Example sentences of "[adj] and [adv prt] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proportion of men aged 70 and over in the labour force has more than halved from 11 per cent to 5 per cent in the same time period . |
| 2 | Glenn Hoddle is fit and back in the team . |
| 3 | To straighten the data in figure 11.13 , for example , the curve has to be pulled down in the Y -direction and up in the X -direction ; linearity will therefore probably be improved by raising the Y variable to a power lower down on the ladder and/or by raising the X variable to a power higher up on the ladder . |
| 4 | Unloved and out in the cold |
| 5 | Because no Sunday School teacher is there to see that everyone gets a prize , that no one cheats or that no one is left lonely and out in the cold , there will be casualties . |