Example sentences of "is [verb] in an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The localized system of medico-pedagogical influence on a child , in so far as it is differentiated in an institution for social education , ought to prevail to the extent that it is in accordance with the natural needs of the child and to the extent that it opens creative prospects for the development of the given structure — biological , social , and economic . |
| 2 | Pews will have to be removed but if furniture is arranged in an orderly , symmetrical fashion it responds to the architectural layout of the building . |
| 3 | Their presence is explained in an appeal of 1548 to retain both churches : ‘ The town of Henley is severed from the Parish Church with a brook which in winter so riseth that none may pass over it without danger of perishing . ’ |
| 4 | She is placed in an ideal position to appreciate that actions and gestures can in fact be used deliberately to express social meanings ( Newson 1979 ) . |
| 5 | If the black child is placed in an environment which is hostile , the inevitable consequence of this will be repeated attacks on the child 's personality which will cause severe damage to his or her self-esteem . |
| 6 | It should be clear that if a child is placed in an ethnically insensitive white community he or she will fail to develop the mechanisms necessary to survive in a racist society . |
| 7 | The number of shifts performed is placed in an accessible register called the step counter . |
| 8 | If , in order for the creditor to obtain an unimpeachable security , the law requires the surety to be given an explanation of the effect of the security documents , the creditor is placed in an invidious position . |
| 9 | In the former interpretation , the speaking persona is placed in an imagined situational context which is evoked by the text itself , so that the real and the fictional enunciations are once again rather neatly separated from each other . |
| 10 | This is just as well , because the fastest way to convert a large fortune into a small one is to invest in an English vineyard . |
| 11 | Tinnion grew up in Switzerland , though by the mid-30s ( when the body of this book is set ) he has moved to London , where he is enmeshed in an adulterous affair . |
| 12 | The longer one debates a trivial matter such as whether it is right to put up with the notorious rudeness of the only fishmonger in town or to fight back , the deeper one is enmeshed in an ever-expanding web of implication . |
| 13 | It would seem that the restoration profession has not been able to keep its nerve in the face of the rapidly growing attention it has received in recent years , and is reacting in an undisciplined way . |
| 14 | The mikva is situated in an out-building in the synagogue grounds , and there is a car park outside . |
| 15 | Firstly , the salinity of irrigation water has increased due , as Stanhill ( 1986 ) explains , to the high rates of water loss from Lake Nasser which is situated in an arid region where evaporation is particularly rapid . |
| 16 | Easily Accessible : Ford House is situated in an area of Devon known as the South Hams — ‘ Hamme ’ is old English for a ‘ sheltered place ’ — and the climate here is particularly kind as the coasts are washed by the Gulf Stream . |
| 17 | The hotel is situated in an enviable position across from the beach . |
| 18 | Old Bolingbroke is situated in an isolated pocket — the valley of a nameless brook . |
| 19 | Chateau Bonnefond is situated in an excellent location on south-facing slopes overlooking the Gironde . |
| 20 | The engine plant is situated in an existing building , which has been extensively refitted . |
| 21 | The treatment of bile leakage after open cholecystectomy , by endoscopic sphincterotomy or stent placement has been reported to yield acceptable results , especially when the patient is referred in an early phase . |
| 22 | The person culture is formed in an organisation whose purpose is to serve the interests of a person or the individuals within it . |
| 23 | The patient may gradually be raised until he is propped in an upright sitting position to reduce the pressure of the abdominal organs on the diaphragm . |
| 24 | TD248 of Eddie Coventry is painted in an exciting silver post-war scheme of 41 Squadron . |
| 25 | The piece of stone or the log of wood selected is treated in an elaborate manner in order to divest it of its inert nature and to infuse into it the power to contain the divine image . |
| 26 | The dance-like Contrapunctus 13 , the first of the ‘ mirror ’ fugues , is treated in an effectively animated way , though the music loses some of its graceful poise when played at what strikes my ears as too hard a driven tempo . |
| 27 | Evidence of Nkrumah 's perilous position is given in an account by Mrs Pandit of an official visit to Ghana at this time : |
| 28 | The prime responsibility , however , rests with the individual counsellor to establish supportive relationships in which he or she is able to feel that stress is contained and processed and that feedback from those relationships is given in an honest and constructive manner . |
| 29 | A further example is contained in an edition of the Evening Standard in 1976 where a news item reported ‘ at least 20 people were killed and many more feared dead or severely injured ’ in a train crash in Holland . |
| 30 | A three-cylinder , marinised 26hp Isuzu diesel is contained in an engine box which forms part of the large galley peninsula . |