Example sentences of "be [vb pp] in a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Law and Order Minister Hernus Kriel announced on Aug. 27 that 13 police generals had been dismissed in a reorganization of the SAP . |
| 2 | Defeated presidential candidates Ion Ratiu ( Christian Democratic National Peasants ' Party — CDNPP ) and Radu Campeanu ( National Liberal Party — NLP ) listed irregularities in the process and complained that the campaign had been waged in an atmosphere of violence ; both , however , stated their intention to participate in the new parliament . |
| 3 | Personal preference has been examined in a number of statistical ways . |
| 4 | These relations have been examined in a cohort of 46000 women followed for up to 19 years during the Royal College of General Practitioners ' ( RCFP ) oral contraception study . |
| 5 | As has already been indicated , the planning processes of each company had previously been examined in a research study carried out at the London Business School . |
| 6 | If she 'd been stopped in a car with this level of alcohol in her , she would have lost her licence for a year at least and got a hefty fine . |
| 7 | Each of the rooms has been furnished in a manner which combines the elegant traditions of Thailand with the relaxed style of an international resort . |
| 8 | Bedrooms and lounges are furnished in a variety of styles ranging from Louis XIII to Louis XV . |
| 9 | Six candidates are embroiled in a Commons clash over who will succeed Bernard Wetherill . |
| 10 | Divide the children into two teams and provide them with sets of corks which are placed in a bowl of water . |
| 11 | They are placed in a position analogous to that of a government agency and must ultimately reach a decision on the basis of the public good . |
| 12 | In the third term of Year II , major students are placed in a theatre or theatre organization in the British Isles for an intensive six-week programme of work experience . |
| 13 | Bien 's ‘ Hotel Polen ’ is the most emotive : images based on old photographs and possessions are placed in a menu stand from the Hotel Polen in Amsterdam , itself destroyed by fire in 1977 . |
| 14 | For this reason , if shelter sheds are placed in a paddock , they may have to be placed at the top of the hill and preferably near the gate . |
| 15 | Their inward warbling song , which can not be described , is unceasingly poured forth from noon to night , and is even continued throughout the night if they are placed in a room with lights , and where an animated conversation is carried on . ’ |
| 16 | It is a process whereby jobs are placed in a rank order , according to the overall demands each one makes on a person doing it . |
| 17 | If these are placed in a tray of mud they sprout very quickly . |
| 18 | If these are collected before they sink and are placed in a jar of water in a cool airy place , they will start into growth much sooner , and , by providing much needed surface shade , can do much to combat the algal growth that is invariably experienced in early spring . |
| 19 | ‘ The secrets are placed in a despatch bag and sealed with the chancery seal . |
| 20 | Indeed , if goldfish and carp are placed in a pool , providing that the proportion of males and females is reasonably balanced , they will probably breed with some measure of success of their own accord without the pool owner needing to become involved . |
| 21 | The inductions in the two cores cancel out precisely when the cores are placed in a zero external field ; an external field causes asymmetric pulses of amplitude and position dependent on the polarity and strength of the external field . |
| 22 | Across the yard in the oast house , hops fresh from this year 's harvest are placed in a kiln for 12 to 14 hours and heated by electric fans at temperatures starting at 90 degrees F and rising to 140° . |
| 23 | The families in these traps are enmeshed in a web of overlapping tax schedules and benefit thresholds , developed and administered by two separate departments ( Department of Social Security and the Treasury ) with differing objectives in mind . |
| 24 | For species of birds , the data are given in a form which will make any natural clusters obvious . |
| 25 | Papers which include information on the vegetation of particular islands are given in an appendix . |
| 26 | Other recommendations included the introduction of a stamp duty or similar standard charge for planning applications , the retention of detailed design control ( ‘ in spite of its subjective nature ’ ) ; the use of ‘ design guides ’ for ‘ homogeneous areas ’ and of ‘ design briefs ’ for particular sites ; greater delegation to officers ; speedy production of structure and local plans ( in accordance with a national timetable ) ; stronger control procedures in ‘ special environmental areas ’ ( for example , national parks , conservation areas and other areas identified in development plans or policies ) ; the establishment of local authority information centres and independent planning advice centres ( on which details of current pioneering examples are given in an appendix to the report ) . |
| 27 | The passivity of the wronged girl is a trait she shares with the hero of Guy Newell 's Fox Farm ( 1922 ) , a sensitive farmer abandoned by his go-getting wife after he has been blinded in an explosion . |
| 28 | He was widely believed to have been interned in a labour camp in the mid-1930s ( a fate shared by the greater part of the clergy ) , and again for a year immediately after the Second World War , following military service . |
| 29 | The situations are treated in an order different from that above . |
| 30 | • If you are treated in an NHS hospital as a result of a road accident , the cash payment you receive would be doubled , from £26 to £52 a night , tax-free . |