Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] be in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her day will probably be crammed with essential tasks ; an older child may well be feeling jealous and therefore be in need of more attention than usual ; money may be in short supply — and time certainly will be . |
| 2 | The bulb must be in good working order and the wiring must be good , i.e. free from any short circuits or bad earths which could adversely affect the lamp , |
| 3 | At the end of key stage 4 the response should be in written form only . |
| 4 | The sack should be in certain Karrimor agents ' shops by now , priced £350 , but at present it will only fit people of average size or bigger — those who take , say , size 42–47 boots . |
| 5 | Since his surplus stock may be in keen demand he may not be able to supply you — but he can at least point you in the right direction by suggesting alternative sources , ones that have proved themselves so far as he is concerned . |
| 6 | As in the latter case , the horse may be in eager anticipation of what is to come ! |
| 7 | It adds that Paddy MacNally is a keen conservationist , so the manor should be in safe hands . |
| 8 | The argument that high taxes reduce the flow of private savings for investment in industry is only important if one believes that the ownership of industry should be in private hands . |
| 9 | Each lawyer should be in full charge of case management of all application and appeals within his group , giving procedural advice to litigants in person , and , where necessary , providing summaries of the issues raised for the use of the judges . |
| 10 | All your gear must be in good condition and regular checks cost nothing . |
| 11 | In the screen of language the words that make him up are no more than some amongst many , a detail in the pattern , as a grotesque might be in early painting , or the straight man in a comic duo . |
| 12 | Maureen , who was now the manageress of the wool shop , had warned them that wool might be in short supply so they had all bought plenty of every colour , including a lot of khaki . |
| 13 | In dealing with the techniques of studying , memory has been treated first , for without memory all study would be in vain . |
| 14 | Eck 's defence was that of ‘ operational necessity ’ , i.e. that if he did not destroy all traces of the sinking , his boat would be in grave danger of itself being sunk by Allied aircraft in the morning , as had happened to his four predecessors . |
| 15 | Your mind will be in complete control throughout the session . |
| 16 | Some of this work should be in black and white for use in regional media and certain magazines , but the majority will need to be in colour . |
| 17 | With the humidity likely to lessen over the next 24 hours , Bristol 's all-sand circuit should be in perfect nick for front-running Lady Riptide . |
| 18 | At one fête alone last year they raised £179 but this year all her work could be in vain . |
| 19 | That third-world economy with a super-power arsenal could be in terminal decline . |
| 20 | The jobs would largely be unskilled and semi-skilled and a high proportion would be in inner city areas , where high unemployment bites particularly badly . |
| 21 | So while outside jobs may give MPs a broader outlook , that outlook will be in particular directions . |
| 22 | The comforts of home will be in short supply . |
| 23 | The first major use for the machine will be in separating Factor 8 , needed by haemophiliacs to make their blood clot , from human blood plasma . |
| 24 | The robe could be in various colours — blue , orange , white — and might be held at the waist by a belt or cord . |
| 25 | The distinction is an important one : books on a shelf may be in poor condition , and may indeed deteriorate in their locations ( particularly when they are made up of self-destructive acidic paper ) , but their deterioration will be very much slower than if they are transported to a reading room for consultation by a reader . |
| 26 | The short-sightedness is corrected and within a week , the eye should be in good focus . |
| 27 | The short-sightedness is corrected and within a week , the eye should be in good focus . |
| 28 | The throttle must be in functional order as well . |
| 29 | It may be a church , warehouse or old factory , but it must be open-plan with a large forecourt which is ample enough to house everyone ( last year 's site was a 30,000 sq ft warehouse ) and ideally , the venue should be in central London . |
| 30 | In order to maintain this circadian rhythm it is only necessary that one protocerebral lobe and the ipsilateral medulla externa and lobula should be in nervous connection with the thorax . |