Example sentences of "[prep] [be] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the cushioning has to be in the mid or forefoot , where the foot hits , rather than the heel . |
| 2 | Its price tag is said to be in the low $200,000 range . |
| 3 | TO BE in the Baltic states is to be in the West . |
| 4 | Further sponsors and at least one ‘ multi-million unit company ’ , not expected to be in the mainstream computer systems business , is said to have signed up for PowerPC , and should reveal itself within two months , claimed PowerOpen officials . |
| 5 | But everyone here now realises what it means to be in the Premier League . |
| 6 | You 're right about it being good just to be in the premier league and be one of the better teams . |
| 7 | P-Gel is a new semi-fluid adaptation of the same system , with a new intelligent Super-Gel rumoured to be in the technical pipeline . |
| 8 | She used to be in the front line at the Windmill . ’ |
| 9 | Then , to the delight of those lucky enough to be in the front rows , Jon leapt down into the crowd and shook hands with the sea of people almost engulfing him . |
| 10 | I am going to be in the front seat ! |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll show you the place where the convent used to be in the Middle Ages . ’ |
| 12 | The early autumn is the time to be in the Basque country , because it is usually drier then than in the summer , but still blessedly warm , and wonderfully ‘ luminous ’ as the French like to put it . |
| 13 | We need to be in the Labour Party it is only there that we the unions can take part in making policy about the future of our industries and services , and taking care of our members . |
| 14 | Fortunately for the Labour Party , the position of the Tories as the party of government was less secure that it appeared to be in the late '50s . |
| 15 | Theda judged her to be in the late thirties , perhaps . |
| 16 | Walker suggests that if there is an optimum age for mature students it is likely to be in the late twenties . |
| 17 | In fact the grade two land tends to be in the eight to ten mile band , rather than six to eight . |
| 18 | In this situation , it is much more sensible to be in the second or even third row from the start line , but you should be right at the starboard end . |
| 19 | Because of the erm because of the erm of the total times involved , inevitably the stage two's are going to be , it 's it 's going to be in the second year that you 're going to see reasonable output from them , not in first year . |
| 20 | Research studies , however , including ( … ) those of Wolkind and Kozaruk ( 1983 ) on children placed through the Adoption Resource Exchange , and Reich and Lewis ( 1986 ) , and Maca-skill ( 1985a ) concerning the agency Parents for Children , indicate that children who have been placed against their parents ' wishes seem to be settling quite well , but there are insufficient numbers , followed up for insufficiently long , for us to know what the impact of adoption of older children without consent is going to be in the long term . |
| 21 | If they are to occur , it is likely to be in the long run when economic actors can adjust to the new situation . |
| 22 | ‘ Little has been heard of her since Dead Rat , but she is believed to be in the South-Western United States . |
| 23 | The most obvious examples tend to be in the legal sphere ( consumers ' rights , rights of way , etc ) but in addition to rights which are legislated for , you have behavioural rights . |
| 24 | Counsel were able to refer to three cases only in which the source of profits had been held not to be in the principal place of business of the taxpayer . |
| 25 | The policy implications of the study are likely to be in the general area of improving knowledge among and communication between parents and professionals . |
| 26 | This does not mean a suspension of judgement and uncritical acceptance of the thief and murderer the Shipman is suggested to be in the General Prologue ( I : 388 – 410 ) ; a fitting teller for a graceless tale . |
| 27 | Theresa Billington Greig , who broke away from the Pankhursts ' suffragette organisation , the Women 's Social and Political Union , over the issue of militant action , was virtually alone in criticising suffragists and suffragettes who regarded the home ‘ as an exemplar of what ought to be in the political world ’ . |
| 28 | But the , the fact is , that what I , my plea to you today , and and my plea to the committee yesterday is , that I do n't want this to be in the political arena , it is in the political arena , but I think we do need to er er er take it out of the political arena , for the benefit of of all the people that that put us here . |
| 29 | To be in the First Division is prestigious , and also lucrative for a club since it ensures large crowds . |
| 30 | The total amount of time taken up in such social exchanges or interactions in this sample is in fact relatively small : a division of housewives into three groups according to the proportion of work time thus occupied — less than twenty-five per cent , between twenty-five and fifty per cent , more than fifty per cent — revealed the majority of women to be in the first group ; there was no significant relationship with work satisfaction patterns . |