Example sentences of "be [vb pp] in an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Variation was entirely random , and each population evolved in response to purely local environmental pressures , which could be altered in an unpredictable way by migration or geological changes . |
| 2 | It can be given in an aerosolised form to prevent recurrence . |
| 3 | On the information given ( which is , for example , all that might be given in an intermediate credit advertisement under the Consumer Credit ( Advertisements ) Regulations 1980 ) the only way that the shopper , without access to a computer , can decide between these alternative APRs is subjectively . |
| 4 | However , it is envisaged that technical guidance will be given in an Approved Document , which will be available when the act comes into force — this will be similar to the procedure adopted with the Building Regulations . |
| 5 | Such notice might also be given in an originating application under s 17 of the Married Women 's Property Act 1882 . |
| 6 | One element of his appeal related to the right to be heard in an oral planning hearing . |
| 7 | Well the difference was like moving from purgatory into heaven really , because er in the Nissan hut I had one tap of cold water , that 's all , every bit of water had to be heated on a gas stove , and every bit of water for a bath had to be heated in an old fashioned er boiler in which you lit the fire under and of course when you came here we had a ni an electric cooker , er straight away |
| 8 | In proceedings brought by the husband the judge refused to order the return of the child to Canada , on the grounds that his removal and retention was not wrongful within the meaning of article 3 of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction , set out in Schedule 1 to the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 , since the father had no rights of custody ; and that , under article 13 , there was a risk that the child would be placed in an intolerable situation if he was returned to Ontario because of the lack of proper accommodation and financial support . |
| 9 | ( 2 ) That the evidence as to the situation of the mother and child in the event of a return to Ontario did not establish a risk that the child would be placed in an intolerable situation within the meaning of article 13 ; and that , accordingly , since article 13 did not apply and since the child 's removal was wrongful , the court had no discretion but was under a mandatory duty to order the child 's return to Ontario under article 12 of the Convention ( post , pp. 871A–C , 873H — 874C , G–H , 875A ) . |
| 10 | The submission made by Lord Meston is that there was no factual basis for a finding that the child would be placed in an intolerable situation if returned to Canada . |
| 11 | I consider that the judge did not have the material before him on which to find that there was a grave risk that the child would be placed in an intolerable situation if the court were to order his return to Canada . |
| 12 | Erm it has been suggested I think Naomi 's saying on this side of the room that if there is an element of bad taste because the baby is chained up or whatever and it 's in er has had to be placed in an undignified or uncomfortable position in order to be photographed and Naomi 's question . |
| 13 | And a civil servant giving evidence about ‘ conduct ’ could be placed in an unfair position . |
| 14 | And because the nature and significance of these differences are even now not fully appreciated by all heads there is a risk that the relationship will be treated in an over-simple way . |
| 15 | Two large storage annexes for housing the collections were added by 1931 thus releasing space so that the library could be arranged in an orderly fashion . |
| 16 | Uncooked madeira cake mixture can be frozen in an airtight container . |
| 17 | First , a single sense can be modified in an unlimited number of ways by different contexts , each context emphasising certain semantic traits , and obscuring or suppressing others ; just as a dirty window-pane will allow some parts of the scene beyond it to be seen clearly , and will partially or completely obscure other parts — and a different pane will affect the same scene differently . |
| 18 | Let us return to the falsification of the claim , ‘ Bread nourishes ’ , to see how this could be modified in an acceptable way . |
| 19 | All modules to be entered into LIFESPAN must either be contained in an existing LIFESPAN PACKAGE module or they must be contained in a user-supplied PACKAGE module in the primary directory . |
| 20 | When an old person becomes so demented that she or he can not be contained in an old people 's home the choice is between a private nursing home costing about £400 a week or a free bed in the NHS . |
| 21 | Cars may be parked in an old quarry near the railway bridge . |
| 22 | Ephemeral documents will be deleted in an organised process quite early . |
| 23 | If so , pragmatics must be logically prior to that component , and so must be included in an overall theory of linguistic competence . |
| 24 | The right to a safe environment is ever more insistently presented today as a right that must be included in an updated Charter of Human Rights . ’ |
| 25 | The boundaries between lamella crystals in the matrix must be included in an acceptable RVE . |
| 26 | The products can be trapped in an inert matrix by freezing the mixture of reactants , products and an inert carrier-gas such as N 2 or Ar on a window held at 10–20 K. The reaction of metal atoms with O 2 can lead to the formation of a number of small molecules , and in general more than one of these will be formed in any particular experiment . |
| 27 | As would be expected in an international market , product life does not vary greatly between countries . |
| 28 | This was the harvest that could be reasonably be expected in an average year . |
| 29 | The kind of descriptive approach already widespread in schools — and for which there is plenty of published material available — needs from an early stage to be supplemented in an important way . |
| 30 | The crop therefore has to be picked in an immature state if retailers are not to run the risk of being left with over-soft , unsaleable tomatoes . |