Example sentences of "[noun pl] in [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Labour Cabinet , in August 1931 , failed to agree on an economy programme , Ramsay MacDonald , in his own words , ‘ strove hard and took great risks in being responsible for the delay , to keep the Government in , because no National Government of any kind is the sort of thing that I should support of my own free choice . ' |
| 2 | There are types of language use which demand the ability to formulate grammatical , correctly bounded sentences , and being able to exploit the formal sentence grammar is one of the most important elements in being able to communicate in a language . |
| 3 | But there are also advantages in being small , because small animals need less food , and tiny creatures such as mice can hide from predators more easily than larger ones . |
| 4 | There are advantages in being able to relate the objects handled to other items on display . |
| 5 | But there will frequently be considerable advantages in being able to deal anonymously . |
| 6 | There are theoretical advantages in being large : large males can compete more easily for mates , and large females can bear larger ( and therefore more robust ) offspring , or lay more eggs . |
| 7 | The bungalow they 'd come to end their lives in was rich already with this new and simple truth , with a logic any child could understand . |
| 8 | She did not , thought Henry bitterly , as he dragged himself out of bed and weaved his way to the bathroom over Elinor 's discarded knickers , go to classes in being thin , or classes designed to allow the participants to hold one idea in their heads for more than five minutes . |
| 9 | Moreover , Smith was almost alone among British mathematicians in being interested in that branch of number theory . |
| 10 | In the experience of the National Council for Carers and their Elderly Dependants , it is often single women who have spent many years looking after parents who experience the greatest difficulties in being alone . |
| 11 | For these reasons alone many surveyors decide not to send letters in advance and rely on the interviewers ' skills in being able to explain to people on their doorsteps what the survey is about and why they should help with it . |
| 12 | Had not her sister Alice cautioned her of the dangers in being alone with a man , now that she had reached marriageable age ? |
| 13 | This dependence contrasts with the dependence of serfs or slaves in being non-personal and non-permanent . |
| 14 | Maybe he 'll have to be content with merely doing all the work , but there 's compensations in being indispensable , too . ’ |
| 15 | Nevertheless , there are enormous dividends in being able to discuss functions independently of physical mechanisms and to explain relationships without being restricted to established and readily observable physical connections or separations . |
| 16 | It was thought that this would stimulate our divinity students in being close to the university and so involved in contact with university students who would in future years be leaders of the nation , just as we hoped the divinity students would become leaders of the Church . |
| 17 | There is no doubt also that there is a peculiar element of ‘ one-upmanship ’ among many gardeners in being able to boast of having the very latest rose in their gardens . |
| 18 | Artistically , Neiland is aligned to Monet and the French Impressionists in being interested in the reflection and refraction of light . |
| 19 | The Regions would take turns in being Primary and Secondary hosts — the primary visit would be for about two weeks and the secondary for about one week . |