Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [be] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A French-lexified Creole is , or has been in common use in several other territories as well — Trinidad , Grenada and St Vincent among them . |
| 2 | If he had a dubious work record , or had been in any kind of trouble , it often did n't matter . |
| 3 | He fervently denied that he had been at the scene of the murders or had been in any way involved . |
| 4 | The things that matter are in this book . |
| 5 | Lower School was opposite the Chapel and here , under the dark oaken beams and arches , I was taught in a classroom that had been in continuous use as such since 1443 . |
| 6 | Country houses that have been in institutional use |
| 7 | Swan Hunter , whose present workforce numbers 2,200 , is now in the hands of receivers and has been in acute crisis since failing to win a vital Ministry of Defence helicopter-carrier order . |
| 8 | At this village off the A40 south of Fishguard is the Tregwynt Woollen Mill , which dates from the middle of the eighteenth century and has been in continuous production of woollen yarns since then . |
| 9 | Carved in Germany in the late tenth or early eleventh century , the plaque measures 13.7x11.3 cm and has been in private ownership throughout this century . |
| 10 | Statistics up to 1971 showed it as having an old-age structure and to have been in continuing decline , though there are recent signs of improvement ( Census of Ireland 1981 ) . |
| 11 | It was a new school for us too , but at least we were all there together , and had been in Junior School together . |
| 12 | The 2nd Battalion , Royal Regiment of Fusiliers , was then the infantry battalion in the ACE Mobile Force , and had been in that role since May 1987 . |
| 13 | Leader of the ‘ Prague Spring ’ reform movement that was crushed by Soviet tanks in 1968 , Dubcek was 70 when he died in Prague , and had been in intensive care after his car plunged off a road in heavy rain on September 1 . |
| 14 | This should have been no problem as she was a swimming champion of the South London Schools and had been in excellent health . |
| 15 | Of the sixteen women in their survey who were currently working-class and had been in institutional care , ten had premarital pregnancies . |
| 16 | Even if the horse was not hurt , it is part of its biological heritage to remember the fear , and avoid being in that situation again at all costs . |
| 17 | Have a degree or equivalent qualification directly relating to your employment , and have been in regular employment for at least two years ; and |
| 18 | Laura 's Beau was third last year but has been in rotten form since then having been plagued by blood trouble . |
| 19 | Changes in the law may take time , but time is in short supply for pensioners . |
| 20 | The reference to ‘ all the circumstances ’ was not included in the Bill , but had been in earlier legislation , and was reinstated for fear that the courts might read into the omission a legislative intention that was not truly held . |
| 21 | surveyor could not gain access to roof voids but concluded was in reasonable condition for its age . |