Example sentences of "[conj] in a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother was ‘ outrageous with joy ’ at the return of her lost child , and put him to bed , where in a day or two he recovered . |
| 2 | The development of major shopping facilities outside established shopping centres … or in a location or on a scale which would be likely to have an excessive impact on another established shopping centre should not be permitted . |
| 3 | She was a woman of fine physical strength , ready to go out on foot or in a canoe when called for . |
| 4 | The job is made easier if the bending machine is mounted on its own stand or in a vice and if some light oil is used on the formers . |
| 5 | So we get involved quite a lot in looking at teaching in various parts of the university where people want us to , very often involving the students as well as the other teachers in looking at a particular course and seeing if there are ways in which perhaps it might be taught differently or in a way that worked better . |
| 6 | They take cold easily when sweating or in a draught but are in general better ( > ) in the open air , though worse ( < ) on getting heated . |
| 7 | Five classes of advertisement are excepted from all control : those on enclosed land , within a building , on or in a vehicle or vessel , displayed on a balloon , incorporated in and forming part of the fabric of a building ( for example , incised stonework lettering ) , and displayed on an article for sale . |
| 8 | He scorned special equipment and commonly appeared on a mountain or in a jungle as he would in Bond Street . |
| 9 | erm there has not been a manifesto for the next General Election , which may take place in a week or two , or in a year or so . |
| 10 | Writing poetry is presented in the wholly artificial diction of tending the shepherd 's trade , or in a Latinism that is not even correct , colloquial , normal English in meditating the thankless muse . |
| 11 | Put Kurt Cobain , Dave Grohl and Chris Novoselic on a stage or in a rehearsal space or in a studio and they can still wreak magic , the three losers who took on the world and won . |
| 12 | Sit comfortably in a quiet room or in a garden if you prefer . |
| 13 | Looking at things squarely , I should say that most of the £5 million you have advanced to Ingard will have to be written off — and it does n't seem to me to make much difference to the bank whether this becomes open knowledge now , or in a week or so . |
| 14 | You could make a regular all-over pattern , but I think that they look best spaced out or in a patch or a group . |
| 15 | Make sure they are left comfortable in bed or in a chair when the task is completed . |
| 16 | The effect of what is now sections 128 of the Act is that if particulars of such rights are not set out either in the memorandum or articles , or in a resolution or agreement ( a copy of which has to be sent to the Registrar under section 380 ) they must be given in a statement , in the prescribed form , sent to the Registrar within a month of allotment of the shares . |
| 17 | Whether the words are printed , typed or handwritten ; whether they appear on a screen or on different types and qualities of paper ; whether a ‘ text ’ occurs as a separate item , as part of an academic journal , or in a book or an encyclopaedia ; how the page is laid out , the extent to which it is broken up by illustrations , headings , and the use of different typefaces . |
| 18 | Now , so , the name of the actual Act of Parliament is Sale of Goods Act er and that 's the law that gives you and me and everybody in Britain our basic rights every time we buy something from a shop or in a sale or a market stall or by post through a mail order catalogue . |
| 19 | ( b ) Tests on the equality or otherwise of two values , held either in two store locations , or in an accumulator and a store location . |
| 20 | No one must ever ask where another rabbit was and anyone who asked , " Where ? " — except in a song or a poem — must be silenced . |
| 21 | Baldwin ( 1954 ) states that 42 per cent of Mexico had ‘ accelerated erosion ’ and so on , although as section 1 of this chapter suggests , it is difficult to know how to gauge the significance of these figures except in a general and qualitative way , which indeed may be sufficient . |
| 22 | But such was the strength of their local authority that most of the larger Catholic households were able to maintain their liturgical tradition , although in a way that was increasingly isolated from the mainstream of local life . |
| 23 | Mr Hurd , Foreign Secretary , dismissed claims by Mr Ashdown that in a pact or coalition he would be able to prevent Labour introducing its proposed higher tax rates on middle managers . |
| 24 | The rapid recording or repetition of the circumstances of longitudinal experiments in science meant that in a day and a night , without any intervention from a pupil or a teacher , the replication of two terms ' work could be completed . |
| 25 | Few cases are quite as confusing as the zebra 's stripes , but there is always the chance that in a year or so 's time new information will have been gathered that changes our views about some aspect of animal life . |
| 26 | " Mother Benedicta told me yesterday that in a year or two I 'm to go to the village of Yelton . |
| 27 | You will see that in a second but there are limitations with it . |
| 28 | Erm I , I think it was er you know a good thing that in a way that it was parted and made er staff , you know , training officer and business you know , sort of thing . |
| 29 | The weak anthropic principle states that in a universe that is large or infinite in space and/or time , the conditions necessary for the development of intelligent life will be met only in certain regions that are limited in space and time . |
| 30 | That implies that in a sense that there 's a question of choice about it . |