Example sentences of "[coord] in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 This style in plain colours — light & dark , then into the big rounded ‘ beagle ’ collars which went into all colours — and in checks & in different materials : cotton , cotton/poly , Oxfords , wool mixes , etc .
2 Although crew cuts had been around forever , all-over short hair of ½″ or less started in about '64 & was a conservative-suit-mod staple until '68 when it went even shorter — ¼″ and less & in '69 near-shaven styles ( baldness never caught on ) ½″ or so of hair in the 60s was not as noteworthy as a backward glance might suggest — because long hair got all the publicity , you 'd think that everyone below 25 grew their hair long .
3 At the end of chapter eight of The Form Rolle comments that in the " fyrst degre er many , in degree er ful faa , bot in thyrde degre unnethes er any " [ faa : few ; unnethes : scarcely ] ( 107.83 – 5 ) confirming this view .
4 The navy is considering dropping the submarines either into existing nuclear dumps in South Carolina and Washington state or in watery graves some 4000 metres down off Cape Hatteras , North Carolina or Cape Mendocino , California .
5 These typologies may well not capture the patterns found in lesbian relationships or in multi-family households .
6 Cassell continues its association with the Royal Horticultural Society by producing more Wisley Handbooks , new or in revised editions .
7 As the aircraft were left out ‘ dispersed ’ most of the time in English or in tropical rain these compartments soon became little damp boxes , often with a puddle at the bottom .
8 He advised his student that a comprehensive microlight conversion course was necessary as it was possible for conventional control ( three-axis ) pilots with insufficient weight-shift experience to make incorrect control inputs when under a heavy workload or in turbulent conditions .
9 If , on the other hand , the mites are kept in long days , or in continuous darkness , no diapause supervenes .
10 Has any consideration been given to allowing right hon. and hon. Members to express an opinion on that matter , either on the Floor of the House or in European Standing Committee B ?
11 I do not want to know what she intends doing in a year 's time or in 10 years ' time , because she will not be in government then .
12 Earlier that day , Gorbachev had himself appeared to raise the possibility of his stepping down as general secretary at the CPSU congress when , clearly stung by the ferocity of the criticisms being levelled at him , he complained that " people are not taking the general secretary , the President of the country , very seriously " , and added : " It is not a question of me : tomorrow or in 10 or 12 days ' time someone else might be general secretary or party chairman . "
13 You get higher turn out in non- metropolitan districts than you do in county council or in metropolitan district elections .
14 The Magistrates ' Court consists of a bench of three lay magistrates , or in metropolitan areas a single stipendiary magistrate who is legally qualified .
15 Without autonomous change in tastes , or in technological possibilities , or in the availability of resources , no one can have any interest in altering his plans for the succeeding period .
16 I know of no very explicit discussion of how this could come about , in evolution or in individual development .
17 Apologies are unnecessary , for the technique and language developed by Freud has proved of very great value for anyone who works with ‘ disturbed ’ people , children or adults , in residential homes , or in individual therapy .
18 And cultural determinism is the idea that they way people think and act , is largely determined by their culture , their upbringing , their socialization , their home environment , peer group pressure , this kind of thing , and is not to be looked for in natural causes , in their genes , for example , or in individual psychological experience , as was the prime focus of Freud in psychoanalysis .
19 To me it is essential to serve fruit fools in glasses or in simple white cups , and with shortbread or other such biscuits to go with them .
20 Or in poor farming areas , the farmhouse might be divided with the grandparents ‘ living in the old room .
21 This too is linked with the problem of old age , as many older plants are situated either in built-up areas , or in poor areas geographically where the topography of the site and weather conditions , particularly temperature inversion , hampers the escape of exhaust gases into the atmosphere and in doing so can result in the intensification of an odour for short periods .
22 Glycerophosphates are still the main constituents of the tonics chemists sell , even though there is little theoretical or experimental justification for their wide or extensive use by people who are tired , chronically sick , aged or in poor health .
23 In the swing between extremes , it can seem almost a matter of chance whether a man bursts out in self-reproach or in righteous indignation , in suicide or in murder .
24 But some buy-outs have ended in the bankruptcy court or in acute distress .
25 The remedy may change , or in acute injuries more than one remedy may be required , but in classical homoeopathy the remedies are administered one at a time and not as a mixture .
26 It can be an offence , however , not to assist strangers , injured or in acute danger , where an obvious remedy is at hand such as pulling someone from wreckage or issuing a warning .
27 It is certainly important to measure the plasma potassium concentration during acute administration of theophylline ( for example , after overdose or in acute severe asthma ) , since hypokalaemia may require treatment , but the plasma potassium concentration should not be regarded as a useful measure of the action of theophylline during long term therapy .
28 Among shrubs or in mixed borders , variegated plants help to add interest to the rest of the display , especially where they contrast with bronze or purple foliage , or harmonise with a golden colour group .
29 Pudding was always the bisulan , or in pure Italian ciambella : a round cake the texture of shortbread , with a hole in the middle and sugar on top .
30 The large clumps of tufted hair grass Deschampsia caespitosa or soft brome grass Bromius mollis around the edges of woods or in rough meadows are veritable insect palaces .
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