Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those of us who want the Scottish people to stay in the UK can see nothing logically wrong or abhorrent in the UK developing its constitutional relationship with its community partners . |
| 2 | What sort of financial structure — rich in debt or rich in equity — is better at helping a firm create wealth ? |
| 3 | Usually in the bottom right corner there is a ‘ ladder ’ of information including pack weight , storage instructions and some nutrition information eg. ‘ high in polyunsaturates ’ , ‘ naturally low in fat ’ , ‘ no added sugar ’ or rich in a particular vitamin . |
| 4 | They might be faced with tribal , linguistic or religious divisions , which provide bases for alternative centres of power ; their country might be poor or rich in natural resources ; its geo-political situation vis-a-vis other nations favourable or unfavourable ; the differences between classes , and the intensity of class conflict , more or less substantial . |
| 5 | 1 The drills used are ill-designed or unsuitable in some respects for the learners for whom they are intended . |
| 6 | However , there are differences between Type I and 2 diabetes : HDL levels are generally either normal or low in Type 2 diabetes ( Lopes-Virella et al , 1977 ; Kennedy et al , 1978 ; Reckless et al , 1978 ; Taylor et al , 1981 ; Rendel et al , 1982 ) : Studies on the subfractions have shown either an increase in the level of the HDL 3 subfraction ( Durrington , 1982 ) , or a reduction in HDL 2 . |
| 7 | These were not of the best quality ; lighting in the first instance was oil , then gas , but on the introduction of electrically lit stock , the batteries were always run down or low in the winter , and described by one wag , a regular user of the service , as reminiscent of ‘ a red hot hairpit ’ . |
| 8 | However , as suggested at the beginning of this chapter , the target group for the intervention should be particularly vulnerable in some way , that is , be predisposed biologically to a major psychiatric disorder , or be low in self-esteem , poor in coping skills , or low in support . |
| 9 | If the walls and ceiling of the room are white or near-white in colour , the lamps can be turned upwards over the heads of the performers who are then illuminated indirectly by the reflected light . |
| 10 | One can think of companies like Hanson Trust which , though still present in transport , its original roots , is now a mighty conglomerate in two continents , or companies like W. R. Grace , far away from shipping now , or Allied in the States where chemical activities are now only a small part of the whole . |
| 11 | Quickly she outlined the plan , explaining that the party was to be for local children who were handicapped or disadvantaged in some way . |
| 12 | I think the other issue is that we have to be defending erm , the family planning centres that are being closed down , like the forty or fifty in Glasgow , the thirteen in er Edinburgh , th the east of Scotland |
| 13 | These links were weak or nonexistent in the Low Country , where most villages were identified with only one caste . |
| 14 | There are variations in the public services deemed necessary , desirable or possible in the circumstances obtaining in different countries at different times . |
| 15 | Anti-lactoferrin positive patient sera ( as judged by ELISA ) were diluted 1:20 or 1:200 in PBS-Tween with 1% bovine serum albumin , and applied for 1 hour . |
| 16 | In contrast , HDL levels may be elevated or normal in Type I diabetic subjects ( Garcia et al , 1974 ; Mattock et al , 1979 ; Lopes-Virella et al , 1983 ) . |
| 17 | In exceptional circumstances , students with German or Spanish at ‘ O ’/GCSE; level may be accepted , but these students will be required to undertake additional classes in German or Spanish in their first year of study . |
| 18 | Pupils have the opportunity to start German or Spanish in S3 , with a view to sitting Standard Grade in S4 , Higher Grade in S5 or S6 , and CSYS in S6 . |
| 19 | Some of the sounds are familiar , yet not instantly Fender or Gibson-like in origin . |
| 20 | But conventionalism can not be justified on the sole ground that surprise is inefficient or undesirable in these ways , because conventionalism does not protect against surprise as well as a simpler and more straightforward theory of adjudication would . |
| 21 | Products which are capable of sterilising are either so noxious or corrosive in the concentration required that they can not be used . |
| 22 | The West has simply ‘ rediscovered ’ in Africa ( despite the diversity and complexity of that continent 's cultures ) fundamental values that we imagine were lost or repressed in the high noon of civilization and progress : values like ‘ natural ’ well-being , spontaneity , conviviality , uninhibitedness , everything we long for and want to relearn in the 1980s . |
| 23 | Are you required to be persistent at repeating the same task many times ( phoning sales prospects , for instance ) or persistent in seeing a long , slow project through to the end ( overseeing a two-year training programme , for instance ) ? |
| 24 | It would not be sustainable or stable in the long term . |
| 25 | The first development was only founded in the mid 1970s , but there are now well over twenty in England , with another seven or eight in Scotland and two or three in Wales . |
| 26 | And that er church school took us to the standard , at that time , called standard one , which was in a big school , about half a mile away and was built by the Nottingham Education Committee and was one of say , six or eight in the Nottingham area , I suppose . |
| 27 | So in fact there may be a quality of treatment actually between someone retiring at fifty or fifty-five in terms of the number of years paid into the pension fund , as someone say age seventy . |
| 28 | So if you know something odd or strange in London , give us advice , write to us ! ! |
| 29 | For no matter how much it is objected that it can not be stated definitely from these considerations just what the thing is like according to its nature , but only what it is like in respect to one thing or to another , it may still be said what there is in it which makes it appear to be this in respect to one thing and that in respect to another ; and consequently it may be said both to be one thing according to its nature and to be this or that in respect to other things . |
| 30 | Senior managers could expect to receive all or some of the following benefits : food on duty , accommodation , a car for business and private use plus running costs , one month ; s annual leave or more with at least one return air ticket to his country of origin for himself and his family , full medical and life cover , and possibly even school fees for his children either in the country of origin or that in which he is based . |