Example sentences of "is [adv] in [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes the ultimate question is only in theory left to the public authority ; for example , in some cases of review for jurisdictional errors of law or fact in which it is clear that if the authority had got the law or the facts right , its decision would have been different and could only have been one way .
2 ‘ If a person with knowledge of the facts pays money , which he is not in law bound to pay , and in circumstances implying that he is paying it voluntarily to close the transaction , he can not recover it .
3 But before these can be discussed , another lexical relation must be introduced , which , although it figures prominently in lexical proportional series , is not in principle restricted thereto .
4 3136 DC is not in state CREated , so can not be submitted :
5 The user has attempted to submit a DC which is not in state CREated .
6 The DC is not in state AGREED .
7 Following this reduction to a less serious ' offence , sentencing policy seems to be that the offence of taking vehicles without consent is not in isolation deemed to be serious enough to attract a custodial sentence .
8 In many cases the structure may also be capable of being assessed under TA 1988 , s739 although if there is a UK life tenant it may be argued that the income is not in reality paid to a person who is resident or domiciled outside the United Kindom within TA 1988 , s739 .
9 Because people seem either to write or commission reports at the slightest excuse you must assume that in most cases a formal , written report is not in fact wanted .
10 As chairman of the ASB , he is not in fact involved in the Review Panel 's work .
11 It is one of the paradoxes of contemporary political thinking that at the same time as much conventional theory has tried to restrict the idea of democracy to that of choosing a government from competing elites , it is also widely admitted that the theoretical sovereignty of these democratic governments is not in fact matched by their actual powers over society , particularly in relation to the vast conglomerate firms and multi-national companies on whose policies and decisions the employment and livelihood of so many millions now depend .
12 There is no liability if the auction is not in fact held .
13 The case for expenditure on health is not in fact furthered by what we are convinced , is the fallacious suggestion that expenditure on health may indirectly help to rehabilitate the finances of the country … .
14 Generally the scope for such arrangements is least in departments dominated by HQ units engaged in policy work , and greatest in those with extensive local networks ( such as the DHSS which had developed 800 cost centres by 1984 , with individual managers having ‘ to bid for their requirements ’ and enjoying flexibility to switch funds between budget heads ) ( Progress in Financial Management in Government Departments , 1984 , pp. 62–3 ) .
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