Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] in [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The enemy 's base , a disused farmhouse , has been examined in great detail by an earlier reconnaissance patrol and everyone knows , in theory at least , how to reach it and What to do on arrival . |
| 2 | Magritte 's career has not been examined in such detail in Britain since Sylvester curated a smaller and more exclusive exhibition for the Tate Gallery in 1969 . |
| 3 | The accident records at these schools have been examined in considerable detail by the Departments of Highways and Education and the Police and four areas have been highlighted for further action and detailed investigation . |
| 4 | There is a very pretty sitting-room and the bedrooms are furnished in traditional style in three delicate pastel shades — one for each floor . |
| 5 | I am sure that you will agree that there should be a debate on the Court of Appeal system now that three major cases have been overturned in two years after substantial campaigns . |
| 6 | And the substance of my apprehension is to be found in the formidable dossiers of attainment which have been catalogued in numerous obituaries over the past week . |
| 7 | Kites have been flown in all cultures at all times . |
| 8 | Before Morris introduced this type of maze , it had become common practice to study spatial learning in a more conventional version of the same task , in which rats are placed in various forms of radial mazes with four , six or eight arms , and must learn to run to a goal box containing food or water at the end of one of the arms . |
| 9 | Pitfall traps are placed in various sorts of sites around the garden to catch ground beetles , spiders , harvestmen , woodlice , centipedes and millipedes . |
| 10 | Instructions about what to do in case of fire are placed in prominent positions throughout your place of work . |
| 11 | The Earth 's own magnetic field has a pulse frequency of 10 Hz ( 10 pulses/second ) and it has been found that if patients are placed in magnetic fields of around 10 Hz , or are given electro-acupuncture at 10 Hz , healing can be speeded up . |
| 12 | He then brings in both feet so that the soles are placed in direct contact with each other . |
| 13 | Furthermore , the twentieth century may be regarded from one aspect as the culminating stage in a process whereby the world has been transformed , not into a single political system , but into a single political arena in which there are no longer isolated and autonomous units , but all states and political movements are enmeshed in global politics within which they exhibit varying degrees of dependence or independence . |
| 14 | Secondly , this is also the case , in theory at least , where patients are treated in private hospitals as part of a health authority contract . |
| 15 | In the case of hierarchies only general formal characteristics are discussed : specific types of hierarchy are treated in some detail in chapter 6 ( taxonomic hierarchies ) , chapter 7 ( part-whole hierarchies ) and chapter 8 ( non-branching hierarchies ) . |
| 16 | The unit gives a broad introduction to issues and problems which are treated in more detail in the second and final years . |
| 17 | It is probably fair to say that relatively few such unions are undertaken in conscious expectation of their brief nature . |
| 18 | Courts are listed in Yellow Pages under ‘ Courts ’ . |
| 19 | The table indicates which categories each of the six companies found useful ; the categories are listed in descending order of usefulness . |
| 20 | Some of the more important happenings are listed in chronological order throughout the following pages , starting from the early days of a town with a small harbour on the Water of Leith and becoming a modern port serving a city and its hinterland . |
| 21 | It is these two issues of the relation of ideology to social structure and consciousness and the partial determination by ideology that are developed in later theories of ideology in the Marxist tradition . |
| 22 | Minireefs , or " ballstones " , are developed in most Outcrops of this Wenlock Lime-stone , though they nowhere approach the size of the reefs discussed earlier . |
| 23 | One of the factors influencing the career decisions of professionals is opportunity for career advancement , which has been limited in this field until recently . |
| 24 | This assumption was universally accepted until recently by prehistorian and anthropologists , but has been refuted in recent studies of hunters and gatherers . |
| 25 | A flight from positivism has been witnessed in recent years in the social sciences , and the argument appears to be now widely accepted that since knowledge is never the direct product of experience . |
| 26 | A matron has been placed in temporary charge of the home . |
| 27 | Does not the right hon. Gentleman realise that there will be outrage tonight in my constituency and in that of my hon. Friend the Member for Falkirk , East ( Mr. Ewing ) at his betrayal of the trust that has been placed in that hospital by the people in its care ? |
| 28 | It starts at the bottom line and scans across to ‘ see ’ what colours have been placed in this row of squares . |
| 29 | That 's now been placed in proper context by the arrival of Samantha as Head of Communications , as Judy said earlier on , we 're already beginning to enjoy the fruits of her skills , in the presentation surely you 're seeing today . |
| 30 | ‘ Let's at least try to solve the immediate problem with a practical step that has been proven in other parts of the country , ’ he said . |