Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] [vb pp] in [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you think that it could ever be true that they would be sufficiently inexpensive that they could be used in most doctors ' surgeries , or is it going to be something which is only used in one or two important hospitals ? |
| 2 | Elvira is possibly the only lady in the world who can not be accused of enlarging her chest by putting tissue paper in her bra ; firstly because she is never seen in one and secondly have you seen the points on her high heels ? |
| 3 | One is simply moved in one direction or the other in greater or lesser awareness . |
| 4 | The historian 's main points or ideas can usually be discovered in ( a ) the first and/or last paragraph of a chapter or section , ( b ) the first sentence of a paragraph — this is the key point for the paragraph and it is usually expressed in one sentence . |
| 5 | It is commonly used in two senses . |
| 6 | ‘ There is an exotic dancer who you could say , in modern terms , is a strippogram but it is actually set in 1870s Russia so she is an exotic dancer . |
| 7 | It is then developed in seven statements to a climactic definition of the nature of the fire of love ; they are brought to a triumphant conclusion by juxtaposing a negative statement with its positive form to indicate ways in which the third degree of singular love fulfils and transcends the longing of the earlier stages : The phrase from The Song of Songs ( 5:2 ) which heralds the arrival of the beloved , here conveys a sense of a transformed newly awakened consciousness where longing and the unquiet ego are quenched . |
| 8 | It is now brewed in 44 countries and sold in over 130 . |