Example sentences of "in [adj] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the pipeline in Saudi was a life-saver . |
| 2 | Since historians who confuse effects and intentions may be mistaken in other regards , the question whether the emancipators had laboured in vain is one which should be handled with care . |
| 3 | Mrs. Proudie makes an immediate impression when introduced to Mr. Harding and Dr. Grantly because when they are shown into the new bishop 's study , they see Dr. Proudie , Mr. Slope and also , to their surprise , Mrs. Proudie ‘ an innovation for which a precedent might in vain be sought in all the annals of the Barchester bishopric ! ’ |
| 4 | Diana in Private : The Princess Nobody Knows by Lady Colin Campbell Smith Gryphon , £15.99 DIANA IN PRIVATE is a nasty little book . |
| 5 | To be free in private is to be able to watch pornography or to preach the gospel . |
| 6 | The preceding discussion of law 's self-imposed limits and the consequent silence of those whose lives are largely lived in private is intended to criticize instrumentalism for failing to take account of ideology , ‘ the sum of the ways in which people both live and represent to themselves their relationship to the conditions of their existence ’ . |
| 7 | In England , Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland , where that is no longer the case , the age of consent for male homosexual behaviour in private is 21 and not 16 as for heterosexual relationships . |
| 8 | If the 1959 Act had proved itself suitable only for the control of sexual depictions or descriptions where the question was one of manners rather than morals , then the recommendation of the Commission might have been acceptable , since sex between consenting adults in private was no longer a matter for the British criminal law . |
| 9 | The words ‘ or other record ’ became crucial with the growth of the video industry , when the ‘ deprave and corrupt ’ test was used with great effect to stem the tide of what became known as ‘ video nasties ’ , where viewing in private was no defence . |
| 10 | It followed , or so it seemed to us , that while steps should be taken to clear the streets of soliciting prostitutes , the behaviour of consenting male adults in private was their affair and not the laws ' . |
| 11 | ‘ Er — just the one night , I think , ’ she replied , having hoped not to stay even that long but suddenly realising that , since she needed some kind of base where she could go to collect her thoughts , that perhaps to have a room where she could relax and think in private was n't such a bad idea after all . |
| 12 | Its major recommendation , and certainly the one for which it is most often remembered , was ‘ that homosexual behaviour between consenting adults in private be no longer a criminal offence ’ . |
| 13 | But the 15 per cent fall in Allied 's pre-tax profits , mostly a result of disastrous dabbling in foreign exchange markets which lost £150 million , leaves the company vulnerable . |
| 14 | The Government 's research showed that many of those who were interested in investing were still not aware of the importance of pre-registering . |
| 15 | Use of plants to monitor heavy metals in freshwater is one of a series of booklets detailing recommended methods for determining the quality of water and associated materials . |
| 16 | Dirty linen washing in public is n't in it ! |
| 17 | 75% of British men say that straightening your tie in public is a sign of nervousness . |
| 18 | The ability to become this smiling persona in public is helped by the nature of bulimia which is a disease where sufferers can maintain their normal body weight — unlike its sister illness , anorexia nervosa where you slim to skin and bone . |
| 19 | For these reasons , it is possible to hope that the House of Lords might , if called upon to do so , reconsider the decision in a way that makes it plain that the right to freedom of speech in public is not wholly dependent upon the discretion of the policeman on the spot — important though that will undoubtedly always be — but is guided by rules and principles that recognise , inter alia the importance of freedom of speech in public , and the fact that the person interfered with was going about his otherwise lawful business . |
| 20 | Having a toddler thrown a wobbly in public is perhaps one of parenting 's most embarrassing episodes . |
| 21 | This debate in public is about Parkinson 's disease and a particular experimental treatment . |
| 22 | Er the Residents ' Association erm feel that this examination in public is not the right forum to erm answer a question which has never properly been asked erm at the County Council . |
| 23 | Furthermore , not only are negative emotions suppressed , but the control of an outward show of pleasant emotions in public is also rarely relaxed in Japan . |
| 24 | He can not write for the papers or take part in television programmes and his sole opportunities in public are sharing the replies at question time and answering for the government in adjournment and sometimes in wider debates which concern his ministry . |
| 25 | In Oxford , Karen 's insistence that our affair be conducted in public was just about feasible . |
| 26 | Mistakes — she 's made a few , but growing up in public was never easy . |
| 27 | The old reluctance to be critical of the army in public was evident . |
| 28 | At common law , the justification of the offence of affray rested in the public fear ( terror , in the terminology of the common law ) that fighting in public was apt to arouse . |
| 29 | His extreme distaste at being seen to touch her in public was utterly humiliating . |
| 30 | On May 23 the Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs , Dhari Abdullah al Othman said that the trails " currently taking place in public were within the framework of the law " and described as " tendentious " reports which suggested otherwise . |