Example sentences of "[noun sg] be [prep] a [adj] state " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group remaining in Shakang Harbour were in a sad state , confined in a small space in a filthy harbour , with fishing boats leaking diesel and oil onto the surface of the water and continual dumping of rubbish , particularly plastics , from the shore . |
| 2 | If the bulge wind is in a steady state and is fed by inflow driven by the bar , the mass flowing into the central parsec is small compared with what is brought in from the disk . |
| 3 | ‘ In that case you will know that the rupee is in a parlous state . ’ |
| 4 | Labour yesterday demanded publication of the report , which warns that British industry is in a lamentable state and will take decades before being fit enough to compete internationally . |
| 5 | It is widely believed that the British clothing industry is in a terminal state of decline due to lack of international competitiveness . |
| 6 | The inspector adds that he thinks that ’ the Force was in a parlous state in 1990 . ’ |
| 7 | The Irish must have taken some droll amusement out of the sights and sounds of New Zealand rugby being in a hyped-up state during their tour — and with not all the impact coming from the tour matches . |
| 8 | The highway outside Springfield Farm in the centre of Scorton village is in a bad state of repair . |
| 9 | Bill said : ‘ The sport is in a desperate state . |
| 10 | The board reports that the sport is in a healthy state . |
| 11 | A Wag , that ubiquitous turner of phrases , said : ‘ At least Welsh club rugby is in a healthy state . ’ |
| 12 | The software in current use for taxonomy is in a constant state of development . |
| 13 | In general , the mill is in a poor state of repair . |
| 14 | There was , too , something unaccountable about Richard — perhaps the same wilfulness that induced him to live offshore although his marriage was in a perilous state — which attracted him to Pratts because celebrations were only held there for the death of a king or queen . |
| 15 | Comments : Hall was in a poor state of repair , and was awaiting sale and/or redevelopment . |
| 16 | People seemed to forget that the entire fourth zone was in a perpetual state of starvation anyway . ’ |
| 17 | The damage was reported to the management and the captain was told not to worry as the item in question was in a damaged state before our visit . |
| 18 | What is certain is that the Yanomami are in a critical state , with imported diseases spreading to epidemic proportions in communities close to the miners . |
| 19 | But instead of reading aeroplane comics and moping around you should be making sure your pride and joy is in a fit state to survive the winter — and ready for any of those all too infrequent sharp-edged days that appear out of nowhere and vanish just as quickly . |
| 20 | Effective treatment required that the body be in a receptive state to beneficial forms of spirit , which could remedy deficiencies resulting from temperament or life-style . |
| 21 | At Pula the exterior walling is in a fair state of complete preservation but the seating has disappeared ; it was probably of wood . |
| 22 | Plainly you can not apply that view to everything or the whole of your business is in a continuous state of stop/go , or like the good old Duke of York 's troops , marching up and down the same hill with monotonous regularity . |
| 23 | Limited exceptions were envisaged , for instance where the plaintiff is in a nervous state or confused by the effects of a brain injury or if the defendant 's doctor is known to have a fierce cross-examining manner . |
| 24 | When a horse suffers from chronic anxiety , its body is in a continual state of arousal for physical action with the result that the horse will over-react to any stimuli and it may be constantly jittery and nervous . |
| 25 | The body is in a continual state of chemical activity . |
| 26 | it was so obvious , cos they were n't spending no money on it , the place was in a right state |
| 27 | The slate roof was mildewed in places and the guttering shaky , but otherwise the place was in a good state of repair . |
| 28 | ‘ Now , now , now , ’ the sergeant said soothingly , ‘ sure the poor lad was in a bad state himself . |
| 29 | And then wanted to publish them and dug them up and the body was in a frightful state of decomposition and some of the hair came away with the poems . |
| 30 | ‘ That poor lad 's back is in a cruel state . |