SQLの挿入ステートメント内のselectステートメントは複数の行を返します

クエリ全体は次のようになります。ここで、*を選択する列名に置き換えます！

INSERT INTO table1(first,second,third)

-- replace * with columns name first,second,third
select * from (
-- START YOU'RE select query
(SELECT table2.timemodified FROM `xtable` AS table2,`ytable` AS table3 
        WHERE table3.id = table2.contextid),

    (SELECT table4.id FROM `ztable` AS table4,`ytable` AS table3 WHERE table4.id = table3.instanceid),

    (SELECT murs.id FROM `table5` AS murs,
    `xtable` AS table2, 
    `wtable` AS table6, 
    `ytable` AS table3, 
    `vtable` AS table7 
    WHERE murs.id = table2.userid AND table6.id = table2.roleid AND table3.id = table2.contextid AND table7.instance = table3.instanceid AND table6.id =3)
-- END YOU'RE select query
)

selectステートメントをサブクエリに移動したので、サブクエリの合計結果を有利に使用できます。