Example sentences of "[art] [noun pl] [be] in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the checks was in what we thought was no man 's land , a rocky valley with the odd bush here and there . |
| 2 | The signs are in his new budget , which while characterised as ‘ freezing ’ domestic spending , actually pumps huge new sums into basic research ( New Scientist , 3 February , p 290 ) . |
| 3 | The ritual of the whitewashing ( or limewashing , as Harry calls it ) the houses was in itself a method of pest control . |
| 4 | God 's purposes will be fulfilled , but the times are in his hands . |
| 5 | Another significant difference between the groups was in their responses to speaker 6 , an adult Jamaican speaking Jamaican Standard English with its characteristic accent , devoid of Creole features . |
| 6 | All the animals are in their cages , but they do n't seem to have very much space , and some of them have n't been fed properly for a long time . |
| 7 | The pictures are in my head should they never end up on paper . |
| 8 | Soon the drivers are in their stride and enjoying every minute of it . |
| 9 | The lads were in their tent , reading , when Mick broke the silence . |
| 10 | WC apps : 7 The Scots are in their fifth successive World Cup and would presumably go along with the Olympian sentiment about taking part being more important than winning . |
| 11 | The keys are in it . |
| 12 | I bought it round and the keys are in it . |
| 13 | The keys are in your pocket . |
| 14 | The keys were in them . |
| 15 | I kicked the car door shut , put down a bag , locked the car , picked the bag up , ran up the path , stopped at the door , dropped the bread , could n't find my house keys , put down my bags , remembered the keys were in my mouth , opened the door , ran in , and the phone stopped . |
| 16 | But the proposition that it was not lawful for the Secretary of State to adopt a tariff which differed from that of the judges was in my opinion wrong . |
| 17 | Now the Indians are in their reservation , which you can visit like any zoo ( ‘ a special part of Texas ’ say the billboards tactfully ) . |
| 18 | The Victorian family would have had young children around until the parents were in their late middle age . |
| 19 | The second from that point on until the parents were in their seventies and the third after the death of the parents . |
| 20 | While the bowlers are in their most attacking mode of the contest , the concession of runs is regarded with the same distaste that Ian Botham showed toward Jimmy Connolly 's impersonation of the Queen at the World Cup Dinner . |
| 21 | Once the elephants were in their new sanctuary , called Lebong Hitam , the army would dig a trench , with one very steep side and a solar powered electric fence on the other , to keep them from returning to their old haunts . |
| 22 | The accusation is likely to become a test case for one of the greyest of grey areas in Silicon Valley : can a company stop its employees from forming competitive breakaway companies using technical know-how gained on the original job when , as often as not , the ideas are in their heads rather than stolen documents or pieces of equipment . |
| 23 | We 've heard tonight , and I do not believe it , a plea from Councillor , the Chairman of Social Services , that he wants ring fencing of Local Government money , I E the Government sends us our money and says , you will spend it on that and that and that and there will be now power of Local Councils to decide what the needs are in their areas and what their priorities are . |
| 24 | However , though the conditions were in my favour , I was unable to take advantage of them owing to the lateness of the evening . |
| 25 | At six o'clock that evening the dancers were in their dressing-room . |
| 26 | The great church was mute and dark , for compline was long over , since the routine of the house clung as yet to its winter timetable , and the monks were in their beds until midnight should rouse them for matins . |
| 27 | With this aim in view , he makes explicit that what the sceptics deny is the possibility of knowledge of ‘ the inner nature of things … what the things are in themselves ’ ; when they say that there is no criterion of truth , ‘ they are not speaking of what things appear to be and of what is revealed by the senses … but of what things are in themselves , which is so hidden that no criterion can disclose it ’ . |
| 28 | When we got to the market and the cattle were in their places the dealing would start . |
| 29 | As soon as the lights were in their favour they turned left , and after a short distance he cut the engine and they drew into a wooden landing-stage . |
| 30 | Whether it was the Trooping of the Colour , a state visit , or Remembrance Sunday , whatever the time or day of the week , the dates were in his diary and he was on parade without fail and without question . |