out one major education project , the average would be £10m , and in neither case is it the £15m claimed . |
| 20 | But if I sympathize and help , or gloat and take opportunities to add to his difficulties , in neither case with any prospect of advantage to myself , you can be sure that I am indeed aware of how he feels . |
| 21 | The similarities between things called by the same name are indefinite and fluctuating ; one tries to pin terms down by definition , so that they can be used for strict inference , but Wittgenstein showed that in the vocabulary of natural languages the similarities are ‘ family resemblances ’ , by which A may be like B in one respect and B like C in another , but A like C in neither , so that it is useless to look for common characteristics by which to define the word which names them all . |
| 22 | Tolkien 's idea of poetry mirrored his ideas on language ; in neither did he think sound should be divorced from sense . |
| 23 | In neither area was there-room for the development of the individual through creative work . |
| 24 | In neither case did Bcl-2 expression overcome the cytostatic effect of the drugs ( data not shown ) . |
| 25 | In neither ease was the omission a necessary consequence of the intellectual stance of the two schools . |
| 26 | In neither case , does the activity of a postman emerge as something which could be good if it existed in isolation . |
| 27 | Goody himself in a later essay points out that ‘ at least during the last 2,000 years the vast majority of peoples of the world ( most of Eurasia and much of Africa ) have lived in neither kind of situation , but in cultures which were influenced in some degree by the circulation of the written word , by the presence of groups or individuals who could read or write ’ ( 1968 , p. 4 ) . |
| 28 | Even in areas outside this great span — in Australia for example , the South Pacific or Amerindia — the main detailed knowledge that we have of these cultures is — almost by definition — in neither kind of situation , but in cultures which were influenced in some degree by the circulation of the written word , by the presence of groups or individuals who could read or write . |
| 29 | Both Catherine II and Alexander I were urged early in their reigns to make significant if less dramatic institutional reforms , but in neither case could the reformers mobilize strong pressure upon the monarchs to consent . |
| 30 | I merely wish to draw attention to the long chain of wrongly dated groups of pottery , each in turn dependent on the other , all the result of the false assumption that a few coins were contemporary with this deposit , whereas they were either residual or still in circulation , and in neither case have a relevance in establishing a terminus post quem . |