Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] or in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the three years , 1986-8 , 7.3 per cent of Aston 's graduates were unemployed or in temporary employment six months after graduation ; at Sussex , 13.5 per cent . |
| 2 | Only 43 per cent of women were unemployed or in families where no member was employed compared with 56 per cent of men ( p=0.024 ) . |
| 3 | If those authorities were negligent or in any way in breach of duty , it is important that that fact should be uncovered at an early stage . |
| 4 | Now all was noise and confusion , as he tried to hold two of them off with his single bayonet , and most of his countrymen were dead or in retreat . |
| 5 | In the Auvergne , Figure 10 shows the Communes in which remembrement was complete or in progress in 1983 . |
| 6 | In general , married women could find paid employment only when the family income was insufficient or in a family business such as a shop . |