Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [be] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Daumier is famous for his satirical lithographs ; his equally good drawings and watercolours are less known as so many of them are in private collections . |
| 2 | With regard to these countries , the study finds that it is important that they do not attempt to keep their existing inter-industry specialisation as many of them are in low value added and labour-intensive sectors , and therefore face strong competition from the LDCs . |
| 3 | Many of them are in Jamaican Creole , mixed to varying degrees with English . |
| 4 | Most of them are in legal trouble . |
| 5 | The operating theatres at RAF Wroughton were built last year … but only three of them are in regular use . |
| 6 | But many of them are in dire need of repair . |
| 7 | It may be standard practice in France for one state enterprise to give to another large sums of money when one of them is in financial trouble ; but it is doubtful whether private undertakings would have considered this particular transaction as ‘ normal ’ . |
| 8 | Each one of them is in some way cut off from the rest of society : Hywel because he 's a miserable sod , Angharad because something went awfully wrong , and Beuno because he 's fallen in love with God . ’ |
| 9 | Number three , do you think any of them is in bad taste , if so what are your reasons ? |
| 10 | Christina was interested too , and the two of them were in good spirits when Stephen drove into the dry , scrubby car park in front of the Crane Beach Hotel , which from that aspect seemed an unremarkable low-level with thirties undertones to the architecture . |
| 11 | All of them were in that sense authoritarians . |
| 12 | More importantly , however , David Agnew , the collector of Wigtown , McCulloch of Torhouse , the controller of customs , Gordon of Drumbeg , the surveyor , and a tide waiter named McKeen , were also councillors , and all of them were in some danger of losing their posts for incompetence if nothing worse . |
| 13 | Residents appreciated the low traffic volume and near absence of through-traffic and a majority of them was in complete agreement over the restrictions on cars . |
| 14 | Neither of them was in religious orders and , whether or not either of them aspired to sainthood , both clearly felt that sharing their " confessions " was an important social act . |
| 15 | You work so tirelessly for the fund many of you are in this hall today now and thousands more are not . |
| 16 | The majority of it is in private ownership but livestock are almost always excluded and regeneration of woodland is not prevented as it is in most of the upland woods in the UK . |
| 17 | There is a huge Japanese presence in the City , but much of it is in commercial banking . |
| 18 | Much of it was in small parcels ; some was not suitable for development at all because of physical difficulties ; and , of the remainder , a great deal was already in the hands of builders . |
| 19 | Some of it was in any case independent of the Neville influence , notably the element deriving from the duchy of York . |
| 20 | Some of it was in any case independent of the Neville influence , notably the element deriving from the duchy of York . |
| 21 | Every day we went back to the garage ; and every day that car of ours was in sorrier shape . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not sure which of us is in worse condition at the moment ! ’ |
| 23 | None of us is in that league of venality . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Kate , lots of us are in that confusion , honestly . |
| 25 | First of all it comes from the top , I think all of us were in great sympathy with what Harris and the American generals had to do . |
| 26 | ‘ We thought you would n't have been like you were in that interview unless you knew something that — that you were n't telling people . |
| 27 | Acceleration can only fake gravity when the gravity is the same everywhere — equally strong and pulling in the same direction — like it is in this room , more or less . |
| 28 | At least two of the five he had brought back with him were in worse case than he ; and Adam , who had perhaps come off lightest in actual injuries , was by no means to be envied for that , for the same story Owen had to tell to the Prince , Adam was at this moment telling to Gilleis . |
| 29 | These detainees , convicted of taking part in attempted coups against King Hassan II in 1971 and 1972 , were held incommunicado , completely cut off from the outside world for 19 years ; the only news from them was in rare letters smuggled out . |
| 30 | The detailed discussion of the review procedure at this meeting and the lengthy minutes devoted to it are in marked contrast to the brevity of its mention in the next meeting , under ‘ matters arising ’ . |