Example sentences of "[noun pl] [noun] be in the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Ibstock , however , as one of the largest and lowest cost producers , says that all bar one of its bricks plants are in the black .
2 The Trustee Savings Banks are in the process of changing from savings institutions into fully-fledged banks .
3 The oilskins locker is in the passage behind the chart table .
4 Jack Pertwee was getting married in the morning and the Kingsmarkham and District Darts Club were in the Dragon to give him what George Carter called a send-off .
5 Phillip Thorpe , the AFBD 's chief executive , felt obliged to circulate to his staff a denial of reports that a merger with The Securities Association was in the offing .
6 Holders Oakley were in the driving seat in beating Hillfoot 7–4 while Parkview trounced Bunch of Grapes 7–2 .
7 Painstakingly Verity Lambert explained to her superiors the impracticality of a thirteen week , quarter-year season ; the four part cavemen story was in the can , the seven part Dalek serial was under way , and they were committed to running ‘ Marco Polo ’ , also seven episodes in length , giving a grand total of eighteen weeks in all .
8 All of the Volcans RP is in the LFA Zone de Montagne and Zone de Piedmont .
9 p.s Rocky is in the squad
10 While a police constable was in the living room , the car parked outside was being daubed by the youth .
11 The drinks machine was in the passage leading to the library and sometimes one or other of them would sit down for a break , and she found it a relief to talk to a real human being .
12 For all her university degrees Kate was in the kindergarten class when it came to managing and understanding men , and she 'd do well to remember it .
13 Watersports centre is in the pipeline
14 The air operations officer was in the middle of co-ordinating the helicopter tasking for the day , when a Wessex landed beside the swimming pool , causing part of the screen fencing to blow into the pool and OC B Company to have a minor sense of humour failure .
15 The largest group of males is young , aged under ten , while the largest section of women riders is in the age band 16 to 24 .
16 Two plain clothes women constables were in the audience with a concealed tape-recorder .
17 On Friday evenings Carrie was in the habit of visiting her parents in Bacon Buildings .
18 And presumably the competencies of careers officers are in the part two
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