Example sentences of "[prep] be in [noun] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | We give the impression of being in office but not in power . ’ |
| 2 | Yes , he says , he does meet fellow Vietnamese workers who used to be in Germany but , no , they do not discuss politics . |
| 3 | She says we 're happy to be in England but we are sad for our relatives . |
| 4 | Erm , so there 's all kinds of reasons why children from such situations would be more likely to be in trouble but I do n't think there 's evidence to say that it 's because of from lone parents . |
| 5 | Labour leader John Smith said Mr Lamont 's speech in which he accused the government of seeming to be in office but not in power had ‘ gravely undermined ’ Mr Major 's credibility . |
| 6 | Labour leader John Smith said Mr Lamont 's speech in which he accused the government of seeming to be in office but not in power had ‘ gravely undermined ’ Mr Major 's credibility . |
| 7 | Nevertheless they were held to be in contempt but , the strike having collapsed , no penalty was imposed . |