Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] [be] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some similar process is going on in anorexia nervosa : the conscious will has to be supreme because the anorexic has to be in complete control . |
| 2 | Erm that the time has now come to accept that we do have to do the same things and it has to be in black and white and it has to be E E C wide . |
| 3 | Brenda Barton , of the UN World Food Programme , said : ‘ Everything has to be in perfect order . ’ |
| 4 | And I think that the alternative of the new settlement is by far the best solution , provided it is mixed with some peripheral development , one ca n't go into a position where there is all peripheral development or all new settlement , it has to be in perfect balance , because some needs can not of course be met by the new settlement . |
| 5 | And er , one of the big scientific problems with psychoanalysis is that privacy and confidentiality are prominent , as obviously in other areas of science , you can er , the demonstration has to be in public , as it were . |
| 6 | Of necessity , in so doing , it has to be in kaleidoscopic form . |
| 7 | The future of the breed in Australia looks to be in good hands , although some moves towards getting a clearer definition of type must be made . |
| 8 | Judging by your drawing your find looks to be in excellent condition . |
| 9 | Tour thick skin needs to be in good working order when someone tells you they could get a jumper cheaper than yours at the ‘ Cheap Jack ’ shop in town . |
| 10 | Completes in the first sentence needs to be in upper case . |
| 11 | An active local society needs to be in constant contact with not only the local authority but all the public utilities . |
| 12 | Some processes do not reproduce pictures very well and the subject needs to be in bold relief without too much fussiness , whereas other processes are able to reproduce every detail . |
| 13 | When adolescence is enforced or prolonged , as it tends to be in closed institutions , these needs become all the greater . |
| 14 | Such a state of affairs can not be ignored , as it tends to be in selective and much functional assessment . |
| 15 | they are apt to be too large for constructive action , since the time taken by a committee to resolve a problem tends to be in direct proportion to its size ; |
| 16 | Packaging tends to be in domestic style 500–700g squeeze packs supplied 10 to 12 to a case . |
| 17 | In another BT study , Away From Base , psychologist Dr Guy Fielding identifies four distinct travelling personalities — the ‘ bee ’ who works hard when travelling but gets impatient if the journey takes too long ; the ‘ chameleon ’ who finds it easy to sit back and relax despite travel disruptions ; the reliable ‘ beaver ’ who always gets the job done but prefers to be in constant contact when on the move ; and the independent ‘ cat ’ who really prefers to be at home and likes to ‘ take his own world with him ’ when travelling . |
| 18 | ( 2 ) Where a right of action to recover land has accrued and after its accrual , before the right is barred , the land ceases to be in adverse possession , the right of action shall no longer be treated as having accrued and no fresh right of action shall be treated as accruing unless and until the land is again taken into adverse possession … |
| 19 | The only exception to this appears to be in southern Denmark , where the Z3 Carbonate appears to have onlapped the Ringkøping-Fyn High , relative to the Z1 and Z2 Carbonates , and the facies belts and isopachs were displaced towards the basin margin ( Clark and Tallbacka 1980 ) . |
| 20 | The second sentence is perfectly unexceptionable apart from the fact that it appears to be in flat contradiction of the first : involuntary unemployment is a ‘ theoretical construct ’ — surely theoretical constructs fall within the purview of economic theory ! — which was developed to explain the very real and painful phenomenon of large-scale unemployment . |
| 21 | Unlike the active voice , the passive poses a problem with verbs of perception , since the distribution of the infinitive appears to be in systematic contradiction with what is observed above . |
| 22 | The intervention of the unsavoury witchdoctor Zikali , who appears to be in mental communication with Ayesha as she rules in Kôr , in a way diminishes her immortal , all-powerful aspect , yet it is easy to believe that Allan , always tormented by memories of his two beloved wives , Mane and Stella , should be persuaded by Zikali to visit Ayesha and win through her power a glimpse of the lost ones . |
| 23 | The engine appears to be in good order having recently had an upper cylinder overhaul and new valves and has a very modest oil consumption . |
| 24 | The travellers say they wo n't be moving on for a few days and tonight , the festival still appears to be in full swing.Local people are angry after finding drug-taking equipment dumped in gardens , and sheep savaged to death at a local farm . |
| 25 | A month ago this fish developed pop-eye , but eats well and seems to be in good health otherwise . |
| 26 | Mrs Holloway says that she 's sad that a once great industry now seems to be in terminal decline . |
| 27 | But this pain , I 'm not sure what that is , I mean your arm seems to be in perfect working order , so |
| 28 | Across the top he has written , ‘ This verges on being in poor taste , but makes a twist and escapes . ’ |
| 29 | The article he refers to is in Practical Woodworking July 1976 p280 . |
| 30 | The area concerned continues to be in desperate need of the benefits of Oral Rehydration Therapy . |