Example sentences of "be [prep] [noun sg] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far this has been confined to states with lifetimes longer than about one millisecond ( ’ isomeric ’ states ) but experiments are under way to study excited slates in nuclei with lifetimes as short as microseconds . |
| 2 | Four growing regimes are under consideration involving two amounts of water supplied daily each with or without the addition of a trace element . |
| 3 | Cases of contaminated apple juice are on the increase because apple growers are under pressure to use fewer chemicals , it was claimed today . |
| 4 | Patients who are very ill may find that they are under pressure to find another place to register . |
| 5 | And I am in haste to get this word to you , that you may know your affair is not in abeyance , and that the undeclared truce which has held good , but for some small brushes , since the council met in November may continue unbroken . |
| 6 | Kim 's parents from Oxfordshire have been in court to hear three days of evidence . |
| 7 | The walls are in crown Advance New Sea Jade silk emulsion , £14.99 for 2.5 litres , and the woodwork is in Crown Solo Satin Jade . |
| 8 | Those that are in phase reinforce each other and can be detected . |
| 9 | It is clear that those who are in employment have less difficulty being called for interview and being successful than those who are without work . |
| 10 | Now what we have to know is whether or not they are in fact getting these contracts because they are the best and the cheapest , or whether they are getting it because they have the best connections and they are paying the most money . |
| 11 | My suggestion is that the eight working-class women who say they ‘ like ’ or ‘ do n't mind ’ housework but show evidence of being dissatisfied with it , are in fact committing this contradiction because the speech mode they are used to makes the presentation of individual feelings difficult . |
| 12 | At the time of writing , moves towards the greater ‘ liberalization ’ of broadcasting are in fact gaining governmental support . |
| 13 | ‘ Whilst appropriate tools , techniques and procedures are in place to manage traditional paper — based records , there is no equivalent for electronic information generated in office systems . |
| 14 | Organisations therefore need to ensure adequate procedures are in place to enable such maintenance , including the retention of such items as the computer programs , manuals and instructions in use when the record was originally stored . |
| 15 | And last , but not least , centres must ensure that procedures are in place to allow those staff who are teaching the same module to talk to each other so that internal standardisation — essential in a devolved system such as National Certificate — can take place . |
| 16 | A wide range of information technologies are in use producing substantial amounts of data . |
| 17 | Czechoslovakia is the chief manufacturer of nuclear power equipment and uranium in Eastern Europe and ambitious plans are in hand to increase generating capacity to 10,500 MW a year by 1990 . |
| 18 | But it should be for work done each day or week — not a promise that hangs on results . |
| 19 | It will be of value to itemise those aspects peculiar to that situation , and for convenience I divide them into ‘ helps ’ and ‘ hindrances ’ : |
| 20 | But the Irish ministers will be under pressure to obtain greater concessions . |
| 21 | They could all be in contention to secure longer deals . |
| 22 | For one thing , there is a limit to how strong a leg bone can be in order to withstand great mass . |
| 23 | I am sure that , subject to Mr. Speaker 's ruling , it will be in order to discuss these matters — I know that they have been raised in previous autumn statement debates . |
| 24 | I should think that it would be in order to discuss these matters when we debate the revenue support grant orders for England . |
| 25 | It might be in order to lend three times the income of an applicant whose wife was also working , there were no children , a significant salary increase was likely and he had no outstanding hire purchase commitments , but not in less favourable circumstances . |
| 26 | Wright , captain of the under-21 side who last season reached the semi-finals of the European Championship , will be in place to receive official recognition of that achievement . |
| 27 | ‘ You and I and Henry will be with the Minister at the Select Committee all afternoon , and we 'll have to be on call to brief all morning . |
| 28 | People with direct experience of running the savings clubs will be on hand to answer any questions . |
| 29 | Southgate ( 1980 : 33 ) has shown how British police have diffiulties in dealing with domestic disputes , but if anything the situation in Northern Ireland is easier for the police because they have a clearer knowledge of their role : to be on hand to prevent serious crime . |
| 30 | You will be at liberty to invent any dialogue , any actions not contradicted by the known facts and to put what interpretation you like on your characters ' actions . |