Example sentences of "[be] [verb] in [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 a Tumours detected by digital rectal examination , through raised values of prostate specific antigen , or by transrectal ultrasonography are usually 4–7 ml in volume , and truly focal lesions are diagnosed in less than 4% of cases .
2 Geac Computer Corp Ltd , Toronto completed its previously announced purchase of Concord Management Systems Inc of Florida , one of North America 's biggest developers of software for construction firms , and has also bought Mentat Computer Systems Pty Ltd whose systems are installed in more than 60 firms in Australia and New Zealand ; the acquisitions cost the equivalent of $4m and add some $10m annual sales .
3 Lindsell feels that much progress has been made in less than two years — more , he admits , than he would have dreamt possible at the outset .
4 and all I 'm gon na say , I 'm not gon na ask you to say well I might , I might , I might you need to have sorted out exactly what you 're doing in there whilst you give
5 The lack of accounting harmonisation , particularly between the US and the UK , is seen by many bankers as the key issue in the development of the Euro-equity market , where new issues of shares are offered in more than one country simultaneously .
6 ICI 's ability to license its technology means that its catalysts have been used in more than 60 countries , many making a vital contribution to food production in areas of the world where need is greatest .
7 The Paint Shop can house four buses or trams at a time , and the latter are towed in here because there is no live overhead line for safety reasons .
8 The money has been raised in less than two years .
9 The course was only eight kilometres , but it was cross country and had to be completed in less than one hour .
10 The same program can be placed in more than one Program Group .
11 Any such classification is bound to be somewhat arbitrary and , as Willett acknowledges , many groups can be placed in more than one category .
12 Any package in the structure which is to be updated and approved must not be contained in more than 30 other packages .
13 In the end I asked myself why I should be trapped in there while they walked about freely .
14 In certain states , a rule can be applied in more than one way .
15 Setting prices on average equal to marginal cost can be done in more than one way , and some will be socially superior to others .
16 Of course , there can be pictures that are ambiguous , in that they can be interpreted in more than one way , and even pictures for which there is no plausible interpretation ( Figure 13 ) .
17 Bank in 2 can also be interpreted in more than one way ( e.g. ‘ margin of river ’ or ‘ establishment for the custody of money ’ ) ; but it has no general meaning covering these possibilities .
18 New features include the Veritas file system , which is claimed to guarantee file system integrity and enable rapid file system recovery ; a new user-level state-check program that monitors processes deemed vital to system operation and restarts them if terminated ; and a new fast-reboot feature that enables upgrades to the Non Stop-UX kernel to be performed in less than two minutes .
19 Visa and Access , the latter known as Mastercard abroad , can be used in more than 7m places worldwide .
20 Many of the words used in palaeography have broad meanings in normal English usage , or may be used in more than one way .
21 It is however also clear that the concept of legitimate expectations , like many legal concepts , can be used in more than one way ; it does not have to be given a restrictive interpretation .
22 ‘ But I 'm going in there whether you come with me or whether you run away .
23 This can be produced in less than 12 hours , when previously designing and producing molds for prototypes could have taken weeks , if not months .
24 ‘ Or else you 'll be locked in here until you decide not to be so stubborn . ’
25 In practice , it is established policy that minerals cases will be called in only if they raise issues of regional or national importance .
26 This June Meeting asked for the bond balances to be called in so as the final land purchase could go ahead and , for the first of many times , it discussed the question of the use of caddies on a Sunday .
27 For the purposes of the City Code , these include contracts or arrangements where the consideration consists of a debt instrument which can be redeemed in less than three years .
28 ‘ You 'll be moving in there once we 're married , and it 'll give you a chance to look around . ’
29 For a garment piece that is to be knitted in more than one stitch pattern ( a border followed by an all-over pattern for example ) , it is necessary to combine all the appropriate individual patterns into one large stitch pattern before integrating with the garment piece .
30 Some estimates predict that Kenya 's fuelwood will be exhausted in less than 20 years if current rates of consumption persist .
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