Example sentences of "not in the [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the well-founded fear of the Securitate , for most of the period of Communist rule in Romania , the secret police was not in the front-line of control over the population . |
| 2 | Rodney was not in the best of tempers because ( he kept saying ) he could n't see out of the rear window with that damned bicycle in the way . |
| 3 | Sara was not in the best of tempers because ( she kept saying ) she had nowhere to put her feet between the aubergines and the case of wine on the floor . |
| 4 | The CO was not in the best of tempers . |
| 5 | The buildings were not in the best of condition . |
| 6 | Both house and mill were recently offered for sale and , although not in the best of condition , their potential was obvious . |
| 7 | The frills and lace are Perhaps not in the best of taste , but fashionable nevertheless . |
| 8 | Burke was not in the best of condition and had lost his fighting spirit because of his troubles with Byrne and O'Rourke . |
| 9 | She had seen the film , too , and I received a letter some time later from her husband , Mr Hallows , telling me that Odette was not in the best of health and they were moving house . |
| 10 | Though not in the best of health , Marian was determined to make her own way , accepting little else from Bloomsbury House except tickets for the occasional outing to the Wigmore Hall . |
| 11 | I set off back to the hospital — not in the best of tempers after a foul drive in filthy weather — and it was on the way home , as the wet lamps marched towards me , that it happened . |
| 12 | The Doctor could see she was not in the best of moods . |
| 13 | In September 1770 John Sadler retired , possibly because he was not in the best of health . |
| 14 | One reason for this was , of course , that since he had been dead for three months his eyes were in any case not in the best of condition . |
| 15 | ‘ He is not in the best of moods this morning , ’ Marguerite continued . |
| 16 | Try not to draw attention to yourself today — you are not in the best of moods and arguments could ensue . |
| 17 | Try not to draw attention to yourself today — you are not in the best of moods and arguments could ensue . |
| 18 | Try not to draw attention to yourself — you are not in the best of moods and arguments could ensue . |
| 19 | Having seen him safely in hospital , though not in the best of health myself , I called at the poll tax office and waited one and a half hours in a very smoky atmosphere to have the summons withdrawn . |
| 20 | Well not in the thirties of course but after the War there was one because I er , ah well this , no , this was much later , much much much , because I married my second husband and erm I had two children fairly quick . |
| 21 | Although not in the thick of it , she suffered some damage and lost seven killed and twenty-one wounded . |
| 22 | THERE have been three other potential points of the year when much has been primed to change — not in the easiest of ways , nor in the most predictable of fashions — and this is another one . |
| 23 | I was n't in the best of shape to receive bad news and that was what awaited me in the byre . |
| 24 | Charlie was n't in the greatest of moods today . |