Example sentences of "[be] [noun] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past 40 years , there have been shifts in nuclear strategy and changes in technology and in the appreciation of the perceived threat . |
| 2 | Even in the ‘ feminine ’ arts , however , women have been subject to more subtle pressures : arts , it is believed , are the domain of ‘ feminine ’ men , not women , and there have been attempts in recent years to render the arts more ‘ masculine ’ . |
| 3 | The ‘ reactive ’ response is to medicate only when observation confirms something to be amiss — and there are dangers in both approaches . |
| 4 | There are accounts in Chinese literature and official records of busy mandarins attending to more than one job at once , so to speak . |
| 5 | There has been bloodshed in other communities . |
| 6 | Perhaps , too , there are times in each woman 's life when that harmony is most apparent . |
| 7 | On the supply side , there had been underinvestment in many areas of primary production for some years . |
| 8 | There are signs in some schools that the most successful activities have been those which mainly involve boys , and that home economics and other subjects taken mainly by girls have fared less well . |
| 9 | Until this time , the mainstay of treatment for syphilis had been mercury in some form or other , either by internal administration or in the form of unctions . |
| 10 | There are proposals in this Queen 's Speech which we can welcome . |
| 11 | ‘ Let me tell you , ’ she yelled , ‘ Boyd and I are somebodies in this town , and mostly because I was smart enough to set to and cultivate the right people . ’ |
| 12 | Our partners are Vernons who are experts in such matters . |
| 13 | Our partners are Vernons who are experts in such matters . |
| 14 | Our reservations staff are experts in all things Italian . |
| 15 | Shirley Baddeley and Christopher Coulson are experts in psychodynamic counselling . |
| 16 | There have actually been fights in different parts of the country . |
| 17 | The result has been fragmentation in political life . |
| 18 | close , I can assure you Chairman recognise the time , I can assure you Chairman that our social workers when doing assessments will not , because I 've had this from them , at grass roots level in a branch local party meeting , that our social workers will not indicate to those people who they 've assessed that there are vacancies in those homes . |
| 19 | On the previous day there had been rallies in many parts of the Russian Federation in support of Yeltsin ( who was under threat of a no confidence vote in the Russian Congress of People 's Deputies as a result of an attack on Gorbachev in February — see p. 38013 ) , and in opposition to Gorbachev and the Union Treaty . |
| 20 | If you prefer doing it on horseback , there are stables in nearby Going where tuition is available . |
| 21 | There are units in some parts of the UK where you and your child can be cared for together when one or both of you are unwell . |
| 22 | Since 1985 , there has been action in several prisons over several demands , but perennially the amount of overtime that has to be worked . |
| 23 | ‘ Aye , there are pearls in these waters — enough for a king 's ransom . |
| 24 | There has been unhappiness in some quarters , occasional misunderstandings and ignorance , and a certain amount of unfortunate iconoclasm . |
| 25 | But because the declaration and injunction are remedies in private law as well as in public law , there are also procedures contained elsewhere in the Rules of the Supreme Court for applying for these remedies . |
| 26 | Of course paying for childcare could be used against women — the most obvious danger being that it could be made selective ( on class or race lines ) or conditional upon certain standards of maternal behaviour — but there are risks in any advance . |
| 27 | ‘ There are remissions in this disease . |
| 28 | consistency and persistence are watchwords in early learning , especially with certain volatile ( hyperactive ) children who find it difficult to concentrate for long enough to absorb life 's lessons . |
| 29 | It is perhaps surprising that it has survived at all , yet there are pockets in this country where these lifetime associations are still meaningful . |
| 30 | The three main company functions described in Chapter 1 are elements in this loop , sometimes as individuals and sometimes in collaboration . |