Example sentences of "[be] [adj] and in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This approach does not reduce to a simple acceptance that the child or the family are deficient and in need of ‘ treatment . ’ |
| 2 | An alternative form might be for the corporation to sell a proportion of its products at strictly cost price to those sections of the community who are under-privileged and in need of these occasional subsidies . |
| 3 | We know Sir Thomas drank the poisoned cup inside the room and not at the banquet , otherwise his death would have been public and in company . ’ |
| 4 | Some parts of the connection are old and in need of review . |
| 5 | Comment : The procedures are vague and in practice delegated almost entirely to schools . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're young and in love and it 's natural , ’ she said in her open , uninhibited way . |
| 7 | A UN report on the Iran-Iraq war published on Dec. 10 found that Iraq 's invasion of Iran on Sept. 22 , 1980 , and its subsequent occupation of Iranian territory throughout the war had been unjustified and in breach of international law . |
| 8 | But is this fair on clients who are vulnerable and in need ? |
| 9 | Although the 200 soldiers and police officers in the Fort had been supplied with provisions by the Sri Lankan Air Force throughout the siege , conditions had been harsh and in addition a number of soldiers had fallen victim to LTTE snipers . |
| 10 | Our organisation does seem to be top-heavy and in need of radical overhaul . |
| 11 | Yet it was undeniable that the Conservative political pressure to extend rural electrification had led to a diversion of scarce capital resources into investments which were known to be unremunerative and in fact turned out to be so . |
| 12 | KUNDULUM To be well and in bed with two pretty sisters |
| 13 | Well if that were so my Lord then there would never be any any solicitor 's negligence claims , in which any expert was ever called to give evidence because it 's always going to be eventually a matter of law as to what the defendant 's duty is but what the er what the plaintiff had not said at any stage is that a matter of law is ever going to be admissible and in fact the is Justice our in the course of er er a case in which he , despite expressing reservations about the admissibility of the evidence , plainly admitted it because he was within the course of his judgement . |
| 14 | The ideal situation , of course , would be to be empathic and in rapport with the horse . |
| 15 | The ears should be neat and in proportion to the head . |
| 16 | Firstly , the local authority search and all standard information about the property will now be obtained by the seller 's solicitor at the beginning of the process , so that when it comes to buying a property all the initial legal information will be available and in place . |
| 17 | Tonight she would be cool and in command . |
| 18 | However , it is recognised that awards for comparable injuries should be comparable and in practice in an individual case the amount of the award is much influenced by the amounts of awards in previous cases in which the injuries appear to have been comparable , adjusted as appropriate in the light of the fall in the value of money since such awards were made . |
| 19 | Councillors have revealed that 293 people in Hartlepool were found to be homeless and in priority need in the first three quarters of 1991/92 compared to 320 in the whole of the previous year . |
| 20 | If I cross my hands over my breast I can think I 'm dead and in paradise , but it 's true what they say , you can get too tired to sleep . |
| 21 | Thus culture at some level of awareness asserts itself to be not only distinct from but superior to nature , and that sense of distinctiveness and superiority rests precisely on the ability to transform — to ‘ socialize' ’ and ‘ ‘ culturalize' ’ — nature' , i.e. to be active and in control . |
| 22 | It declared that " No privilege attaches yet to a statement on a matter of public interest believed by the publisher to be true and in relation to which he has exercised reasonable care . " |
| 23 | I quickly became aware of what a ‘ real polis ’ was and more importantly what boundaries one had to cross to cease being real and in effect become unreal , inauspicious , and inhuman . |
| 24 | Eleven theses , for which declaration forms were present and in order , recorded no consultations . |
| 25 | She wanted it too , and maybe when she and Charlie were married and in bed and they 'd had a few drinks and she was wearing a black nightie , then maybe it would n't be so bad . |
| 26 | During 1978 it became apparent that the existing methods of storing and handling personnel information were inadequate and in need of urgent review . |
| 27 | For the first time in her life she was conscious of being independent and in charge . |
| 28 | At one point you know , there was no point buying wheat from the United States , alright , because although they had a comparative advantage in production , the costs of transportation were prohibitive and in essence we can produce it cheaper over here than the er , the import cost of foreign produced wheat . |
| 29 | They were alone and in darkness . |
| 30 | If one was found unlocked , you were responsible and in trouble . |