Example sentences of "be in [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour supporters must be in despair at not being able to race away from the Tories in the run up to the election . |
| 2 | " Legally enforceable " in s.2(2) does not mean that the liability must be in existence for s.2(1) ( c ) to apply . |
| 3 | The new squad will officially be in existence on Monday anyway , so we 're only jumping the gun by six days . |
| 4 | The property , it is thought , must already be in existence at the time when it was obtained . |
| 5 | If you present professional politicians with a proposal , and they do n't know whether their organisation will even be in existence in two years ’ time , they 're not going to go ahead — because they wo n't get the credit . |
| 6 | I would be in favour of making it illegal to smoke while driving . |
| 7 | The disposition appears to be in favour of freedmen whose sons are still slaves . |
| 8 | However that is resolved ( and opinion seems now to be in favour of the admissibility of others too ) it does not affect the point at issue here . |
| 9 | Socialists should be in favour of maximum democracy . |
| 10 | Furthermore , ICC chairman Sir Colin Cowdrey is known to be in favour of the World Cup returning to England , where it was first staged in 1975 , 1979 and 1983 , on a rotational basis . |
| 11 | However , ICC chairman Sir Colin Cowdrey is known to be in favour of the competition returning to England , where it was first staged in 1975 , 1979 and 1983 . |
| 12 | Alison would be in favour of legislation abolishing or substantially reducing the requirements of the small company audit . |
| 13 | They would be in favour of it if it could be worked out in a practical form : but it did not mean they were going to give up the freedom of the seas . |
| 14 | So he would be nice to gays ; he would be in favour of , and even extend , abortion rights ; he would be anti-militaristic ; he would hug trees . |
| 15 | In his address he stated that ‘ he would n't be in favour of the pardon , but peace is worth much more ’ ( Independent 1989 ) . |
| 16 | And the thing is that when of the , I have n't seen anywhere any kind of poll system , you know , I think it 's a , I 've always thought it outrageous as a women actually , that women have had to pay for toilets , and erm , I mean if we , you know , if we , we might , I mean , I , I would be in favour of a system where , you know , you , say a local Council issues a pass , which you pay for , have differential rates , but it 's like people paying up front for that toilet service . |
| 17 | NO MATTER what way you look at it , you got ta be in favour of homosexuality . |
| 18 | I have reluctantly come to the conclusion that the lead should be in favour of retaining the death penalty for the present . |
| 19 | Whatever arguments there may be in favour of the independence of members of assemblies or parliaments , it is hard to see what they have to do with representation as it is commonly understood . |
| 20 | ( c ) Another point which I take to be in favour of the theory is that it begins to make some theoretical sense of the intuitive feeling that what was wrong in the Gettier cases was that there was too much luck around . |
| 21 | They tended , but not overwhelmingly so , to be in favour of ‘ Death Penalty ’ and ‘ Birching ’ . |
| 22 | We do not find that any other authority clashes with our present judgement , which must be in favour of the defendant . |
| 23 | They knew from entries in the deceased 's diary which had come to their attention that the new will would be in favour of the first defendant . |
| 24 | There is , however , some American authority which suggests that if this case were being heard in the American courts the answer would be likely to be in favour of granting a declaration in these circumstances : see In re A.C. ( 1990 ) 573 A.2d 1235 , 1240 , 1246–1248 , 1252 . |
| 25 | The question , it was widely remarked , embraced a number of different propositions : some voters might be in favour of the maintenance of a single state but not necessarily a socialist one , and there was little guidance — apart from the draft union treaty — about the nature of a ‘ renewed federation ’ . |
| 26 | Almost everyone these days seems to be in favour of developing students ' critical abilities , from the students themselves , through the academic community , to the government , employers and professional bodies . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | A poll conducted on behalf of the National Union of Teachers , published in January , found 36 per cent to be in favour of opting out . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Any charge can then be in favour of the trustees who hold it on trust for the debentureholders . |