Example sentences of "[adj] changes [be] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | One obvious example of such changes is in the teaching of languages . |
| 2 | ‘ We need to get player representation involved when such changes are in the air because , frankly , I saw nothing wrong with the old laws — just the way some countries played them . ’ |
| 3 | One of the most important aspects of a writer 's creative personality is the degree to which he or she is sensitive and responsive to changes in public tastes , and is able to sense when such changes are in the ascendancy , acceptable to the vast majority of people , and can be successfully used within an advertising context . |
| 4 | How significant these changes were in monetary terms is difficult to assess . |
| 5 | Defined procedures for seeking and obtaining approval for major transactions and organisational changes are in place along with a system of planning , budgeting and performance monitoring that is designed to identify any significant deviation from approved plans . |
| 6 | Ian went away , pondering on my replies — but one thing was certain : major changes were in prospect . |
| 7 | One of the major changes was in the financing of the welfare state , with the burden of health benefits and health insurance to be transferred gradually to employers and workers , yielding long-term savings of 45,000 million kronor . |
| 8 | Great changes were in prospect in the way in which for four centuries the states of Europe had been formally linked together . |
| 9 | Michael Liley , the Association Director , has pointed out that important changes were in the offing , and it was important to know what was to happen as the change were likely to be found unpleasant in the trade . |
| 10 | In many situations , you will not be able to demonstrate beyond reasonable doubt what the linguistic patterns in the community are — what speaker-knowledge of those patterns is like and which of the patterns show that linguistic changes are in progress — unless you quantify . |
| 11 | Hardly have the changes brought about by the Licensing Act 1988 settled in and all the guest beer and such like innovations from the Monopolies & Mergers Report taken effect , than more changes are in the air . |
| 12 | Over the period of a man 's life , small changes are in fact detectable — the magnetic poles wander very slowly around the geographic poles , so the direction of ‘ magnetic ’ north varies slightly from year to year . |
| 13 | The biggest changes are in the length of time people ill with the disease are now surviving and in the nature of the illnesses themselves . |
| 14 | Other changes were in the offing . |