Example sentences of "be in [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I have already been in this murderous rhythm for 10 years . ’ |
| 32 | Back home she 'd have been in some nice comfortable clinic . |
| 33 | I do feel I 'd like to say one point about the people who were in this house , that it 's quite clear , all of them I believe were under care of the social services , erm and I do n't know enough about their history to say whether they , where they 've been before , whether they 've been in some half-way house , or just been thrown out of some mental institution . |
| 34 | Named after the mansion in Wuthering Heights , this is a desolate agricultural commune run by Jimmy Ahmed , back from London , where he has been in some vague way a celebrity . |
| 35 | He 's been in some good ones actually . |
| 36 | They might also reveal that you have been in some distant shopping mall far from your usual stomping ground on a day on which you had sworn ( at least to the office ) that you had been laid up with flu . |
| 37 | It seemed that not only the president , but the whole country , might have been in some delightful lotus-sleep for the past few years . |
| 38 | She had been in some tight spots with her work but this had hit her hard because she cared very much about the girl . |
| 39 | And how long have you been in these particular premises ? |
| 40 | And having arrived at so much in the way of a comparison , she saw , suddenly revealed to her , how much there had been in those other rooms to admire . |
| 41 | Was she praying for resurrection , asking the mysterious , invisible Maker of All Things to hasten the day when she and her dearly loved man would be united again as they had been in those golden days long past ? |
| 42 | In these languages all nouns are classified ( they are in many other languages too ) , often according to shape and size . |
| 43 | Drivers are in such close proximity to passengers and there is no grille between them as in black cabs . |
| 44 | The geographical nature of the North-East dictates that the vast majority of North-East based national football reporters gravitate to Newcastle and Sunderland on a daily basis because the clubs are in such close proximity . |
| 45 | Because the nests are in such orderly rows , scientists at the Museum of Paleontology at Drumheller , Alberta , believe that the same species of dinosaur returned to the site to give birth each year for many hundreds of years . |
| 46 | The low-energy predictions of this theory are in such good agreement with observation that the theory is now generally accepted , even though we have not yet reached the energy at which the unification should take place . |
| 47 | Norwegian Rottweilers are soundly built , of good size and stable temperament , which probably explains why they are in such great demand not only as family companions but working dogs . |
| 48 | In Stag Line Ltd v Tyne Ship Repair Group Ltd ( The Zinnia ) [ 1984 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 211 , 222 Staughton J observed that he was tempted to hold that exclusion clauses in the contract before him were unreasonable because " first … they are in such small print that one can barely read them ; secondly , the draftsmanship is so convoluted and prolix that one almost needs an LLB to understand them " . |
| 49 | It is apparent that other factors may also be relevant : for instance , in Stag Line Ltd v Tyne Ship Repair Group Ltd ( The Zinnia ) [ 1984 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 211 Staughton J was inclined to hold the terms in a commercial contract unreasonable " first because they are in such small print that one can barely read them ; secondly , the draftsmanship is so convoluted and prolix that one almost needs an LLB to understand them " . |
| 50 | Most schools are in such poor physical condition and are so poorly equipped that this is unlikely to be a viable option . |
| 51 | ‘ We will keep the ones which are really historic but some of the rest are in such poor condition they will have to be demolished . ’ |
| 52 | Within a few weeks the Minister Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , who is on record as saying that some of the works are in such poor condition that they can not be given away without loss of face , will come forward with a number of proposals . |
| 53 | As Cournot says , ‘ Economists understand by the term Market , not any particular market place in which things are bought and sold , but the whole of any region in which buyers and sellers are in such free intercourse with one another that the prices of the same goods tend to equality easily and quickly . ’ |
| 54 | Llanelli and Neath , to name but two , are in such vibrant health that they may present the tourists with a respectable challenge . |
| 55 | Especially so when housing and jobs are in such short supply for those who already live here . |
| 56 | This is not , as some cynics might suggest , simply because the alternatives of residential care are in such short supply and such an expensive resource . |
| 57 | But the result of this restrictive attitude to the grant of silk is that successful leaders are in such short supply , and consequently are able to charge such high fees , that the cost of fighting an important case in the High Court is a public scandal . |
| 58 | Some may think it foolish to restart playing at Park Avenue when fixtures are in such short supply , but a group of people dedicated to keeping first-class cricket on the famous ground have guaranteed Yorkshire £10,000 to stage a match there . |
| 59 | Unfortunately , no trials of efficacy were carried out at that time , and this is impossible to do now as the vaccination schedules are in such widespread use . |
| 60 | Clearly , clearly , the survey could n't be carried on in very many parts of the sewer because the pipes are in such bad condition . |