Example sentences of "in a [adj] state for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ni-cads , by the way , should not be left in a discharged state for very long periods . |
| 2 | A battery 's charge-holding capacity can also be seriously reduced if it is kept in a discharged state for more than a few hours . |
| 3 | Most of my stuff is still in packing cases and , because I am not a very quick person , it is likely I will remain in a disorganized state for some time to come . |
| 4 | Me poor oul garden is in a sorry state for the want of it . ’ |
| 5 | If , however , it 's absorbed by osmosis through the skin , it simply paralyses in a death-like state for anything between a few hours and a few days , depending on the dosage . |
| 6 | The big thing about reading and all that is — you have to be in a fit state for it . |
| 7 | Consider adding the following words to this clause : by which date the Premises shall be watertight defect free and in a fit state for fitting out and sufficient access thereto together with a sufficient electricity and water supply shall be available to enable the Tenant to carry out the Tenant 's Works/ [ fitting out works etc/ ] |
| 8 | In fact , transport of materials around Coniston was quite well organised , with many roads in a fair state for the times . |
| 9 | Dundee , a university whose publishing and citation counts were low , felt that their consultation records were not in a proper state for the derivation of meaningful statistics . |
| 10 | For too long , inflights coasted along in a crappy state for several reasons : first , the implicit assumption that if you wanted your duty-free goods sold on board then you took an ad in the mag ( so , if you 're making money anyway , why bother to make it good ? ) ; second , the mags did n't even have to compete for ad budgets with proper media , since duty-free is usually handled by a separate division with a separate ad spend ; and last , nobody cares if nobody reads it . |
| 11 | English mathematics had been in a contemptible state for so long that one could hardly have expected a solution to such an important problem to come from that quarter . |