Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basis for all these conclusions seems to be that because there are bad comprehensive schools the system must be abandoned ( and if this is not the intention it is likely to be the secondary education for all , which led to the establishment of comprehensive schools in the first place , has , it seems , to be given up in favour of ‘ good ’ education for some and ‘ bad ’ for others , the ‘ good ’ now being variously identified with the rigorous , the vocational , and the wealth-producing . |
| 2 | Leaving home , getting married , going on holiday , promotion at work , starting a family , all require certain familiar routines and rhythms to be given up in order to make the most of a new situation . |
| 3 | The remaining land was to be given out in family units , in line with the government 's ideology of private ownership . |
| 4 | No. 31 was the last to be broken up in July . |
| 5 | No. 34 was the last to be broken up in June . |
| 6 | ‘ But really , I ought to be tucked up in bed now . |
| 7 | Every instant of her time from when she got back from work till it was time for Emily to be tucked up in bed was devoted exclusively to her precious little daughter . |
| 8 | Sleepy and satisfied , Emily was only too willing to be tucked up in bed , just after nine o'clock . |
| 9 | When the parade finally came to an end , Sergeant-Major Philpott congratulated them all and before dismissing the parade told the troops they could take the rest of the day off , but they must return to barracks and be tucked up in bed before midnight . |
| 10 | The bones of the policy-makers and their agents must be fleshed out in order to refine the theory . |
| 11 | SunSoft president Ed Zander says SMP/MT is very machine specific and could n't be fleshed out in Solaris 2.0 . |
| 12 | The more versatile chickpea can be spiced up in salads or puréed with garlic for deep frying or serving in dips . |
| 13 | The rape should be grazed off in September and October ( before the ground becomes too wet ) and then the crop rested until the spring . |
| 14 | Instead , males tend to be spaced out in territories , and they attract females to them by calling . |
| 15 | Nigel got most of the estate , but would be more than a little embarrassed by estate duty ; and provision for Jacqui and her baby would be sorted out in time . |
| 16 | The question of lighting can be sorted out in advance . |
| 17 | He resolved that the occurrence could be sorted out in daylight and that there was no point in groping about in the dark . |
| 18 | According to observers the significance of the vote in terms of national politics was that it would increase the likelihood of the minority government seeking to secure the support of the Progress Party for the 1990 budget , which was due to be voted on in parliament in December [ see below ] . |
| 19 | The music blared out around them — Beatles songs from the Sixties — and for a brief space of time Rachel forgot her worries and allowed herself to be caught up in Belinda 's simple pleasures . |
| 20 | More and more members of the American foreign service were coming to question the belief , strongly held at the end of the war , that the USSR was more likely to be caught up in rivalry with the British than with the United States . |
| 21 | Such instruments can generally best be looked up in Halsbury 's Statutory Instruments . |
| 22 | Nobody thought trade could be carried on in India without a network of factories and fortifications , which meant that there would have to be a company with a charter to run them — the idea that the government might provide them would have struck the merchants as inappropriate and would have alarmed the politicians who would have had to impose taxes to pay for them . |
| 23 | This has to be carried out in conjunction with the Community Physician of the Health Authority . |
| 24 | This part of the process should be carried out in conjunction with the external assessment described in paragraph 1.2. ( 1 ) Assess your strongest and weakest areas of legal and market expertise . |
| 25 | The work , which should be carried out in stages , included an opening from St James 's Park to Charing Cross , a railway from Westminster to the City of London , and three large blocks of offices . |
| 26 | In practice some of the steps will be carried out in parallel and the process may be iterative , with new information necessitating the review of previous analysis and decisions . |
| 27 | Julie had bathed on the previous evening and in view of this and her discomfort it was agreed that shaving and skin preparation would be carried out in theatre . |
| 28 | Guy 's Hospital colleagues were particularly disappointed that the project could not be carried out in Southwark , and it was therefore agreed that we should seek a similar , inner London , largely working-class borough with an established psychogeriatric service , so that findings might be applicable to the Southwark situation . |
| 29 | The research will be carried out in Mali , Sudan , Burkina Faso and Senegal and will involve detailed questionnaires of female farmers ( both those affected and unaffected by migration ) as well as male farmers , migrants and community leaders . |
| 30 | She had duly registered the death of her father at the Council Offices that afternoon and the funeral had now speedily to be carried out in Buckinghamshire . |