Example sentences of "to be in [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They spent three intense weeks correcting and rechecking the entire book , and it was ready in time to be in the bookstores by the April publication date . |
| 2 | She used to be in the pantomimes at Windsor . |
| 3 | Her chief contribution to the English language appeared to be in the areas of grease and poison . |
| 4 | Not surprisingly , trades unions have co-operated in the development of this age discriminatory policy , believing it to be in the interests of their older and younger members alike . |
| 5 | It may be useful for family health services authorities within the zone to take on responsibility for arranging early retirement packages , where these could be shown to be in the interests of the service . |
| 6 | Thus , in deciding , for example , whether to close down an unprofitable factory and make those working in it redundant , the directors are required to consider the effect of closure on the employees , but they are nevertheless under a duty to shut the factory if they believe this to be in the interests of the shareholders . |
| 7 | Even if an NHS trust can be demonstrated to be in the interests of patients to reduce waiting lists and provide a better quality of service , they would reject it because they put politics before patients . |
| 8 | Detailed empirical work by , for example , Davies and Kramer and Young , focused on the ways in which planners and other public officials managed not only to frustrate the intentions of elected officials but , often in a highly paternalistic way , created strategies which simultaneously operated in their own interests while still deemed to be in the interests of the general public . |
| 9 | To be in the ranks of the Foodie Fascists is , quite frankly , the living end . |
| 10 | They used to be in the boxes up the yard , you see , you used to lay them and feed them for perhaps a week before you killed them . |
| 11 | The World Bank was last year reported to be in the throes of an anguished debate between its environmental unit and its energy department over the best way of enlisting Third World support for curbing greenhouse gases . |
| 12 | Partisan viewers tended to see television as being less favourable to their own party than it appeared to be in the eyes of other viewers . |
| 13 | At the same time , partisan readers tended to claim that their newspaper was more favourable to their own party than it appeared to be in the eyes of other readers . |
| 14 | Somebody with a £100,000 portfolio who deals £5,000-£10,000 worth of stock at a time will be protected from the worst stocks , doubly so if he is lucky enough to be in the hands of a dealer with a longer-term commitment to his profession than average . |
| 15 | There is a simple reason for its relative anonymity As far as can be ascertained the future of Cotherstone cheese appears to be in the hands of one lady , And she refuses absolutely to communicate with the media . |
| 16 | In N.D. Wines ( Inverness ) Ltd. v. Inverness District Licensing Board , 1982 S.L.T. 73 , it was held that a request for written reasons for the board 's decision required to be in the hands of the clerk within the specified 48 hour period , and that the time limit is mandatory . |
| 17 | Day-to-day management of the groups was expected to be in the hands of experienced Western managers , with board chairmen being Polish nationals . |
| 18 | For details of the secret itinerary for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain are understood to be in the hands of the IRA . |
| 19 | The young woman in the plain suit was not intimidated by it , nor by the hand-carved plate that proclaimed her to be in the offices of Yeo , Davis and Partners . |
| 20 | I 'd go a little bit further and say well it 'd be much more likely that husband and wife would be in the master bedroom with in the small bedroom , but as you say er the adults or anybody indeed in the flat is likely to be in the bedrooms at that time , but Sergeant you see went a bit further and said that at the briefing , somehow he got information that was likely to be in the master bedroom so I understand your evidence , you certainly did n't get that impression at the brief . |
| 21 | According to Ewan and Neil , workplace problems tend to be in the minds of others rather than a reality . |