Example sentences of "[be] in the [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WE 'RE IN THE SUPER-LEAGUE OF NATIONS . |
| 2 | Ca n't really put it off , been in the diary for ages . |
| 3 | IT HAS BEEN in the air for months : Charles Saatchi , according to New York 's uniquely garrulous and paranoid clan of dealers and artists , is selling , and he is selling in a big way . |
| 4 | But perhaps the most exiting development has been in the sophistication of techniques used to create novel hybrid cells from two or more different cell types . |
| 5 | ( 5 ) The general topics it is proposed to discuss with you are : ( a ) the existence and whereabouts of certain accountancy books and records believed to contain information material to the case ; ( b ) the existence and whereabouts of assets which should have been in the possession of companies under your control and now can not be traced ; ( c ) the extent of your control and interest in various Canadian companies and trusts and the extent and nature of your dealings with these entities ; ( d ) details of personal bank accounts and assets currently held and how current liabilities are being met. |
| 6 | You 've been in the centre of things . |
| 7 | We 've been in the building for hours actually . |
| 8 | The most evident contributions of observational sociology have been in the study of effects . |
| 9 | There were no variations of fading between the main body of the photograph and the edges , as there would have been had it been in the frame for years . |
| 10 | Left : The pretty wild rose Rosa rugosa has been in the garden for years , and has the bonus of glossy red hips in the autumn . |
| 11 | Given his military background , such a task should have been in the nature of coals to Newcastle , but in the event he was scrutinising his reflection in the mirror above the fireplace . |
| 12 | AS FAR AS Irish nationalists are concerned , the British security forces in Northern Ireland have never been in the running for prizes for popularity . |
| 13 | Nobody 's interested in laying down wine for the future , when they 're dead : instead they 're all drinking up what 's been in the cellar for decades . |
| 14 | Another advantage Granada has over the competition , he says , is that unlike the big vendors now scurrying onto the marketplace to boost revenues , Granada — structured around the Data Processing Customer Engineering Plc acquisition and sundry add-ons — has been in the game for years and knows its strengths and weaknesses . |
| 15 | A lot of Verity Lambert 's involvement at ABC TV had been in the realm of scripts , hence in their early days together she and David Whitaker worked very closely in the selecting of Doctor Who stories and the nature of their content . |
| 16 | He had been in the area for hours , and had spent about fifteen quid on teas and coffees . |
| 17 | ‘ The corpses must have been in the marsh for days , even weeks . |
| 18 | He stressed that Columbus had brought the " precious seed of faith " to the Americas , which he characterized as one of " the greatest events in history " , and that the Church had also been in the forefront of efforts to curb the abuses of the colonists . |
| 19 | As with sign language research , Scandinavia and the USA have been in the forefront of developments , though each draws on different traditions , the first for the recognition of language difference needs , the second for the equalisation of society and integration of minority groups . |
| 20 | They had been in the forefront of developments since the late 1940s , progressing far beyond what other states , for varying reasons , were prepared to accept . |
| 21 | The Town and Country Planning Association has been in the forefront of plans to promote a change in government policy on the North-South Divide . |
| 22 | Those proposals are now being developed and the United Kingdom has been in the forefront of police co-operation in Europe to combat the growing evil of international crime . |
| 23 | The implications of family life and upbringing in the sexual development of the individual have been in the forefront of considerations throughout this book . |
| 24 | Black artists , photographers , film makers and cultural critics have been in the forefront of demands and attempts to break the bounds of an aesthetic of ‘ positive images ’ . |
| 25 | Nigel went along on his own with a nice little pair of mother-of-pearl binoculars that had been in the family for generations . |
| 26 | Both sexes were clad in essentially masculine garments which looked as though they had been in the family for generations : waxed jackets , sensible shoes , chunky pullovers , indestructible tweeds and cords . |
| 27 | They were followed by the Kiplings when they retired from Clove Lodge , which had been in the family for generations . |
| 28 | If Laura dropped in conversation that a piece of furniture had been in the family for generations , who was to argue ? |
| 29 | The name 's been in the family for generations , too . ’ |
| 30 | I 've been in the family for generations , said the tray , so you can see that they 're not just a bunch of jumped-up farmers like so many around these days . |