Example sentences of "in [noun] that [vb base] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally , I find that I sometimes get new ideas while I am engaged in activities that have nothing to do with my research at all , such as gardening , painting in the house , or even shaving when I get up in the morning . |
| 2 | Bearing in mind that soil itself is a chemical or a mixture of chemicals the basics of cleaning in this context are identical to those of basic reaction chemistry typified by the following equation : |
| 3 | Bear in mind that see it but it 's more likely to pass on energy units , because it 's the stronger , you know . |
| 4 | When not being a mother or supportive wife , she has taken on numerous appointments in areas that interest her . |
| 5 | We are soon informed of how his wealth is made public knowledge in lines that suggest his generosity with his riches could be extravagance ; an imprudent use and showing of wealth — and his wife — rather than a wise one : This noble marchaunt heeld a worthy hous For which he hadde alday so great repair For his largesse ( and for his wyf was fair ) That wonder is … |
| 6 | Then Bjorn Again say ‘ thanks ’ in accents that make them sound like the chef out of The Muppet Show , and an Australian voice tells us to hurry up and spend our money on tickets for their next gig in Manchester , which , due to overwhelming demand , is happening next week . |
| 7 | The Company can now demonstrate that it has systems in place that enable us to provide a high quality service . |
| 8 | Natural selection will therefore favour adaptations in males that enable them to mate with more females ; but it will favour discrimination in females , if males vary in their quality as mates . |
| 9 | Just eat in quantities that satisfy you , and avoid putting on unnecessary weight by cutting down on sweet things like cakes , biscuits and sweet drinks . |
| 10 | Any of my old school friends in Wallingford that know me er well they 'll just never believe that I can run 26 miles because I do n't know if when you were at school , but when er when we used to have a cross-country run I was the one at the back and usually the P E instructor used to go round and whack us with a slipper , you know the slow ones and I was unfortunately one of those , but er now I 've been running with the Bicester Road Runners for what 2 years , er half , I 've done a few half marathons , nothing anywhere near 26 miles , I 've , my furthest run until yesterday was 16 miles , and yesterday , injured , with a bandage round my knee , I managed 18 miles , and I 'm pleased to say it 's still holding out and I 'm quietly confident that I 'm going to complete this , and like I say , if I can er well , just get the local businesses in Bicester interested and to support me , I say however small , just a , you know , if they , a penny a mile from just a few of the businesses in Bicester and , well , the Bible school could have , you know , a few pounds coming to them , which I 'm sure they 'd be , you know , greatly received . |
| 11 | Tears become a signal to the male partner that the issue under discussion is one that should be taken seriously , and if he is sensitive to his partner 's needs he will respond swiftly and allow the woman to weep in ways that affirm her dignity . |
| 12 | Lévi-Strauss accepted the traditional role of anthropology to ‘ explain' the differences of alien cultures in ways that make them recognisable as the same ‘ underneath ’ . |
| 13 | The problems are formidable and they interlock in ways that make them more difficult to tackle . |
| 14 | It is time , it is thought , for English to organize itself in ways that make it more like a proper academic discipline , with clear procedures and goals . |
| 15 | So with the gradual release of information about Stalinism and the terrible losses of life in the labour camps , a whole generation of political activists lost their faith , not only in Russia , but in the hope that human beings can radically alter their society in ways that make it more equal and more just . |
| 16 | Whereas in Chomskian grammar the basic approach is ‘ top-down ’ , with transformation rules sometimes applying in ways that require one to consider syntactic environments beyond the immediate focus of application , the picture in Montague grammar is simpler , in a way more congenial to our evolutionary picture . |
| 17 | A work such as Judith Weir 's A Night At The Chinese Opera ( 1987 ) plays with narrative continuity and frames of reference in ways that tie it much more closely to modern literary devices than to any musical antecedents ; Harrison Birtwhistle 's The Mask of Orpheus ( 1986 ) uses all the dramatic devices and timeshifts an opera can muster to tease out the contradictory bundle of myths around the Orpheus legend . |
| 18 | Most assemblies are , however , ‘ consociations ’ resulting from behaviours in which animals respond to each other 's presence in ways that establish their spacing in relation to one another and their occurrence in groups of certain age and sex composition . |
| 19 | In an organization , they may rarely come to the attention of a predominantly male management in ways that give them power and encouragement . |
| 20 | In addition , some prey behave in ways that enhance their conspicuousness once they have been spotted . |
| 21 | ‘ Every now and then things happen to you in life that put everything else in perspective , ’ he explains . |
| 22 | I think more than anything I enjoy the freedom and there are two things in life that give you freedom . |
| 23 | A simple example of this occurs in languages that draw their polite second person singular pronoun from their plural one , where there will be no overt distinction between second person singular polite and second person plural pronouns . |
| 24 | In a reference to Iceland , Norway and Turkey , which belonged to NATO but neither to the EC nor to the WEU [ see p. 38216 ] , ministers said that " Allies that are not participating in the development of a European defence identity … should be adequately involved in decisions that affect their security " . |
| 25 | My views are taken into account in decisions that affect my job . |
| 26 | Blacks in the USA achieve success in sport in numbers that belie their minority status in the population at large . |
| 27 | The Chelsea Gardener is perhaps the most sophisticated and design-conscious garden centre in town , where all the plants have been displayed in locations that suit their growing needs . |