Example sentences of "[noun] [be] in a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each phospholipid series is characterised by a phase transition , below which its fatty acyl chains are in a quasi-crystalline array and above which the chains are in a more fluid state . |
| 2 | English-speakers are in a relatively privileged position — even if we do worry about the direction our language takes . |
| 3 | As a result these groups are in a particularly vulnerable position because they have no able members to represent their interests . |
| 4 | On the other hand , the policy formation process is a largely uncontrolled one : on the whole , the government decides which groups it will consult or listen to and which it will ignore ; and empirical evidence shows what one would intuitively expect , namely that some groups are in a much better position to influence government than others . |
| 5 | He says the animals are in a pretty poor condition . |
| 6 | Square planned churches also exist in these areas , though both designs are in a more fragmentary state in the western Slavonic districts . |
| 7 | It 's basically an Ibanez Joe Pass model , except that the pickup is in a more conventional position and it 's got a different neck on it . |
| 8 | The overseas office of an MNP is in a slightly different position ; the solicitors practising from that office ( including all the solicitor partners , whether resident overseas or not ) are governed by the Solicitors ' Overseas Practice Rules 1990 , and solicitor partners will be responsible for ensuring the office 's compliance . |
| 9 | A company director or shareholder is in a more constrained position : the Companies Act forbids loans from the company to directors and reductions in the company 's capital . |
| 10 | Of course I knew that Neil was in an extremely well-paid job — even so , Jim was on a reasonable salary and he did n't buy me gifts like that — not even at Christmas . |
| 11 | Adams was in a more difficult position . |
| 12 | Haymo found on a tour of the diocese that the Palace at Halling with its farming implements and utensils was in a much dilapidated state and he is quoted as saying the state of the property of the diocese was so bad that in seven years the damage could not be made good . |
| 13 | Zoology was in an intensely experimental , laboratory-oriented phase , and this did not appeal to me . |
| 14 | Of course , most ‘ achieving ’ American parents are in an almost permanent state of training . |
| 15 | Both she and Ross were in a very sombre , quiet mood when they left the hospital . |
| 16 | In 1065 the Northumbrians were in a less conciliatory mood when they expelled their earl , Tostig Godwinsson , marched south with men from the Danelaw , and demanded Morcar , brother of Earl Edwin of Mercia , as his replacement . |
| 17 | Furthermore , the mining companies were in an extremely weak position because of the major religious significance of Croagh Patrick and the annual pilgrimage there . |
| 18 | If the glider is in a very steep climb this should be reduced slightly before yawing . |
| 19 | The hut is in a most peculiar situation , perched perfectly as the map would imply , to receive the maximum effect of the avalanche loading slopes behind it . |
| 20 | Brixton is in a particularly strong position . |
| 21 | ‘ The council is in a reasonably attractive position . ’ |
| 22 | With business confidence in Manila at rock bottom , President Aquino is in a specially weak position ; power shortages and blackouts are crippling manufacturing industry , and oil sanctions because of the Gulf crisis are exacerbating her problems . |
| 23 | Indeed , when Tolkien arrived , he found that the Old English being dished up to the likes of Betjeman was in a grossly truncated form , and the poetry was mainly seen as a quarry for ‘ gobbets ’ — that is , short passages of a very few lines , used for the purposes of testing the candidates ' knowledge of sound-changes . |
| 24 | Reclaimed wasteland should blend into the landscape and should be capable of supporting the uses to which land is put in the surrounding area , When John Elkington described the reclamation plans in 1978 ( New Scientist , vol 77 , p 13 ) , work was in a fairly early stage . |
| 25 | The Editor was in a very reasonable mood and asked what I could suggest . |
| 26 | It is true that in Dudley and Stephens the jury found that the boy was in a much weaker condition than the others and was likely to have died before them . |
| 27 | Benjamin and Elizabeth 's first home was in a rather unusual location for them : Titfords in general rarely seem to have favoured areas of London south of the Thames as a place to live , but here was a brief exception . |
| 28 | In the mid-1930s Seebohm Rowntree was in a particularly strong position to comment authoritatively on changes in living conditions when he repeated his 1899 enquiry in York . |
| 29 | Right , er , that , the , the earnings figures , and the unemployment figures in the next paper illustrate a labour market situation in Shropshire in which workers are in a very weak and unenviable position . |
| 30 | Floor boards are in a really good condition erm . |