Example sentences of "[be] [adj] or in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Predation has greatest impact on small mammal populations when they are low or in decline and less impact when populations are increasing . |
| 2 | Children do not recognize the physical cues of when they want to empty their bladder until they reach the ages of 12 to 18 months ( Leach 1975 ; Lask 1985 ) and so it is unlikely that children trained before this age are reliable or in control . |
| 3 | The figure in this field is used by LIFESPAN to calculate the number of blocks which are free or in use , as displayed at option 9.3.0 — Update Availability of Media . |
| 4 | Half the time we carry on as if we did n't have a body : and we only think about our bodies if they trouble us — if we 're hungry or in pain . |
| 5 | But he will not be unhappy or in pain any more , and I am happy for him . |
| 6 | Even when people are very severely disturbed they can express legitimate choices about whether they wish to be alone or in company , occupied or relaxing , about the food they like , about whether they would prefer silence or a music-filled room , and so forth . |
| 7 | Authorisation may be general or in respect of particular classes of case . |
| 8 | These rights may be statutory or in accordance with the Scheme of Conditions of Service . |
| 9 | If you are disabled or in firm you are entitled to free home nursing visits and free chiropody . |
| 10 | VI Miscellaneous provisions applying to companies which are insolvent or in liquidation |
| 11 | Section 236 appears in Part VI of the Insolvency Act 1986 which is headed ‘ Miscellaneous Provisions applying to companies which are insolvent or in liquidation ’ and under the sub-heading ‘ Management by administrators , liquidators , etc . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | In the Auvergne , Figure 10 shows the Communes in which remembrement was complete or in progress in 1983 . |