Example sentences of "in [conj] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I think that over the course of our married life we had a number of moves for various reasons , generally to improve the accommodation , erm as standard of life increased so the desire to have a better house to live in or rather in those days a house was out of the question , we generally had rooms in a house , erm , they , the flat for instance that we were bombed out from was a basement flat , erm according to the estate agents it was a garden flat , erm and it meant that you had access to the front garden and the back garden , but as for being a garden flat it was below the level of the garden in the front and at the back it was on the level with the erm green grass at the back of the house , it was also along side of the trolley bus depot , so there it was considerably noisy , nevertheless it was a self contained flat , the first one we 'd had , no the second one we 'd had and we were perfectly happy there although of course it did have minor difficulties , the fact that you used the front door with people who had flats on the other remaining three floors , but nevertheless it did involve you in a certain amount of community living , you were aware of your neighbours , you had to be very conscious of them and they were very conscious of you . |
| 2 | He died in or shortly before 1276 , leaving one son heavily in debt and another living outside London . |
| 3 | What , one where you can go in or just for take away ? |
| 4 | Most of these foundations were sited in or hard by cathedral buildings because after the cathedral reforms old cathedrals had buildings or land available . |
| 5 | The vegetation of the field was analysed by ordination and correlation techniques which showed that only a minor part of the variation in species distribution could be accounted for by underlying edaphic factors , though in the peripheral areas of the pasture the presence of hedges and trees accounted for significant changes in the vegetation — e.g. Dadtylis glomerata occurred mainly in or close to the shade of the trees . |
| 6 | Scotland has a population of approximately 5 million , most of whom live in or close to cities or towns . |
| 7 | Of the world 's 32 living species of seals , ten occur in or close to arctic waters ( Stonehouse , 1985a ; see data in Table 5.2 . ) |
| 8 | Find out whether you 're in or out on pages 30 and 31 . |
| 9 | Find out whether your style is in or out on pages 30 and 31 . |
| 10 | On the day the National Government was formed , Sylvester , Lloyd George 's secretary , asked him : ‘ Are you in or out of this ? ’ |
| 11 | No matter how many times you are in or out of your home , the unit can cope . |
| 12 | The foot of the inclined way descends below the level of what may be termed the tail bay which is open at the end so that the dock and carriage run down into the water in order to bring the dock into alignment with the tail bay to allow of the vessel being hauled in or out of the dock . |
| 13 | The charge is let in or out of each capacitor by its own switch but the charge continually drains away so it needs to be constantly topped up from the mains or battery . |
| 14 | Sideboards were prized ( if you could grow them ) & real mutton chops appeared & looked very mean — although they were never in or out of fashion as such — just optional all the way through . |
| 15 | Sally confesses : ‘ We realized , after we 'd had the dividing wall rebuilt between the front room and the back parlour , that it was impossible to get in or out of the back parlour , since we 'd also had the doorway closed off and made into a display case for the tortoiseshell medical implements Peter collects . |
| 16 | I 've always been the type of guy who 'll dig into every note regardless of whether that note might be right or wrong or in or out of tune . |
| 17 | Apart from DIY accidents and those in the kitchen , nearly 80 per cent of other home accidents are caused by people falling in or out of the bath . |
| 18 | We would never have produced such alternatives because experience has shown that enormous pressure would be placed on the auditor to move something in or out of normalised earnings . ’ |
| 19 | Most shares were hit by the Cabinet split over whether Britain should opt in or out of European economic union . |
| 20 | It is , in fact , an amphibian , which can live in or out of water . |
| 21 | As a basic point , you should enquire whether the scheme is contracted in or out of SERPS and whether the intention is that it should remain so in the future . |
| 22 | Separate from the basic pension , a widow may also receive money from her late husband 's occupational pension , whether contracted in or out of SERPS . |
| 23 | It has taken present-day governments some time to understand that a universal benefit is a bulwark against the disincentive effects of a largely means-tested system , and that , given that the benefit is paid irrespective of whether the household head is in or out of work but is nevertheless deducted from supplementary benefit , it helps maintain a difference between income in paid work and income on the dole . |
| 24 | These are frequently used to bring goats on heat , either in or out of the breeding season . |
| 25 | He can not speak in or out of the House on subjects outside his department . |
| 26 | ‘ Anything going in or out of the valley has to pass along this road . ’ |
| 27 | All those who appear on the Register must , by law , notify the Community Charges Registration Officer about any change regarding their entry within 21 days of the change occurring , this includes moving in or out of Birmingham . |
| 28 | Which we move in or out of , like a season . |
| 29 | You could n't get in or out of here . |
| 30 | Let him be in or out of prison , he will get nothing of mine . |