Example sentences of "be in [adj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ … thus to take a case like that in question of a purchase from a retailer the reliance will be in general inferred from the fact that a buyer goes to the shop in confidence that the tradesman has selected his stock with skill and judgment . ’ |
| 2 | The description of Clark 's in 1906 refers to the separate composing-rooms for women disposed differently from the men 's to combat " chatter " . |
| 3 | The Festival 's series of Writers Talks is in 1991 presented with the support of The Guardian . |
| 4 | Hitherto a semi-independent region of western China ruled by a Dalai Lama , the head of Tibet 's Buddhist clergy and thus its spiritual leader , Tibet was in 1950 occupied by the Chinese communist People 's Liberation Army ( PLA ) . |
| 5 | Hitherto a semi-independent region of western China ruled by the Dalai Lama , the head of Tibet 's Buddhist clergy and its spiritual leader , Tibet was in 1950 occupied by the communist Chinese People 's Liberation Army ( PLA ) . |
| 6 | In considering the attractions of this new discourse on culture , it is worth noting that , despite pressures to put a " vocational " gloss on arts education , the mood of the post-war intelligentsia was in general moving to the right , away from a concern with social issues . |
| 7 | Computer technology was giving rise to a variety of innovative developments , and the field was in general pioneered by the CNAA and its institutions before the universities took up the challenge . |
| 8 | Bill Sanderson was in 1972 encouraged by the then art editor of New Society , Charlie Ridell , to experiment with scraper-board to cope with the poor letterpress reproduction that was not uncommon at the time . |
| 9 | It was this potential distortion of competition that was in particular invoked by the Community institutions when they started to enact environmental and consumer protection legislation during the 1970s . |