Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 31 | The horse will misjudge situations , whether they be real or imagined dangers , and be too easily distracted and lacking in concentration to be reliable in competitive or pleasure riding . |
| 32 | Nor was she unaware of the interest Matt and Silas took in her movements , having caught glances passing between them as they paused to watch her fold the table napkins round the knives and forks which were left in readiness to be picked up from the end of the table . |
| 33 | Here there is a tendency in contract to do justice and in crime to be merciful . |
| 34 | And that I think is what Locke had in mind to be a full member of a civil society erm you 've got to erm give your express consent for example in the form of an oath of allegiance . |
| 35 | Where data do exist on support between kin across households , this tends in effect to be limited to documenting the networks through which support flowed and the kind of support which was given , and can give very little direct evidence about the underlying structure of social relations which supported these exchanges . |
| 36 | A theory of ducal sovereignty was in effect to be formulated between 1294 and 1300 , which was to set important precedents for other peers and magnates of France to follow . |
| 37 | Kiyonga also announced that a black market for foreign exchange was in effect to be legalised , in a measure designed to increase availability of foreign currency and stimulate foreign investment and non-traditional exports . |
| 38 | This temperature can be considered in effect to be the limiting value T g would reach in a hypothetical experiment taking an infinitely long time . |
| 39 | If , over the years , the balance of probabilities has shifted so that balances previously included as creditors now seem unlikely ever to be paid , it would be appropriate for the balances in question to be removed from creditors , with the corresponding credit in either profit and loss account or , if the sums are material and the adjustment arises from a fundamental error , the profit and loss reserves in the balance sheet . |
| 40 | It could be argued that these provisions would justify allowing any person to challenge exercises of power A , but also applying a more restrictive standing rule ( perhaps something like ‘ special interest ’ ) to challenges to exercises of power B on the ground that Parliament had intended the government body in question to be the prime guardian of the public interest in the exercise of power B. |
| 41 | I accept everything that has been said so far , but is it really necessary for the persons in question to be the subject of media coverage ? |
| 42 | At the recent meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council a request was made by local residents for the 30 mph speed limit in village to be extended to the section of Gubberford Lane beyond the railway bridge to take in the group of dwellings ending with Woodlands . |
| 43 | A cairn marks the crossroads , and although the outrageously boggy path will cover you in peat to the armpits , you may hug yourself in delight to be walking in empty country again , as the cries of ‘ Look , Mam . |
| 44 | Some , ‘ … wiser than the rest , lay their heads together and resolved in council to be before-hand ’ and went with picks and shovels and opened the land around the monument to a depth of six feet . |
| 45 | If the money falls in law to be repaid , a direct order for its repayment is more appropriate than a declaration that it should repay it or an order setting aside a refusal to be repaid . |
| 46 | The purposes of a pre-trial review are twofold , viz : ( 1 ) if there is no reasonable case in law to be tried ( whether on the claim or defence ) , as far as is possible , to dispose of the case ; ( 2 ) if there is a case to be tried , to give directions to see that it is properly prepared . |
| 47 | Mothers of young babies want the products they use in babycare to be absolutely " right " ; either ( i ) the product should be well known , widely recognised and easy to understand or ( ii ) it must have the endorsement of authoritative sources . |
| 48 | This was also the reason why Practice Direction 2 of 1992 called for matters in issue to be identified in advance , with the paying party outlining the reasons in disputing the item and giving the suggested reduced figure . |
| 49 | Large firms are able to provide lifetime employment for their employees who are expected in return to be dedicated ‘ company men ’ . |
| 50 | In a cost-benefit analysis in 1982 , Meshkinpour et al calculated the cost per change in management to be $6482.00 . |
| 51 | In a study assessing the cost effectiveness of investigations for dysphagia , Richter estimated the cost per change in management to be $1148.00 for endoscopy and $1099.00 for radiology . |
| 52 | Paul Scott 's Raj Quartet , a fictional foursome collected in 1976 and with the pendant of a fifth novel , Staying On ( 1977 ) , is a vast canvas devoted to the transfer of power in India and its sequel : too close in time to be seen , altogether clearly , as historical fiction , too distant in place to be a shared world ; though like E. M. Forster before him , Scott chose an alien sun to define the outlines and shadows of the English abroad , where their habits of mind look all the sharper , odder and more endearing against the background of an exotic land . |
| 53 | They had gunpowder and very sophisticated engineering devices well before the west , but one can document the fact that the Chinese gave up science , rather dramatically , erm in subsequent centuries , simply because they lost faith that there was any underlying order in nature to be discovered , that it was their background religion and philosophy which led them to give up the idea of unravelling the structure of the universe . |
| 54 | Community care planning in this new form presents better opportunities for better services and for more people in need to be looked after in their own homes . |
| 55 | Horses which have a day off per week and stand in need to be in loose boxes ( stables ) |
| 56 | Or ( another possibility ) , one may judge one theme in scripture to be an organizing focus ( first stage ) , and then ( second stage ) bring that criterion to scripture , judging other themes to be of lesser importance or frankly wanting . |
| 57 | In the early years of the " new diplomacy " in the fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries it had not been unusual for a diplomat who died in post to be immediately succeeded by a relative , often a close one , who had been attached to his mission with this possibility in mind . |
| 58 | Anna has enough knowledge and skill in farming to be self-sufficient and yet she still needs other people . |
| 59 | However , if the defendant were prosecuted and the defence conceded lack of consent , the defendant would certainly be acquitted in these circumstances even if the law required his belief in consent to be both honest and reasonable . |
| 60 | I do prefer to wear smart clothes for work ; it 's still not easy for women in business to be taken seriously — I like to look the part . |