Example sentences of "in a [adj] [noun sg] [conj] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fledglings are in a transitional stage because they ca n't quite fly yet but there having to learn how to feed and their parents are teaching them . |
| 2 | People must have the right not to belong to a union , but where more than half the workforce demonstrate in a postal ballot that they want to belong , they should be allowed bargaining rights . ’ |
| 3 | General Secretaries would then be obliged to satisfy the membership and could be put in a classic squeeze when they were approached at top level , even if supporting NoS was against their better judgement . |
| 4 | that there are gon na be so many thousands of people in a right mess and they 're |
| 5 | The latter lived up to their name with gusto by getting helplessly drunk , being in a celebratory mood because they 'd signed their lucrative CBS contract that very afternoon . |
| 6 | In between , I continued my studies in a haphazard way for they never really interested me , knowing in advance my fate . |
| 7 | Meanwhile , we have a situation where women find themselves discriminated against and often in a disadvantaged position because they are caring for others . |
| 8 | Boro battled well for a hard-earned point in a poor game and they remain six points behind Cambridge but with four games in hand . |
| 9 | But until recently British Steel decided that their iron and steel works at Scunthorpe was in a suitable position and they enlarged it . |
| 10 | Middlesbrough will be in a strong position if they take full advantage of games in hand . |
| 11 | The ‘ floating ’ gardens or chinampas in the lake region just south of modern Mexico City were also oriented in a similar way when they were first built , probably in Teotihuacan times , and this orientation can still be seen in surviving examples . |
| 12 | Some teenage mothers get on fine at the usual antenatal classes , but others , like Sara and her friends , obviously do find it much more helpful to go somewhere with people in a similar situation so they can share experiences and gain a sense of friendship and solidarity . |
| 13 | 23–4–1875 The attention of the Session was drawn to the desirability of having the children brought together on the Sabbath in a central place and they agreed to give the subject further consideration . |
| 14 | Now they 're around levels found in a noisy office and they 're getting worse . |
| 15 | Caspar was explaining in a hushed voice that they were looking at the Robemaker 's stocks of enchantments . |
| 16 | ‘ This is certainly some house he 's got , ’ Richard remarked in a low whisper as they followed Rob along the hall . |
| 17 | Because I used to be in a mental institution but they said I was well so I 'm allowed out now . |
| 18 | Black children react in a certain way because they feel they are being picked on , and because they react badly then further reaction follows . |
| 19 | Well we got the rock and roll ones first well they have , them two have to go together in a certain place cos them are all the rock and roll ones and them are not . |
| 20 | The sun was going down and it was in a warm twilight that they reached the summit of their climb . |
| 21 | In some cases fleece could be stored on a gallery for a group of spinners , for it is preferable to keep fleeces in a cool atmosphere as they deteriorate in hot and dry conditions . |
| 22 | Held , dismissing the appeal , ( 1 ) that the applications to the district judge and the application for judicial review of his decisions had all been made by the applicant in a criminal cause because they related to the manner in which the district court trials should proceed , and so his appeal was not from a judgment of the High Court judge in a civil cause or matter within section 13(2) ( a ) of the Ordinance ; and that , therefore , since no other provision had conferred jurisdiction on the Court of Appeal to entertain the appeal , that court had correctly declined to hear it ( post , pp. 256G , 260E–F , G–H ) . |
| 23 | Some of them were in a terrible state because they 'd had an electric shock from the lightning . |
| 24 | Waugh was a good writer ruined , Orwell concluded , by superstition : ‘ about as good a novelist as one can be … while holding untenable opinions ’ , and the death of Lord Marchmain at the end of Brideshead predictably repelled him , when an apparently unregenerate peer silently makes the sign of the cross and the two lovers , though divorced , realise in a religious ecstasy that they can never marry . |
| 25 | The point is that very few firms now invest large sums of money in a new venture unless they are very sure that there is a demand for it . |
| 26 | So I have to go up and visit them , but her parents never come down here , only once in a blue moon when they feel like it . |
| 27 | Any deep-seated grubs will take in a lethal dose as they bite their way towards the surface , and the treatment will prevent reinfestation , provided it is thorough . |
| 28 | I asked her what on earth happens to people who do n't live in a small town where they are known and therefore helped . |
| 29 | Hitherto the ichthyostegids risked the desiccation of the unshielded eggs in a dry environment until they had perfected a method of laying them in a slimy , tapioca-like substance . |
| 30 | Many early-music groups in England are required to work in a rapid manner because they do not enjoy the governmental or industrial sponsorship that allows some Continental ensembles to rehearse in a more leisurely ( and in a more experimental ) fashion . |