Example sentences of "[adv prt] [coord] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Then contact either on or on for further details .
2 Time I got approximately though on or off for all
3 Most rocker switches are wired for one-way operation — that is , the light is turned on and off from just the one position ; but most are capable of two-way operation , where the light is turned on or off from two places — in a through room , in a bedroom , or top and bottom of the stairs , for instance .
4 Some need a flue to carry away exhaust gases , but balanced-flue appliances can be easily installed on or close to any exterior wall .
5 10.1 The Academic Parties undertake that as respects copyright and other intellectual property rights in any items comprising technical information in respect of their results they will at the request and cost of the Non-academic Parties to this Agreement assign to and execute and do all such deeds acts matters and things as may be requisite for vesting such rights in an Non-academic Party either along or jointly with other Non-academic Parties to this Agreement .
6 Yes I think that over the course of our married life we had a number of moves for various reasons , generally to improve the accommodation , erm as standard of life increased so the desire to have a better house to live in or rather in those days a house was out of the question , we generally had rooms in a house , erm , they , the flat for instance that we were bombed out from was a basement flat , erm according to the estate agents it was a garden flat , erm and it meant that you had access to the front garden and the back garden , but as for being a garden flat it was below the level of the garden in the front and at the back it was on the level with the erm green grass at the back of the house , it was also along side of the trolley bus depot , so there it was considerably noisy , nevertheless it was a self contained flat , the first one we 'd had , no the second one we 'd had and we were perfectly happy there although of course it did have minor difficulties , the fact that you used the front door with people who had flats on the other remaining three floors , but nevertheless it did involve you in a certain amount of community living , you were aware of your neighbours , you had to be very conscious of them and they were very conscious of you .
7 He died in or shortly before 1276 , leaving one son heavily in debt and another living outside London .
8 Of the world 's 32 living species of seals , ten occur in or close to arctic waters ( Stonehouse , 1985a ; see data in Table 5.2 . )
9 Most shares were hit by the Cabinet split over whether Britain should opt in or out of European economic union .
10 We would never have produced such alternatives because experience has shown that enormous pressure would be placed on the auditor to move something in or out of normalised earnings . ’
11 The charge is let in or out of each capacitor by its own switch but the charge continually drains away so it needs to be constantly topped up from the mains or battery .
12 On the day the National Government was formed , Sylvester , Lloyd George 's secretary , asked him : ‘ Are you in or out of this ? ’
13 Our breathing work is based on selected Yoga positions , chosen for their particular relevance to the Medau system , and although this relationship is important , the positions are taught differently , the aim being to influence the breath in an indirect way , undisturbed by directions to breathe in or out at certain moments .
14 So after that I would never let him out to play , but then a social worker came to complain that I was keeping him in and away from other children . "
15 Trippy was in and not at all surprised to see me ; but then , very little can surprise Trippy any more .
16 Various depressed minions started to trickle in and just after seven-thirty , a man in a chef 's hat arrived through the doors that led to the kitchens , carrying an enormous silver tray which he laid in the centre of the table .
17 But the combined effect of the fall , the darkness and the feeling of being shut in and alone in this cold , murky world while her mother lay still and silent on the floor was sufficient to cause Sylvia acute distress .
18 If you then cross-examine them and attack their credibility your shield goes in and then after that your previous good character , but only in the context of you being cross-examined by the prosecution .
19 Where I think we have tried to do something interesting is in this idea of giving the student a , a whole year 's experience in the school to help them become professionalised , rather than the normal practice , the traditional practice of school practice , which meant going twelve , sixteen weeks into perhaps two bytes , into a school , and this does mean the student can get integrated with the school community and take part in the extramural life of the school , get involved in games and school plays and school outings in a way that 's not possible if they 're in and out on that short basis .
20 Individuals slip in and out without most people being aware of the fact .
21 Many flow diagrams also include the quantities of materials flowing in and out at each stage of the process .
22 ‘ A man of his age ca n't have strange females dotting in and out at any time of the day or night .
23 It 's part of an enormous cave system , the deepest in Europe at 1,000ft so it 's important that people do n't wander in and out at random , even if they 're experienced cavers .
24 During dinner Mr Brownlow stayed in a separate room , and the older members of the group went in and out with serious faces .
25 The Second Son walked in and out with various friends .
26 We 're not going to actually try and grapple with someone , we just want in and out with some valuable stuff .
27 She was worried about a pair of wild barn owls : they had been nesting in her barn for years and she knew there were young up there , but had n't seen the parent birds going in and out for several days .
28 Do n't change lanes unexpectedly or weave in and out of slow-moving traffic .
29 Now I know my pornographic magazines : Debonair belonged to the cheaper range , targeted at the manual worker 's handjob , with many a salacious housewife or spotty-bummed Swede twisting herself in and out of chain-store under-wear .
30 In France the process by which the administrative and business elites give one another interesting employment is called pantouflage which literally means jumping in and out of one another 's trousers ( Birnbaum , 1981 ) .
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