Example sentences of "or in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the hype over the release of political prisoners , reports of police misconduct do not inspire confidence in the majority of South Africans , or in those all-important foreign investors . |
| 2 | His writings on art include several reviews of the Paris Salons , which were either published in booklets or in journals such as the Revue française . |
| 3 | Academies of art , whether in the West or in the Orient , have had lists of priorities in themes of art , in which there are many similarities . |
| 4 | These may take either the form of related drawings , or in Rodin 's case , a free style of drawing which demonstrates his power of vivid creative improvisation with the human figure . |
| 5 | The reader of a description needs therefore to be careful about accepting as a description anything more than is actually visible on the canvas or in the sculpture . |
| 6 | It is easy enough to analyse the formal characteristics of African sculpture in terms of vertical , horizontal or diagonal emphases ; of relative naturalism or abstraction ; of rounded , angular or cubic elements ; or in terms of tensions , rhythm and movement , and this is certainly an enjoyable and satisfying experience , since African sculptors have achieved a remarkable level of expression in what has been called ‘ purely sculptural ’ form . |
| 7 | But often students attending do have previous experience , either in the amateur theatre ‘ or in university or school productions . |
| 8 | Drama Studio London also runs a one-year course for post-graduate students or in some cases students with other professional skills or theatrical experience . |
| 9 | Generally , a local authority will aim to cover the full cost of fees and a living allowance ‘ although this can be subject to your personal circumstances and will vary depending on whether you will live with your parents during term time , or in rented accommodation . |
| 10 | Or in the beached margent of the sea , |
| 11 | It is sometimes thought , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) that , because there is no discernable principle of order in the universe or in our lives we should live in disorder . |
| 12 | I , on the other hand , he wrote , have always held that precisely because there is no discernable principle of order in the universe or in our lives we should live in the greatest possible self-created order . |
| 13 | Nevertheless , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , I think that this needs saying , quite calmly and objectively , in this commentary , which will not spare me when I have done badly or in the wrong spirit or left half-done , but will not either , in a spirit of false modesty , gloss over those things in my life and work which have been a success , even , mildly , a triumph . |
| 14 | On the glass or in the glass ? he wrote . |
| 15 | All that and more went through my mind , wrote Harsnet , as I sat there in the moonlight in the silence , but it was as if it was the glass which was telling me this , that the glass was my mind as I thought that , or my mind the glass , and that was the reason for the fear and the cold and also for the sense of growing excitement and a fear then , a different kind of fear , that I would not be able to do anything with this excitement , that it would be my failure , my failure to realize what I now saw were the real possibilities of the glass , a failure for which I would never be able to forgive myself , though a part of me would always know or perhaps only believe that it was in the nature of my insight that there could be no realization of it , that it was precisely an insight about non-realization , but by then , wrote Harsnet , it had all become too complicated , too extreme , I did not want to know any of it until it was all over , until I had made my effort , perhaps it had been a mistake to come in and sit there with the glass through the night with the moon shining so brightly , it must have been full , or nearly full , unnaturally bright anyway , something to do with the solstice perhaps , to sit in the room with the glass alone or with the moon alone might have been bearable , in the dark with the glass or in the moonlight in an empty room , but the two together , the glass and the moon , that was perhaps the mistake . |
| 16 | It will have to be installed either by a window or in the middle of the largest room you 've got , I told her . |
| 17 | Or in Heaven , she thought . |
| 18 | As I have read his writings , often in photocopies lent to me by friends , or in the book on his work published in 1982 , in India , I have not only come to appreciate his films in a more informed way , but I have also realized that his outlook on film-making is one which has begun to affect my own thinking . |
| 19 | Most green manures can be sown broadcast or in rows . |
| 20 | Given its height and vigour , L. serotina is probably best accommodated at the back of a herbaceous border or in the wild garden if you are lucky enough to have such a place . |
| 21 | In common with several other well-known giants such as the giant hogweed , I. magnifica is native to the Caucasus mountains of the Russian republic of Georgia , where it is commonly seen in damp meadows and by streams , often on the margins of woodland or in glades . |
| 22 | Each kind of bulb has its own particular planting depth , which should be explained on the packaging or in the catalogue . |
| 23 | The trouble is that I ca n't identify it and ca n't find it in my gardening books or in any of the books at my local library . |
| 24 | Lay the fruit stem uppermost on shelves or in shallow boxes so that they do not touch each other . |
| 25 | Weight on the nose or in the cockpit will be sufficient to prevent the glider lifting . |
| 26 | It is seldom possible to land down wind or in the opposite direction to the take-off . |
| 27 | Even worse off is the pilot who still believes he will make it and takes no action until he arrives on the ground or in a hedge . |
| 28 | However , effective S-turns are not easy to do , and they need to be practised if they are not to end up in dangerously steep turns or in bringing the final turn too close to the field . |
| 29 | A sensitive pilot could then be so confused that he would be unable to respond logically to the situation , particularly if it happened at night or in cloud . |
| 30 | Surprising though it may seem , although it is now well established that this is a serious problem with gliding , it is almost unknown in power flying circles or in the Air Force and it is taking many years to convince authorities . |