Example sentences of "[conj] [be] [adv] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In ( 3 ) , SPAR is able to identify both some biscuits and a bowl on the floor , allowing both definite noun phrases to be fully resolved ; but it can not find any biscuits that are already in a bowl . |
| 2 | In addition Humphrey sees the aesthetic response as a ‘ pay of ’ for efficient and successful information processing ; it is a reward for the kind of mental activity that is really in a person 's own best interest . |
| 3 | They indicate the relationship of utterances in the mind or in the world and are thus in a way contextual . |
| 4 | The Government have belatedly agreed to do just that , and are currently in a consultation period on the matter . |
| 5 | It is doubtful if the claim of the kings of Burgundy and Italy to bear the title emperor had more substance than the fact that they held the north of Italy and the chief routes over the Alps and were therefore in a position to put pressure on the pope . |
| 6 | He has been injured and is clearly in a state of shock . |
| 7 | The investigator can , of course , exercise full control over the nature of these materials , and is thus in a position to elicit whatever information he needs . |
| 8 | Then he gets low and is already in a state of anxiety which tends to make him make poor judgements . |
| 9 | She was in hospital for a month and is still in a wheelchair . |
| 10 | In the heyday of Napoleon 's conquests he had access to fossils from all over Europe and was thus in a position to make the first comprehensive study . |
| 11 | Hitherto , the coalition had only had a one-seat majority in the Parliament as a whole and was actually in a minority in the lower house . |
| 12 | Habibi was an impatient horse and was always in a hurry to do everything before she was even asked . |
| 13 | Wellington 's riposte was that she had never been to South Africa , while he had and was therefore in a position to judge properly . |
| 14 | I went home sulking and was still in a mood when Frankie returned . |
| 15 | He was clutching his foot and was obviously in a lot of pain . |
| 16 | hockey but was never in a team , no |
| 17 | He said a clear example was the price of wheat which had increased four fold for the farmer but was now in a loaf of bread at ten times more in the shops . |
| 18 | I quite agree with Mackie that colour presents itself as being as much part of the fabric of the world as , say , shape and that much the same is true of value , and also agree that they seem therefore initially intelligible as being there in a manner not intrinsically bound up with our responses to them . |