Example sentences of "[noun pl] be in [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The western American states are in on the act , too — Oregon , California and Alaska are growing at seven per cent — twice the rate of the remainder of the country . |
| 2 | For the mobile unit , it must be well built and braced to allow for moving over uneven ground , if the birds are in at the time , then the extra weight on the floor will be 204 kg for the 100 bird house and 409 kg for the 200 bird house . |
| 3 | Even car towaways are in on the act . |
| 4 | They yesterday found out which rating band their homes were in for the tax which starts next April . |
| 5 | A great inducement of ‘ start-ups ’ or ‘ green-field projects ’ , where the original investors are in on the ground floor , is that they will make a killing if the company one day goes on to the Stock Exchange , or is gobbled up by a predator in a takeover bid . |
| 6 | This is so irrespective of whose possession the goods were in at the time . |
| 7 | ‘ But I do n't envy the position the jockeys are in at the moment . |
| 8 | ‘ And you think Parks was in on the Livesey case too ? ’ |