Example sentences of "we [vb mod] be in the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If one believes that the universe will expand and then contract again , as the no boundary proposal seems to imply , this becomes a question of why we should be in the expanding phase rather than the contracting phase . |
| 2 | It might automatically be assumed that because that was the name of our branch , we should be in the public service section and that it why we 've changed the name of the branch to Bristol and District Staff because we are an odds and sods branch . |
| 3 | For instance , if we want a trajectory that goes then we start in region 1 ; to get to region 3 we must be in the right-hand " third " of region 1 ; if we are going to go on from region 3 to region 4 , we must be in the right-hand " third " of that " third " ; and , to go on to region 2 , in the left " third " of that " third " , etc . |
| 4 | For instance , if we want a trajectory that goes then we start in region 1 ; to get to region 3 we must be in the right-hand " third " of region 1 ; if we are going to go on from region 3 to region 4 , we must be in the right-hand " third " of that " third " ; and , to go on to region 2 , in the left " third " of that " third " , etc . |
| 5 | ‘ If anyone had told me when I took over in November that we would be in the Irish Cup semi-final , I would n't have believed it . |
| 6 | We could , of course , try sympathetic detonation by dropping a depth charge on it but as we would be in the immediate vicinity at the time I do n't think that would be a very good idea . ’ |
| 7 | If we build on and enhance that experience we will be in the right position to face the new decade with confidence and vision . |
| 8 | ‘ We will be in the back room , ’ said Quigley in tones of quiet authority , and , watched by several more astonished employees of Gordon Brunt Ltd , we all filed through into Quigley 's dining-room . |
| 9 | We think we can be in the high teens or 20% going forward . ’ |