Example sentences of "in a [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When asked why she thought the doctor had not come more often , she replied , ‘ The doctors feel the residents are in a rest home to save them working . ’ |
| 2 | Now community charge may have made a difference but what , what did government do about that to s in a sense ironically to go against one of their one of the , one of the most basic principles of bringing it in ? |
| 3 | By this valley of the Glen water Douglas had surely intended to make his way back to Kelso , for he had brought his army out of the cleft of Wooler close under the hills , bearing west , and only when they were clear of the town and close to Homildon village had they become aware of the English army drawn up facing them , closing this route , and in a position also to deny them access to the more easterly route by the Till . |
| 4 | We are in a position again to make sure Winchester 's voice is heard in the corridors of power . |
| 5 | I think we may be in a position now to take more risks . |
| 6 | Well are we in a position now to put ticks or crosses against two on the list in table one ? |
| 7 | Some people in Würzburg saw the raid as revenge for the pogrom against the Jews in November 1938 , and ‘ intellectual circles ’ reportedly took the view that Germany ‘ should stop the war , if one was not in a position really to prevent attacks on towns and industrial centres ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ It would be extra-ordinary and , in our opinion , unthinkable if the Court of Appeal ( Criminal Division ) were to be in a position thereafter to pronounce upon other grounds of appeal and thereby destroy the order of the House of Lords by again quashing the conviction . ’ |
| 9 | It was clear that the wife was never in a position fully to understand the legal implication of documents . |
| 10 | ‘ He 's going to have a short stay in a Home soon to give me a break . |
| 11 | When I saw the potential ability of so many of my opponents and how young so many of them were , I realised that I would have to devote more time to practice than there was in a day just to become a moderate professional . |
| 12 | Customers must also be given sufficient information about the risks involved in a transaction adequately to assess the merits of that transaction . |
| 13 | Right I think so , I 'll check it again in a minute just to make sure . |
| 14 | I was kept in a cell overnight to appear in court the next morning . |
| 15 | You could look it up in a dictionary probably to find the origin of the word , people |
| 16 | For example , it may become tacitly accepted practice in a market exactly to match the price changes of the largest firm . |