Example sentences of "is in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | BSDI , which the USL suit suggests is in collusion with CSRG , declines to publicly identify any of its founders or investors declaring such information ‘ proprietary ’ on the basis that BSDI is a closely held company . |
| 2 | Higher management is in collusion . |
| 3 | It is partly because of this early extensive experience of stories that so much writing in primary schools is in story form . |
| 4 | Their real interest is in point-scoring and success in debate , not in the advancement of genuine knowledge . |
| 5 | It 'll be half the price it is in Boot 's Cookshop . |
| 6 | " Democracy " , like so many central terms of politics ( including " politic " ) is in origin a Greek word , combining two shorter words , demos and kratos . |
| 7 | Thus , the body appears to be able to respond more to raised blood glucose early in the daytime and this is in spite of the fact that we normally take in larger amounts of glucose later in the daytime . |
| 8 | If I look up to the blue sky , as yet I must when it is blue and bright suddenly , it is in spite of the heavy limb and relaxing back that will drag me down or cause me to hasten home . |
| 9 | his weakness of central parliamentary control is in spite of the fact that decisions on tax are taken centrally for the whole country and the revenues are then distributed among the Länder . |
| 10 | This is in spite of the lip service paid to the proud independence of the States . |
| 11 | This is in spite of the text 's reference to an ‘ earlier will ’ , for there is no other will . |
| 12 | This is in spite of the emergence of many state and subject-oriented clearinghouses , which , incidentally , have been encouraged by LOEX and have become supportive rather than competitive agencies . |
| 13 | One of them , the landlord of the pub , got pissed and kissed me on the mouth and talked about the problems of these demarcations — and this is in spite of all the AIDS hysteria . |
| 14 | This is in spite of the scientific advisory committee of its own research foundation having made a unanimous public statement that they believe smoking is a causative factor in several major diseases . |
| 15 | This is in spite of a poor start , in which the Irish based Eglinton Oil and Gas performed unpredictably . |
| 16 | This is in spite of alpha-particles being less penetrating than gamma-rays . |
| 17 | This is in spite of 1992 being the tenth anniversary of shareware 's conception — not that far behind the IBM PC itself . |
| 18 | This is in spite of an impressive set of measures , associated with the Integrated Rural Development Programme , to reduce poverty at the same time as encouraging economic development . |
| 19 | This is in spite of the existence of clearly articulated curriculum materials and guidelines . |
| 20 | This is in spite of the emerging medical consensus that people who drink up to four drinks or so a day live longer and are less likely to suffer from heart disease than either abstainers or heavy drinkers . |
| 21 | This is in spite of the fact that he believes there 's no evidence that watching violence on screen leads to violence in real life . |
| 22 | Instead it is in construction that the trust is radical . |
| 23 | We shall find that there is a very good general rule that , while adjectives may qualify verbs or verb phrases as well as nouns , the property which an adjective designates is understood to apply to the entity of that noun phrase with which it is in construction most directly ( but not necessarily immediately , as we see in Chapters 3 to 9 ) . |
| 24 | And although there is as yet no solid evidence that a political settlement of the Sikh question is in sight , the change of government has brought a new spirit of reconciliation on both sides . |
| 25 | And although there is as yet no solid evidence that a political settlement of the Sikh question is in sight , the change of government has brought a new spirit of reconciliation on both sides . |
| 26 | No relief is in sight , according to George Shapiro , an aerospace-defence analyst at Salomon Brothers , a New York investment bank . |
| 27 | Already in November 1941 , the SD was reporting ‘ disappointment that the final smashing of Bolshevism is not taking place as rapidly as hoped and that no end of the eastern campaign is in sight ’ , a dampening of optimism at the news of the first falls of snow and the feeling that further advancement might be extremely difficult , puzzlement at the failure to advance further when the Russian troops were allegedly so poor and so badly equipped , concern at the reports of continued tough resistance of the Soviet army , and pessimism that ‘ the way to the Urals was still a long one , and the partisan war could still last a good while ’ . |
| 28 | Leapor often understands friendship as a spiritual comfort : accordingly , she advises women to pursue friendship , rather than beauty , since death is in sight : ‘ To smooth my Passage to the silent Gloom , / And give a Tear to grace the mournful Tomb ’ [ ML , 1 , 8 ] . |
| 29 | Once you are very close , within a foot or so , simply extend your last hole forward until the ferret is in sight . |
| 30 | This should not be interpreted as lack of real feeling or a sign that the end of her grieving is in sight . |