Example sentences of "[conj] in [adj] [noun] it " in BNC.

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1 This may be charged on the actual amount of water you use or a percentage of it , or in some areas it may be based on the rateable value of your home .
2 At the other end of the scale , although in many cases it is open to private individuals to prosecute for breach of the criminal law , it is generally thought , for various reasons , that usually it is best for public prosecutors to take such action .
3 It is a Yorkshire dale in a classic sense with sweeping contours and a fierce beauty on the grand scale , although in recent years it has been placed in County Durham ( not that locals pay any attention to such cultural vandalism ) .
4 Its base unit is the kilogram although in chemical calculations it is often more convenient to use grams .
5 Little explicit literary evidence confirms this view of the Council ; there is for instance nothing in the pamphlet we call the Old Oligarch , written in c.425 , although in other contexts it does comment on the influence at Athens enjoyed by the wealthy and well-born .
6 Choice of the insurer is yours and an existing policy can be considered , although in such cases it may require depositing with the bank as security .
7 Re-writing the partnership agreement will not be a practicable exercise in larger firms , although in certain circumstances it may become necessary , eg if in the course of negotiations with a new partner some hitherto unsuspected inadequacy is revealed .
8 This is the main highway from Istanbul , which lies about 100 miles to the east , to the Greek border , some 100 miles to the west , and although in most parts it has a good tarmac surface it is in the main single carriageway .
9 ‘ Royal Glyn-Neath ’ , we call it , although in those days it was only a little nine-hole course .
10 Although in three cases it was recognised that the operation was technically unsatisfactory and early rebleeding was encountered in each case , in the rest there appeared to be no obvious explanation for these surgical failures .
11 Presumably it saw service for iron working at some time , although in later life it was used for corn grinding , saw milling , as well as being operated for a time as a maltings .
12 Historians have found some manors where the local custom was for the widow to receive a half proportion , or even the whole , and yet in others apparently none — although in these cases it is more likely that the documentation is being misconstrued .
13 The radial shields are usually covered although in some specimens it is possible to see the outline of distal end .
14 Although in some circumstances it would appear that steroid use was very sophisticated , in many instances knowledge about drugs and injection technique was very poor ’ .
15 In many instances it is likely that these lowered rates of employment are the direct result of providing care , although in some cases it is possible that a temporary withdrawal from the labour market ( for example , because of redundancy or child-bearing ) may enable some women to take on informal caring responsibilities and delay their return to paid employment .
16 The Abortion Pill is best used in the early weeks of a pregnancy — certainly in the first three months , although in some cases it can be used later .
17 Although in some hospitals it 's as high as one in five .
18 Although in some ways it 's even more agreeable when they 're not , because then Howard does his famous imitation of Freddie — Freddie being praised , Freddie being jealous , Freddie doing his best to unbend enough to be wrathful .
19 Although in some ways it seems hardly necessary to have to justify this , the concerns of management merit our interest for a number of reasons .
20 So in fact the crinoline , although in some ways it had its disadvantages , I think it was a good deal more comfortable than , than wearing a lot of petticoats and being very restricted like that .
21 If this process is done with a proper crimping tool there is very little chance of serious damage , although in this case it seemed by the damage done to the line that a normal pair of pliers had been used .
22 One possibility is that the DGSE somehow hoped that by buying the dinghy in London blame for the operation would be placed on MI6 , although in this case it would have made more sense to buy one made in Britain .
23 This does not have to be the value paired with the summary value for X , although in this instance it happens also to be the value for the other South East .
24 If anyone can be said to have had a ‘ finest hour ’ — although in this instance it was more a matter of finest days and weeks — it was the people of Fontanellato , and those for many miles around , who had showed such courage in helping the escaped prisoners without any hope or thought of recompense .
25 Perhaps also , a new officer might learn how little his place was actually worth after he had accepted it , although in this regard it must be remembered that even the crown offices were poorly paid .
26 Harvest usually takes place in mid-October , although in extreme cases it has commenced as early as August and as late as November .
27 Although in both cases it can be argued that the sight of the police car is what caused the speaker to be glad , the way in which these notions are put into relation is not the same .
28 Hamilton asserted that in ordinary life it was the strong arm of the law and not the strong arm of the husband which protected women from hurt or molestation .
29 It is only now clear to me that in actual fact it must have been a day later .
30 We normally suppose that our experience is a reliable guide to the nature of those parts of the world which we are not observing , and that in favourable cases it gives us knowledge .
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