Example sentences of "to be [prep] a [adj] state " in BNC.
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| 1 | They appear to be in a catatonic state , but this is deceptive because they may then suddenly bite the hand that holds them . |
| 2 | But do bear in mind the very wet weather leading up to the weekend which means rivers such as the Ribble , Wyre , Dane , Dee and mid-Wales waters such as Severn and Banwy , are going to be in a terrible state . |
| 3 | The system is then said to be in a viscoelastic state . |
| 4 | The bread-room was said to be in a deplorable state ; the acting master and the needlewoman were at loggerheads , as were the labour master and the carpenter . |
| 5 | Israel 's uniqueness stems from the fact that it considers itself to be in a perpetual state of war with its Arab neighbours which , together with the Nazi barbarities of the last war , is somehow supposed to make the rest of the world feel permanently sorry for Israel and give it the right to carry out any intelligence operations it likes . |
| 6 | It has been a great triumph for France 's construction and agricultural engineers , a dazzling testimony to the industry and enterprise of a people who so often appear , to those who do not know them , to be in a perpetual state of political and economic chaos . |
| 7 | She 's said to be in a great state of shock . |
| 8 | Police had been alerted about a man said to be in a depressed state who was reported missing from the Carousel Hostel , Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 9 | The parliamentary party on the outbreak of the First World War can therefore be seen to be in a rough state of balance , with the interests of land , services , professions and business in a near equality . |
| 10 | The big thing about reading and all that is — you have to be in a fit state for it . |