Example sentences of "[conj] be [adv] [art] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Prospective home owners exercise more choice in the design and building phases and homes tend to incorporate more individual architecture and specifications than is generally the case in the U.K. There are correspondingly few large building contractors involved in speculative residential development . |
| 2 | In each of the East Asian economies there is evidence to suggest that both the level of complexity and the degree of individuation of labour are less than is typically the case in a classical Weberian bureaucracy . |
| 3 | And although elite mobility is likely to decline , ‘ there is reason to believe that access to positions in the political elite will remain less restricted in character than is typically the case in the capitalist societies ’ ( Giddens 1981 , p. 242 ) . |
| 4 | The opportunities for close , long-term relationships are greater than is usually the case in a large , metropolitan , residential area . |
| 5 | ‘ We figured that we could bring in artists from the '90s to interpret Hendrix using the computer technology that was only a dream in the '60s , ’ explains Storey . |
| 6 | The concern about declining councillor calibre embodies a bitter lament that a variety of changes have conspired to result in a situation in which there is now a less close and direct relationship between economic power , social status , and the political control of local government than was once the case in the Victorian age when local government enjoyed the leadership of businessmen and local notables . |
| 7 | Even colonies which did not have direct religious origins would have religious commitments ; Virginia had been launched in as secular-minded a mood as almost any colony but it remained firmly attached to the forms of the Church of England , though the lack of regular episcopal organization made its clergy more responsive to the wishes of their congregations than was usually the case in England . |
| 8 | Colette joined Bank of Ireland in I.T.D. in 1971 and is presently an officer in M.S.U. , Head Office . |
| 9 | As far as personalities are concerned , the second type of employer is frequently the sort of man who forms the backbone of the ultra-right in Britain and is usually a racist in the most extreme and overt sense . |
| 10 | So it hardly matters that Connery lives mostly in Marbella , that his residence for tax purposes , used to be on Paradise Island in the Bahamas and is now an apartment in Monte Carlo , although he still has the place in the Bahamas . |
| 11 | Certainly , but that displacement can only occur it if is also a struggle in and for representation — specifically , the representation of the repetition as re-presentation/inversion/displacement of the norm . |
| 12 | The British rejection weakened the force of the proposal and was probably a factor in its slow progress . |
| 13 | The failure of the pope to pronounce on this matter until 798 meant a dangerous delay for Coenwulf and was probably a factor in his desire for an archbishopric at London , but the papal judgement when it came gave him a free hand and made London as an archiepiscopal see dispensable . |
| 14 | In October 1626 he had been drafted on to the loan commission for Yorkshire , and was also a commissioner in June 1627 to finance shipbuilding using recusancy fines , which commissions were headed by Sir John Savile ( later first Baron Savile of Pontefract , q.v . ) . |
| 15 | At the start of the war he had taken up his old rank of captain and was now a major in the King 's African Rifles . |
| 16 | The list above is only meant to be indicative , and to it could be added those that are difficult to categorise because of their broad nature — loss of confidence , which could occur because of any of the above risks , but is also a risk in itself , and fraud . |
| 17 | Starting from scratch has a certain attraction but is hardly an option in countries , such as Britain , which have long established medical schools . |
| 18 | Instead he believes priorities have to be drawn up and stuck to even if that means low-priority areas are ignored altogether as is already the case in some parts of the country . |
| 19 | The natural organic content is thus very low , the moisture reservoir non-existent and , as is invariably the case in such conditions , there is a chronic shortage of potash . |
| 20 | As is invariably the case in such matters , the only people to profit from the entire episode were the lawyers . |
| 21 | The disease appears to have a natural and selective " forgetting " mechanism , as is also the case in any major physical or emotional trauma . |
| 22 | as is probably the case in rheumatoid arthritis , then the whole process is a wasteful and destructive war . |
| 23 | It was not , I believe , as is frequently the case in love , that those qualities which initially charmed him — my vivacity , my freedom , my sense of equality with men — eventually came to irritate him . |
| 24 | Babies born to teenagers , especially those who are unmarried as is frequently the case in developed countries , and to older women with many children are often unwanted . |
| 25 | Draft agreements in the UK are not usually as one-sided as is frequently the case in the United States . |
| 26 | As far as the main professional accounting bodies are concerned , this Guidance is definitive but , as is always the case in the public sector , the Government also has a say . |
| 27 | This last texture represents the clef arrangement of the typical French five-part string ensemble , although as is always the case in Lully 's ballet scores , the parts are unlabelled . |
| 28 | However , as is often the case in wartime , women have stepped into some positions previously held by men . |
| 29 | Bars 1–4 are based on the E minor pentatonic scale : E , G , A , B , D. As is often the case in a blues style song , though the underlying chord may be major and frequently dominant ( in this case E7 : root E , major 3rd G&sharp ; , 5th B , ♭7th D ) , the melody or soloist will often make use of a flattened 3rd interval ( here a G ) to help create a bluesy mood . |
| 30 | As is often the case in such circumstances , the accountant has delayed submission of later accounts pending settlement of the enquiries and establishment of the true liability . |