Example sentences of "be [adj] [verb] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ladies ' timing is impeccable : usually they turn up on the day that social-security cheques are due to arrive in the post . |
| 2 | Regulars from several Hartlepool pubs are due to gather in the Park Hotel today for a 12-hour charity quiz to raise money for the Telethon appeal . |
| 3 | The UK office will also support the Benelux countries — French and Scandinavian offices are due to open in the Autumn . |
| 4 | As you can see , we have only mentioned a few fish that are possible to keep in a community set up , but the options are vast as there are a large number of species of fish to choose from . |
| 5 | One aspect of the regional geography of job loss and job change which it has not been possible to examine in the chapter is the contrasting ways in which different regions of the UK relate to the international division of labour . |
| 6 | By introducing a satellite RNA Ribonucleic Acid ( closely related to DNA ) , it has been possible to establish in a tobacco plant a heritable agent capable of preventing the development of the mosaic virus as it enters the cell . |
| 7 | Because of popular music 's ubiquitousness and vast scale of production , it has been possible to establish in the collective mind a set of conventional musical ‘ colours ’ — ‘ Spanish ’ , ‘ pastoral ’ , ‘ cowboy ’ , ‘ blue ’ , ‘ hip pie ’ , ‘ punk ’ , and so on — and arrangers and producers can simply lift the technical devices needed for these ready-made veneers off the shelf when needed . |
| 8 | It is because of this historical dimension to the religion that those arguing ( for example ) for the ordination of women apparently find it so difficult to say , in the way in which it has been possible to maintain in the sphere of politics , that we hold these truths to be self-evident , that all human beings are created equal and must not be discriminated against . |
| 9 | The effect of day length on behaviour is mediated hormonally ; the birds are prepared to migrate in the autumn by declining production of sex hormones at the end of the breeding season ; they do not migrate if injected with sex hormones . |
| 10 | I do this not only because the issues are easier to grasp in the case of perception than in the case of voluntary movement , but also because neurophysiologists of movement are less prone to wild claims than neurophysiologists of perception : most of the former would admit that we do not yet have the faintest idea how voluntary activity is able to utilize or over-ride reflex pathways ; how we mobilize so-called ‘ motor programmes ’ when we need them ; or even where in the nervous system voluntary movement is initiated . |
| 11 | Obviously people who are merely going through a bad patch ( anxiety state ) are easier to assist in the process of change , because they have greater resources , than individuals who have always been anxious ( anxiety trait ) . |
| 12 | Faced with a deepening penal crisis on the one hand , and continuing intransigence from sentencers on the other , there was growing pressure throughout the 1990s from a broad constituency — comprising not only penal reformers but also senior civil servants , prison visitors , and prison governors — for the government to accept the need for more effective techniques for the control of sentencing discretion than it had been prepared to concede in the past . |
| 13 | And an increasing number of people are willing to kill in the name of causes which they find holier than the discredited law of the land . |
| 14 | He is quick to point out that it 's not just enough to turn up in any of these activities : ‘ You have to prove to the examiners — and to yourself — that you can are willing to put in the effort to improve and better your standards . |
| 15 | I am fortunate to work in a school where all the children are seen as people with questions to ask , ideas to share and problems to solve . |
| 16 | She had been content to stay in the house all day and to try to clean it ; but Mrs Aggie had told her she must go to school , at least for part of the day . |
| 17 | The New York Times 's Vincent Canby wrote : ‘ There is nothing obviously glossy in Midnight Cowboy , but it contains a lot of superior laughter that has the same softening effect , ’ yet he found the central relationship was ‘ as honest and affecting as anything you 're likely to see in a movie , and more than compensates for those moments when the film seems to be exploiting its cheap , gaudy locale as might the director of a sight-seeing bus cruising through West 42nd Street and Greenwich Village ’ . |
| 18 | They 're better staying in the house are n't they ? |
| 19 | Although although there 's a lot of people who feel they 're all living in the lap of luxury if you 're Post Office or B T pensioners , they are n't and we have n't been able to get this surplus er in any way used for the benefit of those people and er and that 's where the ownership of the fund really and the surplus are tied in together . |
| 20 | We 're all getting in the act here . |
| 21 | Of course it 's not a blank year for the hard pressed voters of Harlow because they 're all voting in the county council elections then for the , for the number of , for the , for the er county councillors who represent at Harlow erm at County Hall in Chelmsford . |
| 22 | I 've got a lovely bunch of coconuts , they 're all standing in a row , big ones , small ones , one 's as a big as head , oh give a twist , of the wrist , the showman said . |
| 23 | When we went to that the interview yesterday it was ever so funny because we 're all sat in a row and this girl next door to me was from Cornwall , and this other girl said , where are you from ? |
| 24 | You 'll discover an extensive range of products available at your post office which do n't require stickers , wrapping or stamps — they 're all included in the price . |
| 25 | Glazed Lemon Puddings With Warm Cream Sauce look sophisticated , but are quick to make in the food processor |
| 26 | In the latter case profits accruing to a resident taxpayer from the sale of foreign immovable property are likely to arise in the country where that property is situated although both the contracts of purchase and sale thereof are made in the country of residence of the taxpayer : Liquidator , Rhodesia Metals Ltd. v. Commissioner of Taxes [ 1940 ] A.C. 774 . |
| 27 | Beyond the fact that most cases are likely to arise in the context of trade or business it is not apparent why liability should be confined to cases where those activities are interfered with . |
| 28 | Then in the third section , I will look forward to the activities which are likely to continue in the future . |
| 29 | Are there predictable circumstances in the 1980s where people are likely to live in the home of a relative ? |
| 30 | These are designed for the students to practise language items which they are likely to need in a number of common situations . |