Example sentences of "in a [noun] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a bit image blocks are not normally compressed , and anyone using graphics in a document is familiar with the time it takes to load the printer . |
| 2 | In this case Brightman J decided that trustees who held most of the shares in a company were negligent when they failed to prevent the directors of the company from entering into a highly speculative property development project , which turned out to be unsuccessful . |
| 3 | In the event of both protagonists in a conflict being identifiable with the wrong — that is , with the parental — values , the protagonist who most closely approximates to them will be protested against and the other , no matter how objectively wrong they may be , will be totally vindicated and absolutely right . |
| 4 | Since the sequence of words in a sentence is subject to grammatical and semantic constraints it is possible to build a probabilistic model for this purpose . |
| 5 | None of the quality standards require the records to be computerised ; manual recording by a secretary in a diary is adequate . |
| 6 | One of the more unusual foods to be found in a delicatessen are dried mushrooms . |
| 7 | Since all elements in a dialogue are interrelated , they are more significant than isolated sentences . |
| 8 | As the amount and detail of material required in a notification is complex , it is advisable that a notification be commenced well in advance . |
| 9 | It may be used for printing or processing information on a large number of records on the file ( where there is a high hit rate ) , but is inappropriate where the required hit rate in a run is low ( say , less than 6% ) . |
| 10 | For example , the attractive forces between particles ( atoms , ions or molecules ) in a liquid are intermediate in strength between those of solids and those of gases . |
| 11 | He conceded that his preferred solution of involving the Soviet Union in a guarantee was impracticable for the time being but it remained the most satisfactory long-term solution . |
| 12 | Rather as with other areas fundamental to the operation of the unconscious , artefacts may resist conscious articulation and in a sense be embarrassed by language . |
| 13 | Life in a cenaculum was overcrowded and lacked many basic amenities , hence the popularity of the bathing establishments . |
| 14 | Analysis and interpretation of structures in a text are useful if you can make something of them — if , for instance , you can say something new on the basis of having identified a rhyme pattern . |
| 15 | Joining him in the national finals at Derby in a fortnight is clubmate Craig Wake , and Darlingtons Aaron Kelly , John Lee and Jim Smith . |
| 16 | That boy Ronan could convince even his own mother that the wounds he got in a playground were superficial , that the dirt on his clothes would easily wash out . |
| 17 | Newspapers remain expensive propositions and the cost of running them until they turn in a profit is immense . |
| 18 | The placing of the head in a close-up is important . |
| 19 | All the adults in a herd are female . |
| 20 | Attitudes to language learning in a society are crucial to success ( Strevens , 1978 ) , not only at the societal level of numbers of proficient learners but also in their effect on the individual learner 's perceptions of language learning . |
| 21 | 5.2 The way in which PSD modules are offered in a centre is likely to influence strongly the chances of success . |
| 22 | In a wheelchair is fine , you get relaxed . |
| 23 | The name in a way is obvious ; there 's nothing to it really . |
| 24 | Well the two in a way are inseparable . |
| 25 | Which in a way was true . |
| 26 | Which in a way was true — their enmity was a personal element within the events of the wider conflict . |
| 27 | which in a way were pleased we have n't got to make the heart rending decision of him having his legs off , cos Denny told us , mum kept saying to him for three days , he would arch his back ooh , ooh , could n't move , and mum said yes he |
| 28 | Now only some fifteen or twenty years later we would know that both partners in a marriage are likely to have important careers , and may well have decided that neither one of the two should be the ‘ lead operation ’ . |
| 29 | The rules defining the nature of their liability to third parties are contained in ss9 and 12 of the Partnership Act as follows : s9 Every partner in a firm is liable jointly with the other partners … for all debts and obligations of the firm incurred while he is a partner ; and after his death his estate is also severally liable in a due course of administration for such debts and obligations , so far as they remain unsatisfied , but subject … to the prior payment of his separate debts . |
| 30 | It is true , and important , that a party in a majority is able to reject any selection of which it does not approve-if it is prepared to undergo the internal conflict this would probably entail . |