Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [adv] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the fruits of his literary labours are gathered here in an anthology sourced from newspaper writings and his previous books , with scrutinies of most of the top players of the past few years , Test and county . |
| 2 | The mountain peaks of Christian belief are travelled there in a style that has few rivals in the whole history of the church , and none at all in the twentieth century . |
| 3 | Foldaway slippers for the flight are tucked away in a holdall with disposable nappies and sick tablets . |
| 4 | The raffle or lottery is a form of random sample — in its simplest form the identical little numbered tickets are shaken up in a hat and drawn out one by one by someone with their eyes closed . |
| 5 | If migrating birds are caught up in a storm , or blown off course , it can be disastrous for , even undisturbed these vast journeys stretch them to the limit . |
| 6 | Workers are caught up in a form of ‘ prisoners ’ dilemma' . |
| 7 | It 's a fearful world where even the goodies have a strangeness about them , as they too are caught up in a world of little people , strange animals and flying objects . |
| 8 | She and the photographer she works with are caught up in an investigation that shakes her out of her complacency — and into the shadowy world of covert operations against the dictatorship . |
| 9 | A single-ply coated roofing membrane , Sarnafil consists of selected polymers applied as liquids to a carrier material ( glass fibre or polyester ) , which are fused together in a gelation process . |
| 10 | Paintings which beg to be viewed at a distance , one by one , are squeezed together in a room as narrow , bare and poorly lit as a urinal in an airport . |
| 11 | Similarly , Marshall Sahlins 's work on the Hawaiian islanders in his Islands of History , though far more acutely aware of contending multiple narratives trying to ascribe different significances to the same happenings , is also organised so that it allows Sahlins to present a narrative wherein conflicting stories/histories are mapped out in a framework which explores these histories ' interpenetrations , their assimilations of each other rather than their refusals of each other . |
| 12 | A key point about these inter-relationships is that CD-I , CDTV and any other similar platforms , are positioned firmly in a consumer electronics environment . |
| 13 | they are airlifted out in a helicopter gunship |
| 14 | Later on , issues surrounding Pop Art and post-war abstraction are bracketed together in a section called ‘ Modernization and Modernism ’ . |
| 15 | Beech found that , when the most common rules of our inconsistent system are applied consistently in a piece of fiction , adults regained their normal reading speed after reading some 6000 words . |
| 16 | ‘ My grandmother says when they 're curled up in a circle with their tails in their mouths , that 's a symbol of eternity , ’ said Emily . |
| 17 | It 's because they 're caught up in a system which keeps blacks in positions where they have to play only secondary roles to whites . |
| 18 | The set consists of six VLSI devices , two of which are used twice in a system design . |
| 19 | Serpulid tubes are preserved here in a siltstone , with parts of the original shell material adhering . |
| 20 | These then go out into the environment , are reflected back in a multitude of different ways according to the objects encountered , are picked up by the most amazingly refined hearing organs , matched against an inner mind structure capable of interpreting this data as a full and complete three-dimensional world and used as a major sensory means of perceiving their watery or aerial world . |
| 21 | The three vehicles are drawn up in a semi-circle . |
| 22 | These ideas are usually framed in terms of ‘ models ’ because it is not possible to solve exactly the complex quantum mechanical equations that determine the way in which neutrons and protons are bound together in a nucleus . |
| 23 | The idea is that all citizens are bound together in a sort of multilateral contract which defines our reciprocal rights and duties . |
| 24 | It appears that the promises of God , his plans for a new beginning for his world , are locked up in a Pharaoh 's palace . |
| 25 | Three days ' journey on into the desert are hurried over in a verse , and then the people run out of water . |
| 26 | They consist of a series of slightly different palmettes and floral forms , and are found either in an allover format or in conjunction with a central medallion . |
| 27 | The young boy 's skills are summed up in an account published in October 1766 : |
| 28 | The procedures for an auction process are set out in a transmittal included in section 1102.12 . |
| 29 | My Lord the er plaintiff 's case is that as a result of the advice that he was given by Mr er it was clear to him that he had no way out of this contract , that he was committed to it and that he had no choice but to proceed with the matter and there was then er further discussion on the telephone on this day , Friday , between Mr and Mr to where they were going here and Mr said he would now write to the plaintiff setting out what his options were to him and the letter than was sent by Mr was dated the twenty second of October and the letter , the relevant terms of this letter are set out in a statement of claim expressing at paragraph three eleven of this statement saying and of course er that is admitted by the er defendant . |
| 30 | 11.2 In relation to commercial exploitation the Non-academic Parties and the Academic Parties agree that the terms and conditions for exploitation of and licenses granted under intellectual property rights in results deriving from the Academic Parties shall have regard to the extent to which such results are incorporated in or applied to the manufacture of commercially exploited products ( particularly where there had been substantial product development outside the project ) and to the SERC guidelines which are set out in a letter from SERC dated 13 August 1984 , together with its attachments . |