Example sentences of "[noun] is in [noun sg] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A teenage girl is in hospital after being trapped in the wreck of a stolen car which overturned . |
| 2 | Scotland 's wild salmon population is in danger of being overwhelmed by the farmed variety , according to the findings of a study conducted by the Atlantic Salmon Trust . |
| 3 | Like others before him , Mr Gerstner is in danger of being bewitched by IBM 's glorious past . |
| 4 | Several families in Darlington have been angered and confused by the letters , which say the white race is in danger of being ‘ polluted by inter-breeding ’ . |
| 5 | It is a considerable headache for Taylor , whose plan to retain the midfield that performed so effectively against Norway last month is in danger of being destroyed . |
| 6 | On the most general level Foucault 's society of normalisation is in danger of being as rigidly functional , tending towards a necessary social equilibrium , as Talcott Parsons ' , particularly as both the resistances and the individual internalisations are not specified : social control seems to be absolute . |
| 7 | He warned that economic development was lagging so far behind that of the rest of the EC that the EC 's " course towards the single market , monetary union and European unification is in danger of being permanently undermined " . |
| 8 | If that material is subsequently found and shows that the invention was not new when the patent was applied for , the patent is in danger of being revoked . |
| 9 | With ‘ Allegro ’ discs retailing at mid-price , there is always the problem that programme notes will be curtailed : that 's certainly note the case here , although the ship is in danger of being spoilt for ‘ ha'penth of tar ’ thanks to some careless proofreading . |
| 10 | Amid all the fuss about ‘ Bringing It Back Home ’ , another RTE series of genuine interest to Irish music historians is in danger of being ignored . |
| 11 | A shopkeeper is in hospital after being clubbed to the ground with a baseball bat . |
| 12 | ‘ But with the launch of TECs , their contribution is in danger of being overlooked , ’ says Parallel director Colin Moore . |
| 13 | This position is in danger of being misunderstood as an opposition to the changing position of women in society . |
| 14 | Let me put it this way , and I think this may please the Noble Lord MacIntosh , there are moments when this House is in danger of being too conservative . |
| 15 | It supplies a lot more information about the business , in Mr Hall 's estimation , and the Post Office is in favour of being as open as possible . |
| 16 | In the women 's event , the accident-prone Joanne Conway is in danger of being dethroned after suffering another tumble when she missed a combination jump in her original programme , leaving her behind Gina Fulton going into today 's free programme . |