Example sentences of "is [prep] [art] [adj] state " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is in no fit state to attend further interviews at this time . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ We will be interviewing him about what happened but obviously he is in no fit state for us to talk to him yet and we will be waiting until he is well enough , ’ a police spokesman said . |
| 3 | No window left open , and it is in a terrible state of anxiety . |
| 4 | ‘ The mother is in a terrible state , ’ said Detective Chief Inspector Alan Burrell . |
| 5 | ‘ Gloria is in a terrible state . |
| 6 | Me poor oul garden is in a sorry state for the want of it . ’ |
| 7 | A Wag , that ubiquitous turner of phrases , said : ‘ At least Welsh club rugby is in a healthy state . ’ |
| 8 | The board reports that the sport is in a healthy state . |
| 9 | In general , the mill is in a poor state of repair . |
| 10 | The main half-timbered building now forms part of a farm , and is in a poor state of repair . |
| 11 | I must have looked a little confused , for Miss Kenton then said : ‘ Mr Stevens , he really is in a poor state . |
| 12 | But activity is now greatly reduced , especially as the local market is in a poor state , although not quite as dire as in the UK . |
| 13 | The interior is in a poor state but much of the four tiers of the exterior arcade walling is intact and illustrates clearly the Roman building method of using arch and order , with the entablatures continuing in unbroken horizontal bands round the whole amphitheatre and the columns lined up one above the other . |
| 14 | However , the truth of the matter is that the Scottish economy is in a better state now than it has been for many years and is continuing to thrive . |
| 15 | There are a few major gaps , however , such as the Duke of Sutherland 's Titians , which no amount of string-pulling could unloosen ; Giorgione 's ‘ Tempesta ’ and his ‘ Venus ’ in Dresden , which is in a ruinous state , and his ‘ Three philosophers ’ in Vienna , which the Kunsthistorisches Museum , after some hesitation , decided not to lend . |
| 16 | Labour yesterday demanded publication of the report , which warns that British industry is in a lamentable state and will take decades before being fit enough to compete internationally . |
| 17 | It is widely believed that the British clothing industry is in a terminal state of decline due to lack of international competitiveness . |
| 18 | Your brother is in a dangerous state . |
| 19 | A YOUNG mother has hit out after being offered a council house with a garden which she claims is in a dangerous state . |
| 20 | Bill said : ‘ The sport is in a desperate state . |
| 21 | Leningrad 's architecture is similar to that of Paris , but although splendid , it is in a general state of dilapidation . |
| 22 | Paul Mukasa , 34 , who works as an electrician , added : ‘ I personally think the economy is in a worse state then the Government has been letting on . ’ |
| 23 | A dynamical system — a photon , an atom , what you will — is in a definite state when we know as much about its motion as physics permits . |
| 24 | Limited exceptions were envisaged , for instance where the plaintiff is in a nervous state or confused by the effects of a brain injury or if the defendant 's doctor is known to have a fierce cross-examining manner . |
| 25 | Her father Joseph Watson , of Elizabeth Place , Darlington , said yesterday : ‘ The back garden is in a deplorable state . |
| 26 | I bet Madge is in a right state ! ’ |
| 27 | And look at his watch , his watch is in a right state . |
| 28 | ‘ In that case you will know that the rupee is in a parlous state . ’ |
| 29 | Plainly you can not apply that view to everything or the whole of your business is in a continuous state of stop/go , or like the good old Duke of York 's troops , marching up and down the same hill with monotonous regularity . |
| 30 | " The Meeting Considering that the Island is in a backward state of Cultivation , have Resolved as an Improvement that each occupier of a 4d. land in Tillage over the whole Island shall sow in the ensuing Spring 2 pecks of Peas & Beans , and for enabling them to have proper Seed they now request that Shawfield will take the trouble of sending a Cargo of Peas & Beans to the Island in proper time … " |