Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] in a state " in BNC.
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| 1 | " When they were out of a ship they were more or less in a state of intoxication , during which time they were in the society of the very lowest description that could be found . |
| 2 | Although still in a state of shock , Mr Singh has now appointed himself to the full chairmanship and , along with myself , represented the club at the funeral . |
| 3 | He would find her under sedation — a bit dopey and drowsy , and still in a state of some disorientation and shock . |
| 4 | Yet , despite an increase of spending on health in the UK from 3¼ per cent of national income in 1948 to over 6 per cent ( of a much larger national income ) forty years later , it is alleged that the NHS is underfunded and periodically in a state of near collapse . |
| 5 | She was also flushed and evidently in a state of unrest , which made him feel chivalrous and sympathetic . |
| 6 | These remarks show Nietzsche 's attitude a stage further on , but still in a state of transition . |
| 7 | How , for example , does one categorize the piety of an individual like the Restoration diarist , Samuel Pepys , who frequently attended several churches on a Sunday , but spent much of the time surveying the attractive women in the congregation ; and who regularly supervised the daily prayers of his household , but often in a state of extreme inebriation ? |