Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [noun sg] in [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In the 1980s payments of this kind , and for related royalties and patents , have come to equal about 40 per cent of the income in dividends which accrues to foreign investors and they are usually given priority in payment over dividends .
2 It is clear that better therapeutic strategies will be needed if we are substantially to improve outcome in subjects with phenylketonuria .
3 Other Courtaulds Coatings businesses are now showing interest in Australia , Canada and Brazil .
4 When individuals and corporations respond to change in prices they are simultaneously creating wealth in response to changing demands .
5 A vast amount of work remains to be done before the UK can really claim to be properly policing trade in wildlife .
6 Out in the kitchen preparations were already taking place in readiness for the lunch-time trade .
7 A total of 18 former Noricum employees were already awaiting trial in Linz .
8 Among those pupils were the two women who were chiefly to pioneer ballet in South Africa .
9 I consider that I B M strives to be a good employer and that it 's long established belief in respect for the individual has shaped our personal policies to reflect these needs within our community , and for example , our equal opportunity principles prevent us from considering race , colour or sex , when offering someone employment or promotion .
10 Former Vogue model Rachel , 25 , is still receiving treatment in hospital a week after she took the drug at a 21st birthday party .
11 The best known of these is probably Yeldall Manor in Berkshire .
12 A similar process is also taking place in darts led by an exuberant Geordie commentator with a Cambridge History degree .
13 The judges ' function is also to do justice in accordance with certain settled principles of law in a free society ; and they are entitled to assume that Parliament does not intend to subvert these principles , unless there is a clear statement that it does .
14 ‘ Power ’ is defined as an ability to influence policy outcomes ( see Dahl 's often quoted definition in Ch.
15 I listened with great fascination to the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington ( Mr. Dicks ) , thinking that he might take this opportunity to tell the House about his relationship with Professor Bedi , who is now awaiting trial in Brixton prison .
16 Stephens , capped three times last season , is now oozing confidence in Llanelli 's all-action side and scored an incredible 39 points in shattering Newport 's unbeaten record .
17 The first element is sometimes called causation in fact , and the latter causation in law .
18 In an act of knee-jerk political correctness , the University of Washington in Seattle has sold all its Microsoft Corp shares because it is again doing business in South Africa .
19 For example , it is no coincidence that interactive video is currently getting funding in subject areas such as mathematics where there is an acute teacher shortage .
20 But by the ninth century this had degenerated into gross confusion , under cover of which the worship of Baal-Melqart , the official god of Tyre , had crept in and was widely corrupting faith in God .
21 She was a nomad who was finally taking root in Hawaii .
22 He was once acting vice-consul in Boulogne , served in the Armeno-Turkish war of 1920 , was several times a Member of Parliament , and ended his public career as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands .
23 When he uttered those words , a lot of development was still taking place in Britain ; in fact it was only this summer that it ended , leaving commercial centres throughout the land replete with unlet space in shopping complexes , offices , business parks and industrial estates .
24 A century later , however , MacArthur was still given credit in South Africa for his contribution to that country 's economy .
25 The eviction was successful but the family was quickly offered accommodation in Creggan .
26 Our oldest pensioner , Ralph was formerly Branch Manager in Aberdeen .
27 In Abram 's day , although a semi-nomadic existence was common , there was also settled life in villages and walled " cities " .
28 But urban sprawl and rural decay and disfigurement was often taking place in areas where local authorities were weak and where traditions of council control over development had not yet been established .
29 It was at a family gathering , though one very different from what was now taking place in Tace Way , that had first alerted Stephen to the true facts of his descent .
30 Mr W. M. Haggarty of Ayr was unanimously elected Vice-Chairman in place of Mr C. Smith who also retired at this time , and Mr A. D. Lamond of Perth was unanimously elected to the Committee .
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