Example sentences of "[be] in a [adj] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denis Smith says it 's not going to be an easy job because they 're in a poor league position … he may change players by wheeling and dealing but is under no pressure to sell |
| 2 | We certainly have the colonial history , our economy is very much a Third World economy and we 're in a massive debt situation . |
| 3 | Yes , we had the Labour candidate knocking on our door yesterday and I think John must of been in a right foul mood , cos he he says come in and talk to me |
| 4 | However , Saturday 's setback at Celtic Park marked the first time in a year Goram had been in a losing Rangers team ( he was injured when Dundee won at Dens Park in August ) , and the assured nature of his performances at domestic , European and international level have helped gather an army of voters who could make the goalkeeper the first since Hamish McAlpine ( in 1985 ) to win the Scottish Football Writers ' Association Player of the Year award . |
| 5 | Its unusually spacious guest rooms are in a two storey block built terrace fashion down the hillside , each room overlooking the gardens or swimming pool and beyond to the ocean . |
| 6 | Militarily weaker and less united than their Nicaraguan and Salvadorean counterparts , they are in a poor bargaining position in peace talks , where they face Latin America 's most neanderthal armed forces and business élite . |
| 7 | He says they are in a long term partnership with our local hospitals and they want to do all they can to support them . |
| 8 | Having recognized that you are in a potential coaching situation here are the main steps : |
| 9 | Even in the daytime , the majority of you feel worried if you walk through a subway or are in a multi-storey car park . |
| 10 | Iain and Tommy are in a red Talbot Sunbeam on the road to Hayes . |
| 11 | In shoot out you are in a wild west street with various characters appearing from behind sheds and windows . |
| 12 | Ten firemen are in a special isolation ward with ‘ glowing fingertips ’ , nausea and diarrhoea believed to have been caused by chemicals . |
| 13 | Hay was made on 91% of the farms in the survey , surprising Perhaps when one considered that at least half the units are in a high rainfall area . |
| 14 | Around 80 per cent of these are in an appropriate trade union . |
| 15 | There are potentially more germs on a dishcloth than there are in an average pedal bin — so disinfect cloths regularly . |
| 16 | if you are in an unstructured learning situation where no well-planned course exists , a part of your daily programme will also have to be the preparation of language learning lesson materials i.e. dialogues or other kinds of text . |
| 17 | The membership differential between men and women is particularly marked in engineering ( 65 per cent of men are in an occupational pension scheme and 48 per cent of women ) , hotels and catering ( 41 per cent of men and 28 per cent of women ) and transport and communications ( 71 per cent and 54 per cent ) ( OPCS , 1990 , p. 223 ) . |
| 18 | It was agreed that all transmission of film material will be in a progressive scan format from launch of services . |
| 19 | Erm , but I did n't prime the previous speaker who spoke so nicely er , about N C V O even though we do seem to be in a mutual admiration society . |
| 20 | At other times labour will be in a weak bargaining position if , as in times of high unemployment , the employer can easily acquire alternative sources of labour off the dole queues . |
| 21 | If they carry on working , it may be in a lower status occupation : should they be classified by this , or by their earlier main job ? |
| 22 | Additionally , when you retire , you may be in a lower tax bracket . |
| 23 | But obviously — if he bought someone wed be in a negative cash flow — so wed still need to sell again afterwards . |
| 24 | Where major investment decisions , such as BR 's electrification plan or RENFE 's new investment plan , are pending , the minister may be in a strong bargaining position and be able to extract concessions from railway management in return for mustering support in cabinet . |
| 25 | Being female makes you less likely to be in a low status job , and less likely to go absent . |
| 26 | The Jewish people seem to be in a continuous latency period in that they have forgotten that they murdered Moses , and , before him , the Primal Father . |
| 27 | A ball is deemed to be in a lateral water hazard if it lies between the parallel red stakes marking the boundary of the lateral water hazard , whether or not the ball lies in the water or on the surrounding bank . |
| 28 | I 'm not staying in with you if you 're gon na be in a foul mood mother . |
| 29 | Taking into account the annual exemption , indexation and rebasing , the shareholders ought to be in a better tax position than if the amounts distributed had been classified as a company distribution . |
| 30 | The intended use of the eventual instrument was to be in a standard growth cabinet or growth room . |