Example sentences of "in that [pers pn] [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is sometimes suggested that the absence of note-taking can be a help to the informant , in that it frees him from the inhibiting effects of a recorder and a notebook . |
| 2 | Simply formulating a title of some sort can be a useful achievement , in that it helps you decide how you want to focus your writing . |
| 3 | The L & NWR is unique in that it manufactures its own accumulators for carriage lighting plants . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I find this emphasis generally correct in that it describes what the anorexic girl believes to lie in store for her as a woman : a passive role , a position of helplessness , a loss of self . |
| 6 | In that it gives us ‘ knowledge ’ , as opposed to mere ‘ belief ’ or ‘ faith ’ , of course it has ; but Locke also means that revelation must be answerable to reason . |
| 7 | This work offers a good illustration of the range of economic support which is given between kin , and is also important in that it stresses its two-way nature . |
| 8 | However that may be , it is , surely , part of the very meaning of being rational that one tries to organise one 's mental stance towards the world so that it is consistent and comprehensive , consistent in that its elements do not frustrate each other , comprehensive in that it covers one 's stance to as wide as possible a range of phenomena . |
| 9 | Your behaviour is extremely important in that it conveys your attitude much more effectively and directly than the words you use . |
| 10 | ‘ I think our system is better , he says , ‘ in that it makes us efficient . |
| 11 | Relentless advice-giving can diminish the other person 's status , in that it implies they need it . |
| 12 | He gives a definite shape to a side in that he gets his hands on the ball and keeps moving forward . |
| 13 | Apart from and me , there is , a rather lugubrious ( though pleasant ) Peruvian , and , the French Canadian , whole reminds me of , in that he expects everything to be done for him at little cost in exchange for a good wit and ready sense of humour — also like , he plays the piano , with a special line in French songs . |
| 14 | " They may be familiar with the paintings of Whistler , or perhaps with Whistler 's statement that when evening mist clothes the riverside with poetry , as with a veil , and the poor buildings lose themselves in the dim sky , and the tall chimneys become campanili , and the warehouses are palaces in the night , and the whole city hangs in the heavens , and fairyland is before us — then the wayfarer hastens home , and Nature , who , for once , has sung in tune , sings her exquisite song to the artist alone , her son and her master — her son , in that he loves her , her master in that he knows her ? " … shall I read you that deposition again , Mrs James ? " |
| 15 | " They may be familiar with the paintings of Whistler , or perhaps with Whistler 's statement that when evening mist clothes the riverside with poetry , as with a veil , and the poor buildings lose themselves in the dim sky , and the tall chimneys become campanili , and the warehouses are palaces in the night , and the whole city hangs in the heavens , and fairyland is before us — then the wayfarer hastens home , and Nature , who , for once , has sung in tune , sings her exquisite song to the artist alone , her son and her master — her son , in that he loves her , her master in that he knows her ? " … shall I read you that deposition again , Mrs James ? " |
| 16 | ‘ He 's fussy in that he wants it right , but he does n't mind if a guitar 's action is a little higher or a little lower ; he can basically play anything . ’ |