Example sentences of "be [adj] [conj] in a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should not be thought that because we are elderly and in a warden controlled complex , we have ‘ lost our marbles ’ . |
| 2 | Shall we be alone or in a crowd ? |
| 3 | When someone dies , then , there is a vast range of practical decision-making to be done by people who , as we have said , are likely to be shocked and in a state of indecision . |
| 4 | For example , no neuron behaves like a RAM chip , and synapses do not appear to be symmetric as in a Boltzmann machine . |
| 5 | They were unhappy and in a hurry to get clear of the trees ; they started if a mouse stirred , and when an owl hooted they seized their swords . ’ |
| 6 | The mullahs were concerned that in a republic the Muslin clergy might be disestablished , as had recently happened in Turkey . |
| 7 | Of course , psychiatric diagnosis is not an error free process , and it is possible that in a proportion of the cases where there was diagnostic disagreement it was the research assessment that was in error ; it should be noted that in some cases the research psychiatrists could not agree among themselves on the diagnosis . |
| 8 | It is clear that in a number of sectors concentration is significantly higher than in the economy generally . |
| 9 | we witness his growth and personal development , times when he is content and in a lot of cases not content , he relationships with friends and people around him ( and how they get along together ) , but also we see how money and wealth can affect a little boy 's life so suddenly and drastically . |
| 10 | The Irish team is talented and in a couple of years will be a threat to anyone . |
| 11 | The difference is that Orton 's pastiche is comic but in a way which interrogates rather than presupposes the norm . |
| 12 | Er you ca n't imagine this I do n't suppose , but nevertheless it 's true and in a time , the men in the shop they was mass-production , you know what I mean and they wanted this or that or the other , well I had the authority to go down the machine shop and tell them , look here , so and so wants this you do that . |
| 13 | ‘ I was free and in a way I was happy . ’ |
| 14 | Looking at these pictures one senses that an explosion was inevitable and in a sense the explosion was the Demoiselles . |
| 15 | He was fidgety and in a dream world when being given instruction in a group . |
| 16 | They said what I was doing was terrible and in a way , from the people 's point of view , it was . |
| 17 | In general , married women could find paid employment only when the family income was insufficient or in a family business such as a shop . |
| 18 | When it was clear that Henry was outraged and in a mood for immediate retaliatory action , James decided on what in current jargon would be called a pre-emptive strike . |