Example sentences of "[is] [adv] in [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The management information system should indicate what is most in need of investigation . |
| 2 | Heat is on in battle for sausage honours |
| 3 | ( Station Lane where the water authority has been installing a pipe is especially in need of repair . ) |
| 4 | Thus it is only in cases of debate about the reasonableness of costs incurred that the different bases of taxation produce any difference in the actual costs received . |
| 5 | In general terms , Gassendi 's notion of such ‘ hidden things ’ or ‘ natures ’ is entirely in accordance with tradition and the contemporary usage of his time . |
| 6 | Peter Eustace is entirely in charge of team affairs here . |
| 7 | ( For the benefit of those who are unfamiliar with the word , a ‘ pash ’ is a schoolgirl crush based largely on admiration , usually from afar , and a sub-sexual affection which is less in search of requitement than of acknowledgement , however minimal . ) |
| 8 | Written by one who is obviously in love with gliding , the author takes the reader through the history of gliding in Australia , from kites in the early 1900s to the high performance aircraft that abound today . |
| 9 | Built in 1385 just before the development of gunpowder made such structures obsolete Bodiam now stands as a magnificent example of a medieval fortress and is much in demand by film companies as a location . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The package is not in state for approval — listings can not be prepared . |
| 12 | This is not in terms of methodology , I hasten to add , for I learned by first-hand practice in the late 1960s that the application of scientific methods of investigation in the so-called ‘ agricultural-botany ’ model had little value in developing understanding in education . |
| 13 | This is not in terms of methodology , I hasten to add , for I learned by first-hand practice in the late 1960s that the application of scientific methods of investigation in the so-called ‘ agricultural-botany ’ model had little value in developing understanding in education . |
| 14 | That way , the way of Camp , is not in terms of beauty but in terms of the degree of artifice , of stylisation . ’ |
| 15 | It is not easy to set standards for what is acceptable and what is not in terms of production expertise and technical quality . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | As P2 is not in privity of contract with B , he has no contract action against him . |
| 18 | However , a general trade embargo would not be effective and would require international support , which is not in prospect at present . |
| 19 | For example , an employer is not in breach of contract for sacking someone because of his or her age . |
| 20 | The effect of clauses which define the contractor 's obligations is that , if the contractor performs in accordance with the express undertaking , it has performed the contract and is not in breach of contract at all . |
| 21 | All plant , machinery , vehicles and other equipment used in connection with the Business is in a good and safe state of repair and condition and is not in need of renewal or replacement . |
| 22 | Equally well , rather than disappoint you , the assistant may say ( hat the item is not in stock at present but may be in next week — after several weeks of returning to ask about it , you may suddenly realize that the item never is coming in . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | A hive-up of the business from Target to Newco is normally in consideration of payment by Newco to Target , which will usually be loaned back to Newco and left outstanding on inter-company loan account . |
| 25 | This practice is already in operation at Chesser House . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | According to data supplied by the Ministere de l'Environment , 144 locations are listed as ‘ Site Inscrit ’ in the Auvergne ( 4 of these are larger than 25 km 2 in area ) but the level of protection is minimal and the designation is largely in recognition of landscape features . |
| 28 | So the id is a jumble of contradictions and the reason it 's a jumble of contradictions is that it 's not in contact with reality . |
| 29 | Despite such successes in imaginative shoestring operations , the UN is desperately in need of reform and strengthening if it is to meet the critical tests of the post-Cold War era . |
| 30 | The taxi trade is desperately in need of organization in order to improve conditions for the workers employed therein , and therefore national recruitment is necessary in order to begin that organization . |