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

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1 Firstly , a defendant who is remanded in custody is likely to find it much more difficult to prepare an adequate defence than one who is free on bail .
2 It is to be observed that a proceeding under section 7(5) in no way precludes a defendant who is remanded in custody from making an application for bail either to the justices , or to the Crown Court , or to a judge in chambers , whichever tribunal is appropriate .
3 However unjust it might be , there are many companies which will be inclined to think twice about recruiting someone who is engaged in a bitter fight with his old firm .
4 Patsy Poppleton , who is engaged in research at the Pain Relief Clinic at Abingdon Hospital , resents the fact that research nurses are often looked on as ‘ slaves and handmaidens to doctors ’ .
5 We can distinguish , then , between those Shakespeare sonnets addressing the recipient directly , in which writer and addressee form the couple defining a relationship , and poems addressing a recipient who is engaged in a triadic — or perhaps , better said , two dyadic relationships .
6 By using gestures only to illustrate speech — it is distracting to discuss , say , marketing strategy with someone who is engaged in continuous grooming .
7 There we have a student who is in receipt of a higher education ( almost by definition ) and , at the same time , an individual who is engaged in research .
8 The child who is cast in role as abbot of the cathedral is not identifying with some fictitious character called ‘ Abbot ’ , he is merely taking on an abbot 's function vis-à-vis the situation of being in charge of other people in the community , just as the football captain in a game is not playing a ‘ character ’ of a football captain , he is functioning in the required role of being in charge of his team .
9 This desire , Hilton says , is the " love of Iesu " which is the ground of salvation whether or not man experiences the joy and love in the kind of illuminated understanding which is the special gift of the contemplative : Hilton spends some time at this stage of the book finding imaginative ways of pointing to the goal of contemplative discipline — the finding of Jesus who is lost in man 's soul as a treasure buried in a field ( c.49 ) but who also is a joy beyond all that desiring can encompass ( c.46 ) .
10 ‘ It could be a big break for me , ’ says 6ft 4in Adam , who is built in the muscle mould of movie megastar Stallone .
11 A nurse who is trained in research methods is ideally placed , she believes , to act as a go-between between doctor and patient .
12 It has the power , the ultimate power of life and death over its parents , its older brothers and sisters , its grandparents , and indeed everybody else who is gathered in the room .
13 All these images make the claim that there is one God who is understood in a variety of ways by the world 's different religious traditions .
14 It tells the story of the rise of Charlie Trumper who is born in the East End at the turn of the century .
15 The children control a character who is embroiled in a perilous adventure .
16 The head of state of Belize , an independent member of the Commonwealth since September 1981 , is the British sovereign , represented by a Governor General ( currently Dame Minita Elvira Gordon ) who is appointed in consultation with the Prime Minister of Belize .
17 The head of state of Belize , an independent member of the Commonwealth since September 1981 , is the United Kingdom sovereign , represented by a Governor-General who is appointed in consultation with the Prime Minster of Belize .
18 Powell , who is rated in the top fifteen in the country in his age group , used his size advantage to great effect in both matches , but it was particularly noticeable in the first set of the final , in which he powered his way into a 6–1 opening lead .
19 Third , the views of the innate aggressionists and their followers reflect — and implicitly reinforce — sexism , since it is usually man who is presented in the Hobbesian mould , with a sleight-of-hand extension of man into Man .
20 I have not been able to examine a copy of the rare " The Tourist 's Guide to Islay , the Queen of the Hebrides , with Directory of the Island and Descriptive Excursions to all Parts thereof " which was published by Wilson & M'Cormick in Glasgow , about 1881 and which was probably written by , Robert Oliphant who is listed in the Directory as accountant .
21 I have not been able to examine a copy of the rare " The Tourist 's Guide to Islay , the Queen of the Hebrides , with Directory of the Island and Descriptive Excursions to all Parts thereof " which was published by Wilson & M'Cormick in Glasgow , about 1881 and which was probably written by , Robert Oliphant who is listed in the Directory as accountant .
22 This is borne out by the court 's judgment in Lopes da Veiga v. Staatssecretaris van Justitie ( Case 9/88 ) [ 1989 ] E.C.R. 2989 , from which it appears that in order for a national of a member state who is permanently employed on board a ship flying the flag of another member state to have the status of a worker/national of a member state who is employed in the territory of another member state , the relationship of employment must exhibit a sufficiently close link with that territory .
23 Might the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) want more money for Derbyshire so that it can employ more people such as his brother , who is employed as a personnel liaison officer for Toyota , his sister-in-law , who is employed in the county publicity department — — and such as another sister-in-law , who is employed in the education department ?
24 Might the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) want more money for Derbyshire so that it can employ more people such as his brother , who is employed as a personnel liaison officer for Toyota , his sister-in-law , who is employed in the county publicity department — — and such as another sister-in-law , who is employed in the education department ?
25 We can assume that Jacques not only played the oboe but was also likely to have been a woodwind maker , as was his brother , Jean , who is noted in the Livre commode ( 1692 ) as being among the most highly regarded master makers of woodwinds .
26 More recently General Wynell-Mayow , who is commemorated in the Church , was one of the few survivors of the heroic but futile charge of the six hundred at Balaclava .
27 Andy Mason , of Newcastle A.C. , who is ranked in the UK decathlon list , looked in good form as he won the senior men 's 400 metres and 110 metres hurdles , and Tim Conners ( Ipswich Harriers ) was another runner to shine when he won the junior men 's 1500 metres .
28 The alleged theft is said to be related to Axil 's hiring a Sun engineer who is named in the suit .
29 The alleged theft is reportedly related to Axil 's hiring a Sun engineer who is named in the suit .
30 But Sheikh Deedat , who is based in South Africa , avoided a straight answer when asked if Mr Rushdie should be killed .
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