Example sentences of "[be] [adv] in [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these skills are much in demand in society and are qualifications for a wide range of vocations and employments . |
| 2 | The S-word , socialism , may not have been much in evidence in Labour 's manifesto or campaign , but it infests every line of their real agenda . |
| 3 | Some systems of tests are already in use in Government statistical organisations , both in the United Kingdom and abroad . |
| 4 | For DCs which are not in state IN APPROVAL or APPROVED , a transition can be made to state ABORTED using option 2.7.0 . |
| 5 | The words which I have read are plain : it was Mr. Vanbergen who said he was going down to Eastbourne , that he was going down as part of his business , and that he did not think he would be getting back after his business on Thursday in time to pay it on Thursday , and the concession arose out of the question whether or not the debtor could be back in town in time to bring it himself , because he frankly said he was trying to get a little more time . |
| 6 | That would suit Platt , who would then be back in action in time for England 's next game against San Marino . |
| 7 | You did not have to be there in person in order to kill by poison ; in fact , you probably tried not to be . |
| 8 | But at that time the plaintiff had no actual existence ; was not a human being ; and was not a passenger — in fact , as Lord Coke says , the plaintiff was then pars viscerum matris , and we have not been referred to any authority or principle to show that a legal duty has ever been held to arise towards that which is not in esse in fact and has only a fictitious existence in law , so as to render a negligent act a breach of that duty . |
| 9 | The referential , truth-functional nature of language is not in abeyance in fiction : rather it is exploited in referring to , and thereby creating , a fictional universe , a mock-reality . |
| 10 | The dangerous journey in store for Sard is not in fact in pursuit of the ideal woman , but a prosaic attempt to get back to his ship before it sails , an attempt frustrated by the theft of his bicycle and by wanderings that involve him with a silver-train and a period in gaol , the traverse of an appalling desert and a rock-strewn mountain . |
| 11 | During the preparation of the proposal , key members of staff are encouraged to visit schools where the project is already in action in order to gain ideas and learn from the experience of others . |
| 12 | That 's why in Man in Shower in Beverly Hills ( 1964 ) , there is n't a bar of soap in sight . |
| 13 | In Croydon , big-business interests were influential in local politics but their involvement was personal and informal and their influence was rarely in evidence in action on policy-making as the local authority was keenly sensitive to their concerns without any need for pressure-group prompting from outside . |