Example sentences of "[verb] to [be] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We appear to be in the cosmopolitan city world of the uprooted . |
| 2 | Further sponsors and at least one ‘ multi-million unit company ’ , not expected to be in the mainstream computer systems business , is said to have signed up for PowerPC , and should reveal itself within two months , claimed PowerOpen officials . |
| 3 | Of course in conformity with ecclesiological principles , schools were expected to be in the Gothic style . |
| 4 | But Middlesbrough and Cleveland are sending a strong squad , including Steven Helm , Kevin Mace and Glen Harland , while Sunderland 's Dave Clark is also expected to be in the thick of the action . |
| 5 | But the cushioning has to be in the mid or forefoot , where the foot hits , rather than the heel . |
| 6 | but of course when religious orders come in they usually want to be in the inner city and , and would n't exactly qualify |
| 7 | I 'm not proud , it 's just that I want to be in the right place . |
| 8 | ‘ But I came late into the first-class game , I 'm 28 now and I really want to be in the big time before I end my career . ’ |
| 9 | While narrowing the old section 2 , the act is unlikely to give protection to a " whistleblower " who felt that the public should be told certain information as any defence depends on disclosure being considered to be in the public interest and that would still seem to mean " the interests of the state according to its recognised organs of government and the policies expounded by the particular government of the day " per McCowan I. in Ponting 's case . |
| 10 | If the information is commonplace or is common knowledge to a group of persons ( for example , it is well known to computer programmers ) or to the public at large , it can not be confidential ; instead , it will be considered to be in the public domain . |
| 11 | A total of 27 refugees including Noriega 's wife and daughters remained in the Cuban embassy and the former President , Manuel Solís Palma , was reported to be in the Venezuelan embassy . |
| 12 | The CBI table highlights the fact that local laws may apply to merger proposals , not only on competition grounds but also on other grounds , for example where it is deemed to be in the national interest to prevent foreign control in certain sectors such as maritime and air transport , banking and insurance . |
| 13 | The period can be extended if continued secrecy is deemed to be in the public interest . |
| 14 | In the proposed E two the only development that would be permitted is that which needs to be in the open countryside and that 's a much more rigorous test . |
| 15 | He is , of course , the corporation 's watcher of science ( along with medicine , aerospace , and aviation , not to mention street sieges when he happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time ) for radio 's news department . |
| 16 | Valuable though such concessions were felt to be in the short term , we concluded it was wrong to encourage prospecting in sensitive waters without an adequate understanding of the nature and level of the risks involved . |
| 17 | Now what has happened in the last decade or so , through the advent of radioastronomy , is that we 've discovered that there are vast clouds of molecules between the stars and they 're just chock a block with very intriguing molecules , many of which are just the sort of things we would expect to be in the prebiotic soup . |
| 18 | ‘ You can not expect to be in the national squad unless you can prove that you are good enough , so I just have to continue the learning process , equip myself fully for the task , get a bit fitter and that , hopefully , will be at least half the battle ’ . |
| 19 | Its price tag is said to be in the low $200,000 range . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , he was very generous to all his friends , but we always seemed to be in the wrong line . ’ |
| 21 | Their main pleasure seemed to be in the beautiful garments they made for each other and for their children . |
| 22 | Lesley-Jane Decker had been on stage at the time of the shooting , so , unless she had brought in a hired killer , she seemed to be in the clear . |
| 23 | On that basis , Mr Williamson , and on the basis that you propose and acknowledge others do not accept that this new settlement should at least in this plan period be for about fourteen hundred dwellings , what level of employment land provision can be taken out of the Greater York figure and assumed to be in the new settlement ? |
| 24 | The ions in water and blood happen to be in the critical mass range . |
| 25 | But there 's lots of wildlife around , if you happen to be in the right place at the right time , and not singing a Betty Boo number at the top of your voice . |
| 26 | If you try to do the sums and ask could you do all those changes simply by sort of species going one way and the other relative to these changes erm in their origins and then those species which happen to be in the right direction being selection by some kind of species selection , I think the answer is you just ca n't make the sums add up right . |
| 27 | Sometimes this may be unfortunate pupils who happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time ; but often it is the teachers ' families who begin to bear the brunt , and whose reserves of tolerance and goodwill may also , after a while , begin to dry up in turn . |
| 28 | No German warships were thought to be in the immediate area and only some four squadrons of fighters and bombers — an estimated 37 planes — were flying from Herdia , Stavanger , and Trondheim . |
| 29 | It has not been revealed how much money the Bulgers have been paid for the interview , but the figure is thought to be in the five-figure bracket . |
| 30 | ‘ I guess I threw myself at you because of everything that had happened between Jonathan and myself ; I guess I was just looking for a diversion and you happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |