Example sentences of "[be] in the [noun pl] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unperturbed , he said , ‘ When you 're in the throes of passion I might be able to make you admit to it yet . |
| 2 | Not simply was he mentioned , as men may well have been in the prayers of intercession , but he was actively made present as lord of the situation . |
| 3 | Although the majority of MPhils and PhDs awarded ( over 6,000 in total ) have been in the areas of science and technology there has been a growing number of registrations and conferments in the social sciences . |
| 4 | Although the material was systematically arranged as it was collected , the system changed very significantly at least three times , and by the time it arrived at the Institute in Nottingham , any order there had been in the files of material was lost . |
| 5 | Behind this , almost certainly , lay the new economic pressures of an expanding population which were leaving the agricultural worker worse off than he had been in the years of land surplus . |
| 6 | So relaxed now ; yet only a short while ago he had been in the depths of despair . |
| 7 | Certainly , preventive strategies and modern medicine will tend to counteract negative selective forces and will maintain the frequency of the thrifty genotype in human populations , but , as Neel soberly pointed out , ‘ efforts to preserve the diabetes genotype through this transient period of plenty are in the interests of mankind , ’ for some time in the future we may again be glad to have it . |
| 8 | He only has one loyal follower and that is Meander , and when a king has such little support , it is obvious that you are in the realms of revolution . |
| 9 | When we speak of strong attachment or attraction between two people we are in the realms of love , the basis on which many people in our culture choose or are drawn towards their marriage partner . |
| 10 | The precise nature and requirements for such approvals are beyond the scope of this book but common examples are in the fields of insurance ( see the Insurance Companies Act 1982 and the Financial Services Act 1986 ) , banking ( see the Banking Act 1979 ) , newspapers ( see the Fair Trading Act 1973 ) , telecommunications , building societies , Ministry of Defence contractors and bars , hotels , restaurants and off-licences ( see the Licensing Act 1964 and the Hotel Proprietors Act 1956 ) . |
| 11 | Most services are in the hands of Class 156 and 158 DMU 's with 153 's to be used to strengthen sets . |
| 12 | This catfish exhibits an usual form of ‘ parental care ’ , not dissimilar to that of the cuckoo — which is infamous for laying its eggs in the nests of other birds and leaving them to be hatched and raised by the involuntary ‘ foster-parents ’ In the case of Synodontis multipunctatus , it swims in and out among mouth-brooding cichlids which are in the throes of spawning and releases its eggs at the same time as the cichlid , whose eggs it often devours . |
| 13 | Wise as we now are in the ways of quantum theory we can , perhaps , anticipate the mystery of which Feynman spoke . |
| 14 | Her chief contribution to the English language appeared to be in the areas of grease and poison . |
| 15 | Employers have no right to bargain away journalists ' reputations without their consent merely because some sacrifice of those reputations would be in the interests of management . |
| 16 | For these reasons , Scottish Office management of a wider road system would not be in the interests of cycling and I would wish to object to this particular proposal . |
| 17 | Section 142(2) provided that where a person had been convicted by the magistrates when he had pleaded not guilty or been convicted in his absence and it subsequently appeared that it would be in the interests of justice that the case be heard again by different justices the court might , subject to sub-section ( 4 ) so direct . |
| 18 | The highest level of energy demand growth — some 170% — between 1983 and 2000 — will be in the countries of South East Asia , Brunei , Hong Kong , Indonesia , Malaysia , Philippines , Singapore , South Korea , Taiwan and Thailand . |
| 19 | DEC 's input into the product will be in the fields of usability , multi-media and document management , but the company is also considering how X.desktop might relate more closely to its other desktop platform , Microsoft Windows and NT . |
| 20 | The militia would temporarily be in the hands of Parliament . |
| 21 | Whereas in Scotland over 36 per cent of graduates obtained a pass , ordinary or general degree in 1986 , the figure for the UK as a whole was only 12.7 per cent , with the majority of pass degrees in England being in the fields of medicine , dentistry or veterinary science ( Source : USR ) . |
| 22 | The most common problems were in the areas of occupation , socially embarrassing behaviour , use of public amenities , managing own affairs and psychotic symptoms . |
| 23 | In an appreciation , Emeritus Prof Robert Kenedi said yesterday : HIS pioneering initiatives , documented by his many publications , were in the areas of tissue immunology , burns , bio-engineering and various aspects of plastic surgery , including its history . |
| 24 | Capitalist activity in the nineteenth century , for the reasons discussed above , was mainly associated with new types of activity , such as cocoa production or mineral mining , whether these were in the hands of European or African entrepreneurs . |
| 25 | In consequence we must grow harder , more ruthless than we were in the days of ease . |
| 26 | Several months ago we were in the depths of recession but signs are encouraging that we are moving out of it . ’ |
| 27 | All the windows were shuttered as if we were in the depths of winter . |
| 28 | We were in the rapids of revolution . |
| 29 | that 's in the annals of history I think , an thank god as well |
| 30 | Questions relating to an offence may not be put to a person after he has been charged with that offence , or informed that he may be prosecuted for it , unless they are necessary for the purpose of preventing or minimising harm or loss to some other person or to the public or for clearing up an ambiguity in a previous answer or statement , or where it is in the interests of justice that the person should have put to him and have an opportunity to comment on information concerning the offence which has come to light since he was charged or informed that he might be prosecuted . |