Example sentences of "they [be] in the [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 And to add to all the infamous circumstances which concur to plague a traveller , I must not forget the eternally meeting with chalk-waggons ; themselves frequently stuck fast , till a collection of them are in the same situation , and twenty or thirty horses may be tacked to each , to draw them out one by one .
2 This is because classically they have a well-defined location at a particular instant whose specification is part of what is involved in saying that they are in the same state of motion .
3 When r = 0 , u 1 = u 2 ( provided they are in the same direction ) and the correlation coefficient R of eqn ( 19.6 ) is , by definition , equal to 1 .
4 They are in the same field with Theta ; both are spirals , though of course their forms are not visible with binoculars or small telescopes .
5 They are in the same difficulty , ’ Loppe said .
6 Scotland rested in Sydney yesterday before their flight today to Hong Kong , where they are in the same pool this weekend as Tonga and Romania .
7 Bulletin boards , for example , can be used to advertise conferences or seminars to people who may be interested because they are in the same profession or may contain data packages , open for use by any user .
8 Never a great footballing side , if it was not for the fact that they are in the same League as Athletico Whaddon , they would probably be known as the Athletico Whaddon of Division Three .
9 Of course , it 's always there , but the walls and towers appear to have moved when they were not being watched , or maybe they are in the same place , but the adventurers are n't seeing the same thing all the time .
10 Now at least they are in the same boat , and the balancing of the pronouns in the last four lines declares their equality : I have quoted extensively from that sonnet in order to give the full context for this Our : what they have in common is that they have sinned , each has betrayed the other .
11 They 're in the same drawer as the memos .
12 You were talking earlier about er applying the lessons learned here from the tornado programme to Eurofighter , surely the best way of doing so is to involve the same people , they 're in the same building .
13 They 're in the same room .
14 See if they 're in the same file and two different bits two places on the file .
15 So leave a space so er usually a page , a whole blank page in between your answers if they 're in the same booklet Now that 's very true .
16 They were in the same bed .
17 ‘ I would n't say they were in the same field , ’ he says dryly .
18 Other cabinet members made sure they were in the same position .
19 Their contract had come to an end ( see Chapter 14 , Frustration , below ) and they were in the same position as any other free seamen in Port Philip : ‘ they might stipulate for any amount of remuneration ; and , considering the circumstances , £40 might not have been an exorbitant sum ’ — per Erle J.
20 And my mother came from the farm along the shore and they were in the same position they worked with boats too .
21 just now they were in the same place , like Wayne and the trucks , but sometime soon they 'd be miles apart .
22 An example I quote is of two particular members of staff who had been there a long time , and so , when I walked into the staff room , they were in the same seats .
23 Although some amendments were suggested , they were in the same tenor e.g ; to allow States which are already more generous in respect of returning illegally exported material without compensation to continue that more generous treatment .
24 Oh they were in the same dormitory were n't you ?
25 Although they were in the same show and of the same age , they were a world apart as women and performers .
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