Example sentences of "be [vb pp] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had stolen my good oilskins , but the thieves had never found my small stash of money which had been hidden in a redundant sea-cock , nor had they found the old Webley.455 revolver that I had hidden deep in Masquerade 's bilges . |
| 2 | Law and Order Minister Hernus Kriel announced on Aug. 27 that 13 police generals had been dismissed in a reorganization of the SAP . |
| 3 | Defeated presidential candidates Ion Ratiu ( Christian Democratic National Peasants ' Party — CDNPP ) and Radu Campeanu ( National Liberal Party — NLP ) listed irregularities in the process and complained that the campaign had been waged in an atmosphere of violence ; both , however , stated their intention to participate in the new parliament . |
| 4 | The sensitivity of platelets from diabetic subjects to the antiaggregatory effects of prostacyclin has been examined in a cross-sectional study using the electronic whole blood platelet aggregometer ( Jones et al , 1985 ) . |
| 5 | As has already been indicated , the planning processes of each company had previously been examined in a research study carried out at the London Business School . |
| 6 | Personal preference has been examined in a number of statistical ways . |
| 7 | Er I 'd just like to come back on three fairly brief points that er one of which was mentioned by Michael Courcier , two of which er relate to that , and were helpfully stimulated in discussion during the tea break , erm Michael Courcier , I think if I got him right , said , he did say we ca n't produce demographic forecasts for post two thousand and six but I think he was fairly guarded in saying it it would n't be wise or or whatever , erm I would suggest in this context , and in the context of , and I use the word emerging and I look for advice as to when emerging regional planning guidance , and when will be the end date of that regional planning guidance , I say we should be looking beyond two thousand and six , I say we can look beyond two thousand and six , and I would suggest we do it in the way of arrange , which would be highly appropriate way of doing it , not too dissimilar to road traffic forecasts , low medium and high growth , and if , to put the point simplistically , if we have arrived at a requirement figure of nine seven for Greater York for a specific period , if we were to either project that forward by five or ten years , obviously we could n't just simply go rata , but if you took a low figure and you halved it on the basis of the make up , the demographic make up , of how the nine seven had been arrived at it would be possible to produce a range , that then relates to the question of a new settlement , and the alternatives during the period to two thousand and six , and beyond , of that new settlement , and I go back again to the greenbelt , it is vitally important to do that in the terms of a long term defined greenbelt , therefore again in that context , I would say it is highly desirable , if not necessary , to revisit the periphery of York , it has not been examined in a local plan , it has not been examined in terms of environmental impact , with all due respect to the Greater York working party their , the level of analysis of those peripheral blocks of land was fairly cursory , on a limited number of planning criteria , if a new settlement is to be assessed alongside expansion of Greater York we have to revisit it in much much greater detail . |
| 8 | These relations have been examined in a cohort of 46000 women followed for up to 19 years during the Royal College of General Practitioners ' ( RCFP ) oral contraception study . |
| 9 | Transverse effects have been examined in a few instances . |
| 10 | The prevalence of smoking among teenagers in Britain has been examined in an ad hoc way since the late 1960s . |
| 11 | If she 'd been stopped in a car with this level of alcohol in her , she would have lost her licence for a year at least and got a hefty fine . |
| 12 | Each of the rooms has been furnished in a manner which combines the elegant traditions of Thailand with the relaxed style of an international resort . |
| 13 | All the room are furnished in a comfortable , rustic style and have a private bathroom , telephone and radio . |
| 14 | Bedrooms and lounges are furnished in a variety of styles ranging from Louis XIII to Louis XV . |
| 15 | The bedrooms are furnished in a traditional style and have air-conditioning . |
| 16 | A lift serves the roomy bedrooms which are furnished in a simple , modern style with balcony . |
| 17 | The bar and lounges are furnished in a refined and contemporary style and the charming restaurant spills out onto the terrace under a canopy of trees . |
| 18 | The bedrooms are furnished in a traditional style and have double glazing . |
| 19 | The guerrillas are embroiled in a civil war against an alliance of rival Tamil groups , the Tamil National Army , in areas from which the Indian Peace-keeping Force has withdrawn . |
| 20 | Six candidates are embroiled in a Commons clash over who will succeed Bernard Wetherill . |
| 21 | MORRISSEY and organisers of the ill-fated Madstock Finsbury Park concerts are embroiled in a legal battle , with both parties threatening to sue each other over Morrissey 's non-appearance on the Sunday bill . |
| 22 | The Republic 's Customs officials are embroiled in an ‘ active campaign ’ to try to thwart the illicit practice . |
| 23 | Taxable profits , which are calculated in a similar way to companies ' taxable profits , are treated as personal income to the sole trader , or split between partners in proportion to their share of profits in the year of assessment . |
| 24 | By the turn of the century the landed class had been joined in a powerful ruling oligarchy by the representatives of ‘ new ’ economic forces , principally the bankers and heavy industrialists of the Basque country and the manufacturers of Catalonia . |
| 25 | Across the yard in the oast house , hops fresh from this year 's harvest are placed in a kiln for 12 to 14 hours and heated by electric fans at temperatures starting at 90 degrees F and rising to 140° . |
| 26 | The inductions in the two cores cancel out precisely when the cores are placed in a zero external field ; an external field causes asymmetric pulses of amplitude and position dependent on the polarity and strength of the external field . |
| 27 | For this reason , if shelter sheds are placed in a paddock , they may have to be placed at the top of the hill and preferably near the gate . |
| 28 | If , however , they show no sign of ability to make contact or to learn by five years they are placed in a special school , welfare institution or returned to family surroundings . |
| 29 | In the third term of Year II , major students are placed in a theatre or theatre organization in the British Isles for an intensive six-week programme of work experience . |
| 30 | Divide the children into two teams and provide them with sets of corks which are placed in a bowl of water . |