Example sentences of "are [adv] in a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the first issue , teachers are obviously in a crucial position to detect cases of abuse of children in their care . |
| 2 | It is assumed that the fact that teachers and pupils are together in a special classroom implies the presence of an educational programme relevant to the development of children ; also that the presence of a teacher provides effective educational programmes … in practice none of these desiderata have been met . |
| 3 | ‘ To take but one example , the right hand side of the Antrim Road at Fortwilliam travelling out of town is considered by the Planning Office as commercial , and the office buildings along that stretch of road are generally in a good state of repair , ’ he explained . |
| 4 | Member States are generally in a good position to protect their own interests through the organisation . |
| 5 | This can be especially true if you are a woman who is unused to making sexual demands , or if you are already in a long-term relationship when you begin to ask for safer sex . |
| 6 | Professionals who are already in a powerful position over their patients or clients because of their superior knowledge can also induce a feeling of deference because the client has not paid for the service . |
| 7 | Some parts of the towpath are already in a cyclable condition ; we shall be working on the parts which are not — a total distance of about one mile , so we need plenty of volunteers ! |
| 8 | Counsel for all the appellants and for the Secretary of State were unanimous in their view that the appeals are not in a criminal cause or matter , and on a brief consideration of the relevant authorities I agree . |
| 9 | Desperate hurry we are not in a desperate hurry . |
| 10 | To a certain extent you are not in a good position to know what you want until you have some experience . |
| 11 | Monolingual British course members wishing to teach EFL or ESOL are certainly not better students , they do not achieve higher grades and are not in a dominant position within the group . |
| 12 | Our experience of people in that condition is that they are not in a steady state so , rightly , the prescription must be altered almost day by day according to the pain of the patient . |
| 13 | Alright all I all I 'd ask is that would you erm just mention to him what I 've said and that if he believes after discussion with you that there are some pallets which are not in a fit state to send out , and they are gon na tip over on a lorry and dislodge , then they are rejected and Pete Pete knows about it and they are they are actually isolated and rewrapped . |
| 14 | When we are not in a sexual relationship this can confirm our own negativity . |
| 15 | What we were trying to say is there is actually a place and my Right Honourable Friend thinks that there is and indeed so do I , for people to contribute to the problem of policing in their locality who have n't necessarily for one reason or another and my Noble Friend Lord Whitelaw said , decided not to erm be on the police authority , maybe they have n't had time , maybe there has n't been their , their particular but nevertheless they do know and they do care about their locality and they have got a er er a contribution to make and we think that that would actually improve the local the police authorities , provided that they are not in an overwhelming position and that is the reason why we 've suggested that eight erm t er , er , er o of a police authority of sixteen , eight should be councillors in the majority , five should be independents and three should be er er er magistrates and My Lords and then of course the complaint was ah , but then some people may not be properly represented and the number ought to be larger . |
| 16 | We are not in an ideal world and so I guess it is like a fantasy to them . |
| 17 | They are thus in a good position to forecast potential needs as well . |
| 18 | Experience in the United States shows that suppliers can evade or manipulate regulations through collusion between managers and clinicians and purchasers are usually in a weaker position to verify the claims suppliers make ( Light 1990 ) Effective enforcement is difficult and costly . |
| 19 | ‘ I was hoping the Swedes would draw and drop a point , but we are still in a strong position . |
| 20 | ‘ The families of the children are still in a bad way over the leniency of the sentence . |
| 21 | If they do not achieve office they are still in a special relationship to government in which , while some advantages may accrue from being a member of the ruling party and having many colleagues and friends in office , there may also be disadvantages in that party allegiance implies a duty to support the government . |
| 22 | Happily , the advent of closed-circuit television has largely overcome the difficulty of an invisible console , even if the pipes themselves are still in an inconvenient place in relation to other instruments . |
| 23 | Fortunately , the mill and its adjoining house are both in a good state of repair and with today 's increased awareness of the importance of such buildings , it is likely to stay that way . |
| 24 | President George Green says : ‘ Global marketing is an important area of development and we are probably in a better position than any other publishing group . ’ |
| 25 | Speaker connections are also in a recessed section of the cab 's backs for further protection . |
| 26 | Sopron , near the Austrian border , has several Medieval churches but they are mainly in a poor state of preservation . |
| 27 | The steeples are often in a later style , partly Renaissance and reminding the onlooker of Wren 's designs of the city churches of London . |
| 28 | Patients like Peter Dawson are often in an agitated state when they first come into hospital … their first port of call may be the seclusion room . |
| 29 | Since kitchens tend to be positioned at the back of the house , they are often in an ideal situation for extending into the back garden , or knocking through into a corridor or back room to create a more useful space . |
| 30 | Because of the repayments that were made of borrowing during that period , in the midst of a recession we are now in a better position to borrow prudently — than we have been at any stage in the past : to borrow prudently and to maintain our commitment to a balanced budget in the medium term . |