Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Dr Gordon Moore , Intel chairman , said : ‘ We are badly in need of extra systems capacity and this part of the project will go ahead extremely rapidly . ’
2 And , while they are badly in need of such innovations as a massive reafforestation programme , desalination facilities , an organised fishing industry , means to exploit their few mineral resources , and perhaps even tourism , they will not give up easily their island heritage .
3 Indeed , it is here above all that the contemporary ‘ law-and-order ’ enthusiasts who slap down ‘ permissiveness , as a postwar invention are badly in need of a history lesson .
4 And my teeth are in bad , all my teeth are badly in need of repair .
5 This small herd of 40 or 50 animals , though enclosed , still has the freedom of 135ha of land and the animals are rarely in contact with humans ; they live as a wild herd and exhibit many interesting behaviour patterns , which have been studied in the past by famous artists and very recently by Cambridge zoologist Stephen Hall , who has published his observations .
6 Members of the general public usually only respond and react to media content : they are rarely in control of media work .
7 When people fall short of their standards , and are thereby in breach of their injunctions , somewhere inside they start to feel badly about themselves , and to begin to doubt their worth and acceptability .
8 The latter said ‘ We are wholly in favour of a move away from E2L provision being made on a withdrawal basis , whether in language centres or separate units within schools .
9 In contrast , school-age children are most at risk to hazards in the outdoors environment , particularly in the roads and in the school playground .
10 The Employment Training Programme , set up in 1988 to help the long-term unemployed , gives a low priority to workers over the age of 54 who are regarded as non-mainstream ( indeed those over 60 are not eligible to participate ) , even though it is older workers who are most at risk of experiencing long-term unemployment .
11 However , contrary to popular myth , it is n't heroin injectors who are most at risk of contracting HIV .
12 The challenge is to identify at an early stage those who are most at risk of developing serious complications so that appropriate treatment may be given .
13 Within the elderly population , it is the very old ( i.e. those aged over 80 ) , women , those living alone , those from manual occupations and the disabled who are most at risk of experiencing poverty in later life ( Victor 1989a ) .
14 4 Identify and explain which patients are most at risk of pressure sore development .
15 Spenser , or the inheritors of his estate , are most at risk of catching the same savage disease .
16 They are most at risk along our roads where the average family car can deposit a pound of lead ( 454g ) per year out of the exhaust pipe .
17 The soft and acid water areas of Scotland , and north-west England are most at risk from lead , and the East Anglian and Staffordshire areas from nitrates .
18 As children are those that are most at risk from impact by vehicles in housing areas , any search for safer streets should focus principally on them ( Figure 2.5 ) .
19 Although it is probable that the same applies to established onshore centres , the fact is that it is the offshore centres , especially those in the Caribbean , that are most at risk from drugs money .
20 If you have a fair , sensitive skin , your genetic capability of tanning may be limited and you are most at risk from burning and all the nasty effects of too much sunlight , including skin cancer .
21 The Marine Conservation Society has produced a leaflet explaining which species are most at risk from the souvenir trade .
22 The vaccinations will be introduced in october , but at first will only be available for children under one year old ; the age they are most at risk from this form of meningitis .
23 Sitters are most in demand over Christmas and school holidays .
24 One art dealer who supports the assemblyman is Richard Feigen , who maintains that new buyers entering the market are most in need of the proposed consumer protection .
25 The benefit should be given to those who are most in need of it .
26 A census of Britain 's butterflies is being carried out to find out which species are most in need of protection .
27 The 15 or so parties that claim to speak for British Muslims are constantly at war with each other .
28 In Parliament , as on constituency platforms , Conservative Ministers know they are constantly under scrutiny by some of the more outspoken of their colleagues for any signs of ‘ wetness ’ .
29 Although Members of Parliament are constantly in contact with that organisation , we do not have the opportunity to explore the matter in detail or to discuss openly what is taking place .
30 ‘ We are constantly in touch with the Government demanding action to kickstart the industry but have had no answer . ’
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