Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [vb pp] in [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 After that she was put away until they closed the asylums , since when she 's lived in that place .
2 But it 's not a simple process , the ewes can reject the lambs , so she 's held in this restraint while the lamb is introduced , giving it a chance to suckle and allowing the mother to get used to it .
3 A woman should never flirt with a man other than her husband , but this does not mean that she is oppressed in any way .
4 It 's appeared in several films about the mafia and carried a whole host of corsed actors .
5 Thus it is said in several cases that the plaintiff must have ‘ a right of property in the thing and a right of possession ’ and that unless both these rights concur the action will not lie .
6 It is said in some quarters she is being vindictive about these matters .
7 It is said in some circles that Morrison is alive and well and living in Des Moines , so perhaps we will one day have to sit through Doors II : the Incognito Years .
8 It is conceded in this study ( Hegarty et al . ,
9 But it is governed in some detail by statutory requirements , and so is undeniably a system of statutory regulation .
10 It is entirely land-locked , which means that it is bordered in all directions by other countries — Zambia , Zimbabwe , Namibia and South Africa .
11 If it is seen in this way the burden for change rests with black staff and not with the white staff and institutions which perpetuate discrimination and racism .
12 The interior certainly does look light , though it is assisted in this respect by the Cathedral eastern Gothic rose .
13 It is turned in this action towards the meagre amount of light , light which has a density and texture not often seen in real life , created by filling the air with smoke and piercing it with tungsten light .
14 ‘ The contract between mortgagor and mortgagee , as it is understood in this court , makes the mortgage a security , not only for principal and interest , and such ordinary charges and expenses as are usually provided for by the instrument creating the security , but also for the costs properly incident to a suit for foreclosure or redemption .
15 Since perfect competition does not exist in practice — at best it is approximated in some markets — the stringent conditions for efficient resource allocation by the market are not met .
16 It is argued in this book that in many areas of the world where environmental fragility is an outstanding characteristic , there is a failure to adapt to a variety of new and related pressures , particularly population pressure and increased state intervention which is often extractive in nature , and also that such technically state-sponsored innovations that there are , tend to be inappropriate or inaccessible .
17 It is argued in this study that although the courts did matter , they often failed to operate in the ways intended by British policy-makers .
18 Secondly , as a matter of fact , it is accepted in many areas of the higher education curriculum that the basic conceptual understanding can not be fully accomplished at the undergraduate stage , in which case the ‘ frontiers of knowledge ’ can be shown only to students who follow on to a postgraduate programme .
19 It is explored in more detail on pp.36- 7 .
20 The arrow with a large tip is placed across the right shoulder of the hero , but it is not clear how it is sustained in this position .
21 If it is lived in that world , the vow of celibacy witnesses to other women and indeed to men .
22 Most of the energy is thrown out of the exhaust pipe and in heat loss from the radiator , and in a erm small losses in friction inside the engine and gearbox , but most of it is lost in this conversion from heat from burning petrol into the mechanical energy of the rotating energy .
23 ‘ It is a unique paper , ’ he says , ‘ and it is held in such affection because , no matter where Ulster people are , it is the one which keeps them in touch with ALL the local sport , whether its football and rugby or darts and pigeon racing . ’
24 Since the support worker service was the most innovative and complex part of the project it is described in more detail in the next section .
25 It is recommended in this case that the user regresses to the safe copy taken before LIFESPAN ABLE was executed .
26 Rather he is a participant in a form of life and the meaning of Truth for him is made apparent from the way in which it is used in that form of life .
27 To the extent that it is used in many countries as part of the process by which scientists communicate , and through which scientific knowledge grows , it will be treated here as equivalent to the formal .
28 It is used in many weapon forms ( katas ) , notably in tai chi chuan .
29 The sermon that he preached on that occasion , is the only one recorded , and it is contained in that letter to his brother .
30 It is accomplished in that part of the jungle where the map is marked " here are eigen-values and eigenvectors " .
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