Example sentences of "be in [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | A survey carried out by the Medical Officer of Health for Sheffield in 1912 showed very few MOsH to be in favour of day nurseries . |
| 2 | Quantifiably , the decision should be in favour of change , but a qualitative factor that could change the decision is what the reaction of staff might be . |
| 3 | NO MATTER what way you look at it , you got ta be in favour of homosexuality . |
| 4 | Alison would be in favour of legislation abolishing or substantially reducing the requirements of the small company audit . |
| 5 | Erm , this is part of the legacy of the unspeakable , who changed the presumption to be in favour of development . |
| 6 | Section 406 also sets out the order in which the proceeds of sale must be distributed ; broadly , distribution must be in favour of security holders in order of priority but any residue has to be returned to the company and not to the holder of the void charge . |
| 7 | If your current interest happens to be in childhood in literature , this catalogue is an interesting place to browse . |
| 8 | This does not mean that the educated teacher will continually be in quest of innovation and reject conventional practices out of hand . |
| 9 | By ‘ doing business ’ , students could be in contact with society rather than live the sheltered campus life which was frequently blamed for their lack of realistic social knowledge . |
| 10 | But the plastics in the waste collected by local authorities tend to be dirtier and of mixed types , and the recycled product made from them is more difficult to control and guarantee , especially for applications that will be in contact with food . |
| 11 | The main difference between the action and control sample in Newham was that the control sample was significantly more likely to be in receipt of day care ( perhaps in compensation for their lack of project help . ) |
| 12 | You might also be in receipt of income from an annuity . |
| 13 | Although those in the control sample in Ipswich appear more likely to be in receipt of home help than those in the action sample ( perhaps in compensation for their lack of Home Support Project help ) the mean number of home help hours received by those who were getting any was higher in the action than control sample ( 3.8 hours per week compared with 2.4 hours in the control group ) . |
| 14 | The level of contributions had been increased sharply in recent years in order to make provision for a demographic trend whereby in the early part of the 21st century an increased proportion of the total population would be in receipt of retirement benefits at a time when the proportion in work ( and therefore contributing to the funds ) would be reduced . |
| 15 | Scientific and horticultural staff should have inputs into labels , signs , exhibitions , etc. ; staff in contact with the public should receive regular , formal training from the relevant scientific or horticultural staff ; library staff should be in receipt of information from all departments to support their activities , and so on . |
| 16 | The first matter is difficult to assess , since a judgment has to be made as to how many people ought to be in receipt of representation . |
| 17 | Does that mean he may lay an information and bring the matter before the magistrates without first putting the person alleged to be in default on notice of what is alleged ? |
| 18 | They will probably be in flower before Christmas . |
| 19 | It will be replaced on the gate by Desert Storm veteran Buccaneer XV863 which will be in position as part of a new main gate and guardroom development next year . |
| 20 | Although it 's several hours before the devil worshippers are expected , they must be in position before nightfall . |
| 21 | On 6 April 1990 he returned to this country , but at Dover he was found to be in possession of cannabis and was arrested . |
| 22 | ( It is an offence under section 5 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 to be in possession of cannabis . ) |
| 23 | Problems may arise when loyalty to one group may be in conflict with membership of another group . |
| 24 | This programme would be in addition to government funding already budgeted for a high-speed rail link to the French side of the Channel Tunnel . |
| 25 | When we speak of ‘ the development of children ’ we are talking about a whole range of developments that sometimes take place together , sometimes have surges and periods of rest , and sometimes seem to be in competition for prominence . |
| 26 | Though warfare came increasingly to be in competition with marriage marketing as the chief business of kings , it lost none of its importance in the eyes of contemporaries : the more indecisive it became , the more attached they were to it . |
| 27 | It 's , it 's a very simple organism , but basically what it 's there for is to ensure the future of T four genes , and this is what i it 's doing , and presumably natural selection has er selected it in such a way that it is an optimum design as far as , as far as doing this er is concerned , because it would be in competition with mutant T fours who did it in different ways , and presumably this is the kind of T four that seems to succeed . |
| 28 | RAIL fares would rise by 40pc and thousands of jobs would be in jeopardy under privatisation , a top union leader claimed yesterday . |
| 29 | Let that sunshine fool you into taking off your coat , and you 'll be in bed with pneumonia before you know it . ’ |
| 30 | Award winning writer Anthony Minghella who has recently finished directing his first film Truly , Madly , Deeply , will be in conversation with writer and dramatist David Edgar . |