Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv prt] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to be caught up in a permanent giddying whirl , of trying to run the nightclub , making herself available to the police whenever they needed her , and coping with the demands of a sensation-hungry Press which had swooped on to the drugs-bust story with its famous heroine like a pack of vultures . |
| 2 | Since it is essential , not only that the glue should be heated to about 150°C. but also that there should be no appreciable gap or space in the joint , the gluing operation had , in practice , to be carried out in a heated hydraulic press . |
| 3 | Swannson already has a depot in Swindon but it is a condition of his O licence for that operating centre that maintenance can only be carried out in a restricted manner . |
| 4 | What are the advantages of implementing the control unit of a processor by microprogramming , Wilkes ( 1951 ) introduced the concept as a means by which the design and implementation of a control unit could be carried out in a Systematic and logical manner ; this advantage is a Particularly valuable one today , when uniform electronic layouts are well suited to the technology of LSI . |
| 5 | This involved the production of large numbers of documents , many , if not all , of which were located in Germany ; the taking of depositions from representatives of the corporation , to be carried out in a designated office in Germany ; and interrogatories seeking information as the corporation 's organisation at the relevant time and the identity of employees engaged in work relevant to the ( products liability ) issue in the litigation . |
| 6 | Planning Ward v Secretary of State for the Environment ; CA ( Woolf , Nicholls , Staughton LJJ ) ; 25 Sept 1989 A private garden was capable of being an ‘ open space ’ and something that should be taken into account when deciding whether a development proposed to be carried out in a conservation area would preserve or enhance the area within s 277 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 , as substituted , and of Circular No 8 of 1987 issued by the Secretary of State . |
| 7 | The production of crack can easily be carried out in a domestic kitchen . |
| 8 | The discussions took place in the homes of some of the respondents and appeared to be carried out in a relaxed and informal manner . |
| 9 | Not only may policy have to be carried out in a discretionary approach , but the authorities may be constrained to , |
| 10 | Many of the classes in the Order are concerned with various types of industry , not only ‘ light ’ , which can generally be carried out in a residential area without detriment to its amenities , and general industry , which can change to light but not vice versa , but also with a number of special categories , such as those subject to the Alkali Inspectorate . |
| 11 | The redevelopment of the Shenley Hospital for new housing suggests that such redevelopment can be carried out in a sensitive and locally acceptable manner . |
| 12 | Now it has been decided that men , with all their brow-mopping and weeping , are simply invading the seminal female experience , which should really be carried out in a darkened sweat lodge with only women as company . |
| 13 | Many of the movements in the 1960s were reluctant to take this step , largely because of their hostility to the bureaucratic character of traditional parties , and they seem to have formed no clear idea of how the desired transformation of the economy , the political system and cultural patterns ( including education ) could actually be carried out in an effective way . |
| 14 | The composition and terms of reference of urban development corporations will be changed immediately and they will in due course be wound up in an orderly way . |
| 15 | Then , as he opened the door , she 'd be picked up in a big hug . |
| 16 | The paper is clipped together by firm bulldog clips at the top edge of the required piece of hardboard , so allowing the charts to be turned over in an upwards direction . |
| 17 | In pre-summit manoeuvres , European trade union leaders also warned of the ‘ danger of social strife ’ if the 1992 market arrived without proper social protection for workers and criticised France for allowing the Charter to be watered down in a doomed effort to win Mrs Thatcher 's support . |
| 18 | The remaining 51 per cent of Qantas will be sold off in a public share float some time next year . |
| 19 | I want to arrange for my body to be closed up in a transparent plastic parallelepiped ’ . |
| 20 | So that that the leaflet 's going to be going out in a mega mailing . |
| 21 | If a major war in Europe appears likely , the flights will disperse up to 160 km from their main operating base so that they can not be wiped out in a single nuclear attack . |
| 22 | More serious offences such as being drunk and disorderly or damaging property , labelled him as REFRACTORY , and he could then be locked up in a separate room with bread and water for twenty-four hours . |
| 23 | Up to 21,000 reservists would be called up in a countrywide security crackdown , he said . |
| 24 | Jack will be staying on in a consultative position until early next year to help his successor through the opening months of his term . |
| 25 | We will be reporting back in a few weeks ' time about this case and whether we have achieved a lasting and muzzle-free peace treaty between the battling Yorkies ! |
| 26 | It was clear that the free-enterprise ( indeed , Thatcherite ) peoples of Hong Kong were likely to be swallowed up in a huge Marxist empire of uncertain direction . |
| 27 | Perhaps their attitude can be summed up in a nice little phrase from one of Dally 's patients : ‘ The pleasures of eating are fleeting , but the pleasures of fasting are lasting . ’ |
| 28 | In the long term , there has been a gradual but clearly identifiable change in the attitude of British business since the Second World War , which may be summed up in a single word : management . |
| 29 | From a conservationist viewpoint , Hong Kong 's problem can be summed up in a few words : too many people . |
| 30 | The barges , designed to be sailed by one man and a boy , could be laid up in a few days . |