Example sentences of "are [prep] the [adj] situation " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is also a need for comparison studies to see what differences there are between the experimental situation and the classroom . |
| 2 | Göran Petersson , head of an environmental research team , explained : " We are in the ironic situation where the purification work has been too successful . |
| 3 | Thus , according to our definitions , unc whilst unc and so , unless unc and unc are just other names for 3 and 1 w are in the intolerable situation that a sum or product of two classes depends not only on which the classes are but also on what we choose to call them ! |
| 4 | All the units are in the same situation . |
| 5 | They are simply cases of men accumulating several women who themselves are in the same situation as monogamous wives . |
| 6 | If you are younger , perhaps living alone after the death of an elderly parent , and you are in the same situation of having a large house or flat that is too much of a financial burden for you , then you must either sell or take in lodgers . |
| 7 | I hope that the BBC will make more effort in the future to bring more coverage of major tennis events , for example Grand Slams like the French Open , on the scale of coverage they had for Wimbledon because I am sure that there are many people who are in the same situation as me and would like more tennis on TV . |
| 8 | I keep Koi in the main pond and goldfish in the other and like many fishkeepers ( whom I suspect are in the same situation as I ) I felt that I would be happier with some sort of quarantine/treatment facility for use when I purchase new fish . |
| 9 | And to add to all the infamous circumstances which concur to plague a traveller , I must not forget the eternally meeting with chalk-waggons ; themselves frequently stuck fast , till a collection of them are in the same situation , and twenty or thirty horses may be tacked to each , to draw them out one by one . |
| 10 | ‘ I had no idea that so many women are in the same situation as me . |
| 11 | Theoretically , Poland are in the strongest situation — they have home advantage for their final match , after all . |