Example sentences of "they [be] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Most of them are in the outer and inner narthices , on the walls , lunettes and in the ceiling shallow domes and ribbed cupolas . |
2 | ‘ There are adequate championship courses in Britain and many of them are in the top hundred in the world . |
3 | And to add to all the infamous circumstances which concur to plague a traveller , I must not forget the eternally meeting with chalk-waggons ; themselves frequently stuck fast , till a collection of them are in the same situation , and twenty or thirty horses may be tacked to each , to draw them out one by one . |
4 | ‘ England 's batting , fielding and — apart from Emburey and Edmonds — their bowling proclaimed the lack of practice and resolve on a slow pitch which , had they been in the right frame of mind , would have given them an even chance of levelling the series , ’ asserted Wisden . |
5 | Rangers have five wins and two draws from their games since the first round of the European Cup in September and respond to the fact that opposing teams are keener to attack them in that competition than they are in the Premier Division . |
6 | In fact , college teachers are probably more interested in the reasoning by which you reach your answer than they are in the substantive answer itself . |
7 | ‘ It is important that your bank knows everything about your business so that if you have to go to them for help they are in the best position to five assistance . |
8 | The Whitburn side , who eased into the Royal Bank Scottish Women 's Cup final by beating Streamline Hazlehead on Saturday , believe they are in the best shape possible for the match . |
9 | Pink and white lavatera pop up from seed and are left to flourish if they are in the right places . |
10 | I have know such gloriously gentle Rotties , especially bitches , and your wonderful story proves that when they are in the right family , they blossom to their full potential . |
11 | So , there 's strong underpinnings with what they 've got and they are in the right areas of the market . |
12 | By putting their money as well as their trust into credit , they are in the long run paying more , not less . |
13 | Mike has played eight games for Moseley and although they are in the Second Division we are satisfied with his form and fitness . ’ |
14 | ‘ But they are in the first two heats so we will know our fate very early . ’ |
15 | I am enclosing tickets for the new play and as they are in the front stalls , I may see you as I come on , ; but do not expect me to salute you , you understand , as I shall be taken up with my part . |
16 | They are in the following order : 059 , 035 , 078 , 136 , 171 , 148 , 005 , 135 , 010 , 196 , 057 , 187 , 110 , 100 , 030 , 127 , 197 . |
17 | America was hailed as the ‘ great English Republic ’ and orators hoped that England would become a country in which ‘ all denominations will be as free from State patronage or persecution as they are in the great land over which waves ‘ the star-spangled banner ’ ’ . |
18 | Those who view development charge as a tax on development — and they are in the great majority — look for some definite relation between the amount assessed and the cost of the land or of the development ; and their failure to find any makes them very critical of the method of assessment . ’ |
19 | The WGMS could , in short , be adopted in the United Kingdom in full confidence that insignificant hiccups in the form of excess seats would be no more frequent than they are in the Federal Republic , where it has been tested in eleven general elections and not found wanting . |
20 | Next in schedule three there is provision to compensate Mr and Mrs for the extra work involved in caring for Paul , it is agreed that er since they are in the special position of course of being Paul 's carers they are , not er , I mean no disrespect to nursing but they 're not erm it is agreed that there should a deduction of twenty five percent , that would give an annual figure of two thousand , six hundred and thirty one times four will amount to ten thousand five hundred and twenty four pounds , adding these figures together , future care during schooling comes if my addition has been accurate to ninety three thousand , six hundred and fifty pounds in total . |
21 | In the 1980s Conservatives have been more likely to evaluate the mediating institutions according to whether or not they are in the public sector . |
22 | Ethnic minorities , over represented as they are in the secondary labour market referred to earlier , are forced to take jobs ( frequently in the service sector ) with low pay , poor working conditions , no training and little security . |
23 | They are in the same ‘ Celtic ’ group as other lively , dark remnant breeds in Ireland ( Kerry ) , Switzerland ( Hérens ) , the Austrian Tyrol ( Tux , Zillertal ) and Sicily . |
24 | ‘ They are in the same difficulty , ’ Loppe said . |
25 | Of course , it 's always there , but the walls and towers appear to have moved when they were not being watched , or maybe they are in the same place , but the adventurers are n't seeing the same thing all the time . |
26 | Now at least they are in the same boat , and the balancing of the pronouns in the last four lines declares their equality : I have quoted extensively from that sonnet in order to give the full context for this Our : what they have in common is that they have sinned , each has betrayed the other . |
27 | They are in the same binocular field , even with × 20 . |
28 | They are in the same field with Theta ; both are spirals , though of course their forms are not visible with binoculars or small telescopes . |
29 | This is because classically they have a well-defined location at a particular instant whose specification is part of what is involved in saying that they are in the same state of motion . |
30 | Never a great footballing side , if it was not for the fact that they are in the same League as Athletico Whaddon , they would probably be known as the Athletico Whaddon of Division Three . |