Example sentences of "be [adv] in the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lane has argued that ‘ ruling class ’ interpretations of the Soviet Union are inappropriate because the holders of state power do not possess and inherit property but are rather in the same market position as other wage-earners . |
| 2 | I suspect , though , there can be no doubt about which side she would have been on in the public debate about fox-hunting prompted by last week 's Private Member 's Bill . |
| 3 | I said three flights that I 've been on in the last fortnight . |
| 4 | Industrial members , who constitute over half the Institute 's membership , are effectively in the same position as the public as far as the Caparo decision is concerned , since they are involved with other companies ' audited accounts in their capacity of investor or creditor , but their voice is rarely heard and , even then , is ignored . |
| 5 | In Devon , in particular , both private and public sector new housing has been predominantly in the larger settlements , especially those within commuting distance of the main urban centres ( Cloke 1979 ) . |
| 6 | There are some lakes close by which are n't shown on the quarter mill , but we are obviously in the right position . |
| 7 | The great Da Ponte operas have been constantly in the international repertory since the early years of the century ( with the exception of Così fan tutte , which finally came back into its own in the 1950s ) ; while the lesser-known ones such as Idomeneo and La clemenza di Tito are now taking their place alongside their more familiar stable-mates . |
| 8 | Although members are down in the senior section a greatly improved atmosphere now exists . |
| 9 | Although members are down in the senior section a greatly improved atmosphere now exists . |
| 10 | But it would be a superficial reading of club ideology to view the movement simply in terms of its ‘ rescue ’ work , for though this may have been so in the early days , it was never the sole aim which would imply a passivity hardly reconcilable with the ambitions of the founders of clubs , or with that of the missions and settlement houses . |
| 11 | ‘ But I am not in the outside world , my lord , ’ smiled Joan . |
| 12 | But nonetheless , I think we as county councillors can be proud of the fact that we have set a spending target for committees , we are prepared to allow the officers to manage their departments inside the targets that have been set , and that does mean that they have to look at er , what they 're spending and create priorities , and and I as a councillor am not in the least bit impressed by arguments that paper clips have increased by five and a half percent this year , and that felt l er pe felt line erm , pens have gone up by seventeen and a half percent , I think that 's largely irrelevant consideration , we 're not in the business of projecting budget , we 're in the business of providing money to deliver high quality services to the people of Wiltshire . |
| 13 | I am not in the slightest bit interested in the periphery , ’ says Gregory . |
| 14 | But mostly it was directed towards herself , and whatever it was in her that seemed to respond to some call given out by the least suitable of men ; despite what she 'd been through in the past couple of years she appeared to have learned precisely nothing . |
| 15 | The Earth 's land masses are largely in the northern hemisphere . |
| 16 | Our peasant is starting off today to Roslavl' , 55 miles away , in order to see her soldier son who has been away in the Civil War , and is passing with his peacetime unit by train tomorrow from Briansk further south to the city of Smolensk with an hour 's stop in Roslavl' . |
| 17 | In the present Chapter I have written of movements in theory in the present tense , whereas what is ideally required is something grammatically subtler — perhaps there are languages where it exists — like a special tense in which the present extends back to include actions or events that are already in the recent past . |
| 18 | Published analysis and research are already in the public domain and are liberally referred to in this report . |
| 19 | Nurses therefore are not in the individual patient/nurse relationship from choice , but in the capacity of making a professional contribution . |
| 20 | If these are not in the right position for your track , you can make fixings with special plasterboard plugs , but you should then avoid hanging heavy curtains . |
| 21 | They are not in the right order . |
| 22 | If there are not enough lawyers , or they are not in the right place , knowing that a solicitor can be of assistance is of no value . |
| 23 | Two methods tend to be used in this type of kidnapping : the woman may impersonate a nurse , giving the mother a bogus reason for taking her baby out of the room , or she may take the neonate from the nursery when nursing staff are not in the immediate area . |
| 24 | Keegan said : ‘ I 've told players that if they are not in the first team here they can always impress somebody else . ’ |
| 25 | Some of the loudest voices there are not in the best tradition . |
| 26 | However , once divisions are given some independence they may make decisions that are not in the best interests of the group as a whole . |
| 27 | The Corinthians are not in the privileged position of judges between theological niceties . |
| 28 | Today men are not in the same way held to represent women : there are two sexes and women represent themselves . |
| 29 | Individuals as third parties to treaties are not in the same position as third party States or organisations . |
| 30 | Only women who are not in the same circumstances as most women can up and off for six months . |