Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] be in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her day will probably be crammed with essential tasks ; an older child may well be feeling jealous and therefore be in need of more attention than usual ; money may be in short supply — and time certainly will be . |
| 2 | It was natural that their products should be in great demand . |
| 3 | The bulb must be in good working order and the wiring must be good , i.e. free from any short circuits or bad earths which could adversely affect the lamp , |
| 4 | Since the keywords must be in upper case , you may wish to use the |
| 5 | At the end of key stage 4 the response should be in written form only . |
| 6 | Then on the fourth month the birds should be in full production of fours , threes and maybe a few twos . |
| 7 | The sack should be in certain Karrimor agents ' shops by now , priced £350 , but at present it will only fit people of average size or bigger — those who take , say , size 42–47 boots . |
| 8 | Since his surplus stock may be in keen demand he may not be able to supply you — but he can at least point you in the right direction by suggesting alternative sources , ones that have proved themselves so far as he is concerned . |
| 9 | As in the latter case , the horse may be in eager anticipation of what is to come ! |
| 10 | Each lawyer should be in full charge of case management of all application and appeals within his group , giving procedural advice to litigants in person , and , where necessary , providing summaries of the issues raised for the use of the judges . |
| 11 | All your gear must be in good condition and regular checks cost nothing . |
| 12 | By end of this period around half of all small shops and restaurants should be in private ownership , and the number of joint-stock companies formed out of large state enterprises should reach 1,000-1,500 . |
| 13 | Ah well I 've got a little note that questionnaires should be in green folder . |
| 14 | In the screen of language the words that make him up are no more than some amongst many , a detail in the pattern , as a grotesque might be in early painting , or the straight man in a comic duo . |
| 15 | Maureen , who was now the manageress of the wool shop , had warned them that wool might be in short supply so they had all bought plenty of every colour , including a lot of khaki . |
| 16 | If he was caught , Ewan would be in deep trouble . |
| 17 | Eck 's defence was that of ‘ operational necessity ’ , i.e. that if he did not destroy all traces of the sinking , his boat would be in grave danger of itself being sunk by Allied aircraft in the morning , as had happened to his four predecessors . |
| 18 | Your mind will be in complete control throughout the session . |
| 19 | it has the potential to clean the subsurface more thoroughly than other schemes , because the microorganisms may be in intimate contact with all parts of the aquifer , both solid and liquid . |
| 20 | Shannon should be in top form for this event . |
| 21 | With the humidity likely to lessen over the next 24 hours , Bristol 's all-sand circuit should be in perfect nick for front-running Lady Riptide . |
| 22 | Michael Feist Countryside special sites could be in open countryside away from Government policies concerning sustainability , I wonder how Professor Lock would see the situation emerging whereby a local authority has allocated a certain amount of land in its local plan for development for industrial or commercial purposes , it 's tried to erm identify a broad range of criteria but it also identified special sites erm which will only be released in exceptional circumstances , that happened to be an open countryside and had the advantages that it may be a little close to the A one or somewhere similar . |
| 23 | CHELSEA 'S Russian recruit Dmitri Kharin could be in Premier League action before the New Year . |
| 24 | That third-world economy with a super-power arsenal could be in terminal decline . |
| 25 | The jobs would largely be unskilled and semi-skilled and a high proportion would be in inner city areas , where high unemployment bites particularly badly . |
| 26 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that such a proposal about coal imports would be in direct conflict with the objectives of GATT and of free trade and would also result in the removal of the need for competitiveness in British Coal , which would work to the disadvantage of the consumer ? |
| 27 | In this way , the market areas will be in strong contrast to local supermarkets and covered shopping centres , where large chain stores tend to congregate . |
| 28 | The comforts of home will be in short supply . |
| 29 | The first major use for the machine will be in separating Factor 8 , needed by haemophiliacs to make their blood clot , from human blood plasma . |
| 30 | ‘ C.W. will be in overall charge , ’ Kolchinsky retorted . |