The phrase "in which but" is not considered grammatically correct in written English.
It is unclear what the intended meaning of this phrase is, and it would be better to rephrase the sentence to convey your message more clearly. One possible rephrased example sentence could be: "He searched for a book in which he could find the information he needed, but unfortunately, he could not find it."
And we all have them: ways in which, but for an encounter, a decision, accident or event, our lives might have turned out other.
When he scored another, provided an assist and was denied a hat-trick by the bar, leading them in a brilliant 45 minutes that finished 4-1 and eclipsed a ropey first in which, but for the ref, they would have been trailing, they were doing cartwheels.
We have come through an election campaign in which – but for Ed Miliband's cheap, quickly regretted dig at the prime minister over Britain's involvement in the campaign to liberate Libya (which the former Labour leader neglected to mention he'd also backed) – the focus was, as ever, on domestic politics: NHS waiting lists, the economy, the strains on the union.
There are however cases in which the but-for test is difficult to reconcile with our intuitive judgements of responsibility.
Ms. Churchill envisions a world in which nothing, but nothing, is to be trusted.
It's a static world, in which all but the most curmudgeonly politics is expelled, and in which history largely devolves into heritage.
In 1968 Editions Rencontre published Chile, in which all but two of the pictures are Larrain's.
Sundhage selected a team in which all but one player (ALI KRIEGER) plays in Women's Professional Soccer.
Drafting questions beforehand can help you think about what you want to ask and in which order – but be flexible.
The British government imposes this increase despite a consultation exercise in which all but five of 147 responses opposed it.
The process was similar to shuffling a deck of cards, face down, in which all but one card is blank.
