Example sentences of "that [pron] [noun pl] [be] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sated with a whole morning of freedom and indulgence , work seemed almost a pleasure , the more so in that my students were in the same post-prandial daze as myself All serious business was dispatched in the morning . |
| 2 | I could n't find out anything about him , not even where he lived , though I told him my entire address ( 17 Daffodil Cottages , Bourton-on-the-Water ) and my age ( nineteen ) and that my parents were in Saudi Arabia where my father was computerising oil production . |
| 3 | Having said this , I am still as ever quite prepared to show any curious , doubting lady ( providing she be attractive ) that my credentials are in order … |
| 4 | I shall treat my own family in the same way , disregarding the fiction that my children are in some mystical way an extension of myself . |
| 5 | I could see her now that my eyes were in the shadow of a branch . |
| 6 | The 20-year campaign to clean up Lake Vänern in southern Sweden has been so successful that its waters are in danger of becoming sterile — too clean for fish and plants . |
| 7 | Newham council says that its residents are in favour of the scheme , but will they still support it when they learn that 1,000 homes in Stratford will be at risk from settlement when the railway line goes into a shallow tunnel because of the geological conditions in the area ? |
| 8 | But it points out that its representatives were in September already handing out a booklet to GPs ‘ which included the studies on elderly patients ’ reported to the Paris symposium . |
| 9 | She owned that her insides were in a mammoth flutter , but there were several reasons for that . |
| 10 | My conclusion of the strength of her faith is that her convictions are in fact not so deep-seated or so fundamental as to constitute an immutable decision by her as to her way of life — or her way of death . |
| 11 | They felt that their students are in the caring field and ‘ ought naturally to empathise with students with severe learning difficulties ’ . |
| 12 | Children need to feel that their parents are in control ; it makes them feel safer . |
| 13 | Rather , it is to emphasise that their members are in general uninformed about it ; and that even where they are not uninformed , they are for the most part unversed in it . |
| 14 | Buyers would also have to be satisfied that their documents were in order . |
| 15 | I should know , I was , I mean ask Mark , you know , how many people are the are , its very naive to think that , that their civilians are in a , in a poor way but their military is as well . |
| 16 | ‘ We warn them that their lives are in danger , ’ said the speaker . |
| 17 | If the ownership of rivers and lakes were as well de fined as houses and factories , then the law of tort and contract would ensure that their owners were in a position to take legal action against any company which pumped effluent into them . |
| 18 | Owners had ( by law ) to ensure , for example , that their properties were in good sanitary condition , that new buildings conformed to certain building standards , that streets were of a minimum width , and so on . |
| 19 | Fratter ( 1989 ) adds that ‘ the belief that the welfare of a deprived child was best served by his being prevented from having contact with his family — that their interests were in conflict — remained largely unchallenged ’ ( p. 4 ) . |
| 20 | All the parents were told that their children were in very nice foster homes , with very nice families . |
| 21 | Maxie went on : ‘ Y ’ see , everyone who was at the tea will keep reading the social pages for the next day or two to see that their names are in the report of it ; and , with luck , inside that time , on the same pages there 'll be a report about your Morals Committee — then they 'll know why you had the books , and old Miss Angus will be put in her place . |
| 22 | The move comes on top of NCR UK 's December announcement that 8% , or 150 to 160 sales and marketing staff had been told that their jobs were in jeopardy . |
| 23 | Gen Noriega and his few remaining allies would be hard-pressed to argue against the US invasion in an international legal body such as the UN , the experts said , because he declared last weekend that his forces were in ‘ a state of war ’ with the US . |
| 24 | Paul knew that his plans were in God 's hands , and that certainty comes across very clearly in the way that he sets out his desire to go forward for Jesus . |
| 25 | The Chancellor appeared to be unmoved by the appeals from some of his party faithful , preferring to claim that his actions were in the country 's long term interest . |
| 26 | ‘ When I left the kitchen , I remembered that his clothes were in my room . |
| 27 | Mr Plumpton has the odd notion that his pupils are in some way superior to Hawkwood 's . |
| 28 | If the second person says that his cards are in the first and last row you know that they are at the t in mutus and the t in dedit . |
| 29 | I 'm a layman to you and you 're a layman to me in many senses , and therefore erm the , the , the fact that our students are in effect very often laymen is not something that detracts from their motivation to study , in many instances it 's something that gives it stimulus and underlines it . |
| 30 | I 'm not surprised that our offices are in a mess , |