Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] be in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It was natural that their products should be in great demand .
2 Nitrates should be in single figures and water changes should be carried out at the rate of 20% each week for the time being .
3 Since the keywords must be in upper case , you may wish to use the key to lock the letter keys to upper case ( the default setting for BBCBASIC(Z80) ) .
4 Then on the fourth month the birds should be in full production of fours , threes and maybe a few twos .
5 By end of this period around half of all small shops and restaurants should be in private ownership , and the number of joint-stock companies formed out of large state enterprises should reach 1,000-1,500 .
6 Ah well I 've got a little note that questionnaires should be in green folder .
7 The company says that most of the losses will be in administrative and management positions , not among workers in the companies Paris theme park .
8 it has the potential to clean the subsurface more thoroughly than other schemes , because the microorganisms may be in intimate contact with all parts of the aquifer , both solid and liquid .
9 Bids should be in sealed envelopes , clearly marked ‘ Nameplate Bid ’ and addressed to the Mayor 's Secretary , .
10 Michael Feist Countryside special sites could be in open countryside away from Government policies concerning sustainability , I wonder how Professor Lock would see the situation emerging whereby a local authority has allocated a certain amount of land in its local plan for development for industrial or commercial purposes , it 's tried to erm identify a broad range of criteria but it also identified special sites erm which will only be released in exceptional circumstances , that happened to be an open countryside and had the advantages that it may be a little close to the A one or somewhere similar .
11 Does my right hon. Friend agree that such a proposal about coal imports would be in direct conflict with the objectives of GATT and of free trade and would also result in the removal of the need for competitiveness in British Coal , which would work to the disadvantage of the consumer ?
12 In this way , the market areas will be in strong contrast to local supermarkets and covered shopping centres , where large chain stores tend to congregate .
13 Applicants may be in full-time employment , self employment or unemployed .
14 However , unemployment in agriculture consistently runs above the national average and while certain specialist workers may be in short supply they form only a small part of the labour force .
15 All our efforts to restore unity among Christians will be in vain if they are not carried out in total fidelity to the faith in Christ … handed on by the Apostles . ’
16 By then , the replacements will be in full production .
17 Space to grow plants will be in short supply indoors , but satisfactory quantities of culinary herbs can be grown ; fragrance is possible , from mignonette , pinks and jasmine , and household or medicinal herbs of the smaller species could find a place , too : chamomile , hyssop , rue and vervain are examples .
18 The concept of parental rights may be in serious general decline — ‘ it has become increasingly difficult to reconcile its existence with the predominant emphasis which the law now places on the welfare of children ’ .
19 These substances would be in small amounts in any but polluted waters , and analytical methods would have to be suited to the objective if it were desired to distinguish between them .
20 But however effective these arguments may be in political debate , that does not make them necessarily adequate as theoretical explanations of racism .
21 Often these regions may be in other nations .
22 This means that Citibank can have a very good year even though many of its loans may be in serious trouble .
23 It is , of course , important to the success of any firm that its partners should be in complete accord on fundamentals .
24 Only 10% of a USM company 's securities need be in public hands , as opposed to 25% for listed companies .
25 Their names will be in Japanese history books if they can persuade the Soviet leader to hand back the islands .
26 These objectives can be in quantitative terms eg. the growth rate of profits , or in qualitative terms eg. statements about public responsibility .
27 Loans can be in sole or joint names and unless you are thinking of borrowing above £5000 , we would not usually ask for security .
28 But many ground-living birds would be in great difficulties if their chicks hatched at markedly different times .
29 The following work carried out ( or directly and actively supervised ) : ( a ) either at least 60 personal injury instructions in the 5 years prior to the application or at least 36 personal injury instructions in the 3 years prior to the application — in either case , no more than half of the instructions should be in medical negligence cases ; ( b ) at least one personal injury case where the award or settlement was approved by the court because the plaintiff was under a disability , eg a child ; and ( c ) at least ten cases set down and ready for trial , of which at least two must have involved a dispute over liability .
30 Most of the ladies would be in long dresses , and men in dinner jackets .
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