Example sentences of "[am/are] in [art] [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 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 ) . |
6 | Most services are in the hands of Class 156 and 158 DMU 's with 153 's to be used to strengthen sets . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Wise as we now are in the ways of quantum theory we can , perhaps , anticipate the mystery of which Feynman spoke . |