Example sentences of "an [noun sg] be in the " in BNC.

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1 Two other constraints also operate : the parties have difficulty raising sufficient money to fight campaigns ( national and local appeals are common when an election is in the offing ) and there is little evidence that increased expenditure in local campaigns necessarily helps win elections .
2 Almost a decade earlier , he had reached the conclusion that an ethic was in the final analysis " inevitable " , but that in the current historical climate it was " impossible " .
3 It 's quite an achievement being in the Sunday Sport .
4 Instead , they ask users to return their disks for upgrade , and will notify them that an upgrade is in the offing .
5 But the tendency of such an argument is in the direction of complete relativism , or an entirely arbitrary nominalism , of the type represented by Humpty Dumpty in Alice through the Looking-glass : " " When I use a word " , Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone , " it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more or less . " "
6 Chair , I 'd like to challenge standing orders on motion three O one , an example being in the part-time workers ' qualification into it was done by a recommendation of and we therefore request that it stays on the agenda .
7 I would remind the surgeons involved in such instances that they , and not the duty psychiatrist , are in the best position to know if an operation is in the best interests of the patient .
8 Such an approach is in the County Council 's view , entirely consistent with government policy
9 Traditional catalogue studies considered success and failure of a catalogue consultation in terms of whether or not an item was in the catalogue and , if it was , whether or not the user managed to find it .
10 Broadly speaking , the higher an individual is in the social strata the less likely he or she is to be arrested , prosecuted and ( if prosecuted ) found guilty .
11 However it should be recalled that even if an obligation of confidence is held to exist the grant of an injunction is in the discretion of the court .
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