Example sentences of "[was/were] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To recap , the winners have been men who were in internal labour markets in the big-name companies and the enterprise group networks . |
| 2 | At least two of the five he had brought back with him were in worse case than he ; and Adam , who had perhaps come off lightest in actual injuries , was by no means to be envied for that , for the same story Owen had to tell to the Prince , Adam was at this moment telling to Gilleis . |
| 3 | Big birds weigh more , but a smaller proportion of that weight is fat , ) Corroboration comes from the observation that males who had not formed pairs were in worse condition than those that had . |
| 4 | He later reported that they were in worse condition than he had first thought and doubted whether they were fit for the job . |
| 5 | Bituleanu/Toma were in 3rd spot , being followed by Bregeon/Goetschy on the final straight when the Romanians veered right , forcing the French right over to the edge of the course . |
| 6 | ‘ If we were in Catholic west Belfast instead of Protestant north Belfast we would be treated differently . ’ |
| 7 | Out of the cup , thrashed 5–0 by Aberdeen , trailing badly in the league , Hearts , who had started their season by securing Joe Jordan as manager , faced widespread press accusations that they too were in financial disarray . |
| 8 | The Beaverbrook papers were in financial trouble , and Trafalgar beat the competition to buy them , with its main interest being the asset value of the group 's properties . |
| 9 | And when the little bouncing balls came up onscreen , pointing out the subtitled lyrics for ‘ Fixin' To Die Rag ’ , the ciderheads were in seventh heaven . |
| 10 | This contrasted with Britain where most of the part-time farmers were in rural employment and could obtain time away fairly easily . |
| 11 | Certainly the popular press fuelled doubt , focusing as it did upon particular schools which were in temporary disarray , and the failure of a few teachers was applied indiscriminately to the whole workforce . |
| 12 | At the end of 1987 25,000 homeless households were in temporary accommodation ; double the number at the end of 1984 . |
| 13 | The Danzig authorities immediately began to drag out the renewal of the Accord and , hoping perhaps to stop the visit altogether , told the British that all procedures were in temporary suspension and that this would prevent the Poles from greeting the British in the agreed manner . |
| 14 | At that stage Warrington were in complete command , leading 18–2 . |
| 15 | These directions were in complete contradiction to his old habits and Alexander found they were successful in bringing about the change that he had sought for so long . |
| 16 | The Soviet Union was too big a problem even to begin thinking about seriously at that stage ; a military superpower still , even if its economy was falling apart and its politics were in uncertain flux from one-party dictatorship towards a multi-party democracy . |
| 17 | Friends and business associates of Maurice were in frequent contact . |
| 18 | This overall list was further divided into those texts which were in frequent use in all six schools , those which were in use in five of the six schools and those in use in four of the six schools . |
| 19 | My third friend was very scared and wanted to go at once , feeling that we were in definite danger from something . |
| 20 | Or , again , the Crusades might be seen , as they were in much propaganda , as wars fought to defend fellow Christians suffering physically at the hands of the Muslim world — those who took part being ‘ fired by the ardour of charity ’ towards their brothers . |
| 21 | Three-quarters of providers were confident that " this unit can take on the competition " and two-thirds believed they were in good shape to do so . |
| 22 | The gulls were in good voice , however , soaring and shrieking overhead in a fickle , shifting breeze , and Harry was surprised how contented if not downright happy he felt , sitting in the shelter nearest the clock and gazing out at the white horses in the bay . |
| 23 | The falls were in good fettle for the shots , with a lot of spring melt water and plenty of ptarmigan ( for us , ‘ chainsaws ’ , because of their call ) . |
| 24 | If industry and government planners scored low marks during the past decade , they were in good company . |
| 25 | These immunohistochemical observations were in good agremeent with results obtained for IgG subclass synthesis revealed by spontaneous release from dispersed intestinal mononuclear cells . |
| 26 | The same close-quarters examination confirmed that the underside in general , and the exhaust system in particular , were in good order but the front tyres were only marginally legal and needed replacing . |
| 27 | His affairs and will were in good order but there were odd points that he wanted to check . |
| 28 | A report in the Middle East Economic Digest of March 29 claimed that the country 's roads and bridges had suffered little damage and that water supply and sewage disposal systems were in good order . |
| 29 | The large drone was beyond repair , but the two tenor drones were in good working order and , most important of all , the chanter was OK . |
| 30 | Fat ewes were in good demand from £23 to £28.50 , with seconds from £14 to £21.50 each . |