Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their symbolic political struggle is in defence of a cultural order in which there exist strong moral rules to provide solutions to the problems of the appropriate constituents and roles of the family . |
| 2 | and therefore the question of the new settlement is inextricably bound up with where that provision is in relation to you br definition of Greater York . |
| 3 | Many statutes can already be summoned up on a video screen at the touch of a few buttons , and complete coverage is in the offing ; but , since the use of these computerised systems is expensive , the old-fashioned methods will long be with us . |
| 4 | And European funding is in place . |
| 5 | Small though the total take was in 866 ( 4,000 lb of silver ) , the significant point was not its size but the fact that it was raised in cash through a generalised tax . |
| 6 | Each part is in principle divisible into smaller disjunct parts , and successive repetition of this process produces a branching hierarchy . |
| 7 | It seemed yesterday that the conflicting ideas would be sorted out by President Mobutu , and that a political settlement was in sight . |
| 8 | I think that the other side of that is that not everyone in private provision is in it for the money . |
| 9 | I would refer back to Sir Peter Hall 's comment on Present Laughter here — for him the failure of that play is in direct proportion to its not being about homosexuals . |
| 10 | Merely persuaded that resignation was in my best interests . |
| 11 | For a show due to open for its first public preview in a week 's time The Hooded Owl was in far from promising shape . |
| 12 | The kidney-shaped ridge was in our hands . |
| 13 | The triumphant jockey , whose only previous win at Classic level was in the Italian St Leger , gave a victory salute with his whip when passing the post . |
| 14 | But that difficulty was in the end surmounted and , on the whole , the writing was easy and pleasurable . |
| 15 | I had a relatively easy morning , joining James and Cathy Lane once the 409 litres ( 90gal ) of Friesian milk was in the vat in the dairy at 7.30am ( they had risen at 5.30 to do the milking ) . |
| 16 | Right femur , tibia and fibula and bones of right foot were in anatomical with regard to each other , the limb lying stretched along the right side of the trunk but with head of the femur close to the skull . |
| 17 | ( c ) I do not think the Engdiv case , 1990 S.L.T. 617 assists Mr. Beazley , since both the pursuers seeking contribution and the defenders resisting it were parties to the building contract at issue in the case , so that it was difficult to resist the submission that the claim for contribution in that case was in a matter relating to a contract . |
| 18 | In surface water , the content of soluble iron is usually low , and most of that present is in the form of insoluble hydroxides or combined with organic matter . |
| 19 | Never hard , the greatest difficulty was in avoiding the results of clumsy ice technique . |
| 20 | Could it be that Europeanism is in direct proportion to dissatisfaction with one 's own political institutions ? |
| 21 | Each hypothesis is in turn extended by a single step . |
| 22 | Oh my whizzy holder 's in the , in the , in the ruck |
| 23 | With a good selection of styling products , it 's possible to achieve a fabulous array of shapes , providing , of course , that hair is in tip-top condition . |
| 24 | That field is in no way exhausted . |
| 25 | Has Luke 's bloody sister been in touch with you ? |
| 26 | The motion which I am anxious to put before the full plenary session of the European Parliament is in fact a motion to ban lead from petrol completely , not merely to reduce it as stated in the article . , |
| 27 | Much of Piffetti 's work is still to be found in the royal palaces of Turin , but several superb pieces , including two exquisite pedestals , drifted off to the Quirinal in Rome , and an altar-frontal of unbelievable complexity is in the Vatican . |
| 28 | ‘ The classic case is in Kent ’ , Hawtree says . |
| 29 | I 've done erm I do n't know where that smell is in that but it 's all horrible ! |
| 30 | The legs that deliver that blow are in proportion to the rest of the tiger 's body , the circumference of the upper joint often being as much as 21 in ( 54 cm ) . |