Example sentences of "in [coord] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arrangements for reorganisation , in or out of court , sound like a formality ; a fixed outside factor of doing business . |
| 2 | In America , whether in or out of court , the managers who led the firm into the ditch often remain at the controls while it is pulled out . |
| 3 | Since the characters never come to life , it is difficult to care what they get up to , in or out of bed . |
| 4 | They cut benefits to pensioners , the severely disabled , widows , the unemployed , those with industrial injuries and families with children , in or out of work . |
| 5 | In this sense the particular manipulation of reality found in the adventure story , at least until the past two or three decades , has been away from the practicalities of extended cohabitation , whether in or out of marriage . |
| 6 | The various departments ’ relations with Parliament , with outside bodies and professions are all governed by the same consideration that the minister is in charge and that he can be attacked ( in or out of Parliament ) for anything that happens or fails to happen in his department . |
| 7 | There is no evidence that the judges at any time protested to Her Majesty 's government in or out of Parliament against the proposals to involve them directly and indirectly in the administration of the act of 1971 . |
| 8 | talking about experiences in or out of school , eg a school trip , a family outing , a television programme seen ; |
| 9 | That the governing body might record the names of those whose work in or out of school is particularly noteworthy . |
| 10 | A non-competitive literacy test ( in Sesotho ) is recommended to be taken at the end of the first cycle or any time thereafter prior to the final examination since mastery of literacy skills is seen as the first priority in primary school education in Lesotho — ‘ if learners are to profit from further opportunities for education in or out of school . ’ |
| 11 | After a project is completed , children can pass on their finished product to its intended audience , which may be classmates , or children younger or older than themselves , or even adults in or out of school , and can then evaluate the audience 's reaction . |
| 12 | The alleged ability , in or out of trance , to contact the spirit-world , usually during a seance . |
| 13 | The reformers , until 1964 mainly outside the House , argued that since the public wished to vote governments in or out of power and since every serious vote had become an issue of confidence , it was no longer possible to restore freer voting in order to improve the independence and power of the House . |
| 14 | Spare Rib , May 1977 , reported that at the national Women 's Liberation conference , the Fifth Demand group ( for Financial and Legal Independence ) opposed the demand that ‘ every individual person , whether in or out of employment , should receive a Guaranteed Minimum Income as of right ’ on the grounds that ‘ it would amount to implicit support for the Wages for Housework Campaign ’ ( p. 11 ) . |
| 15 | In or out of employment , certain skills are vital , after all . |
| 16 | This is what ‘ democratic socialism ’ ought to mean , however remote it may be from the present practices of the Labour Party in or out of office . |
| 17 | The end result was misery — the word used to describe the final stage consistently for seven centuries , whether in or out of prison . |
| 18 | In or out of prison I will relentlessly fight my case until my conviction for the murder of Reginald Stevens is finally quashed . |
| 19 | Being off duty I was forbidden near Marcus in or out of uniform . |
| 20 | Reflection can take place in or out of role ; during a lesson ( as and when important moments arise ) ; at the end of the lesson ; in the classroom ; immediately before the lesson . |
| 21 | an interest in and up to date knowledge of therapeutic trends in modern medical practice . |
| 22 | an interest in and up to date knowledge of therapeutic trends in modern medical practice . |
| 23 | They are novels in which the main characters debate topical social and economic issues as well as fall in and out of love , marry and have children , pursue careers , make or lose their fortunes , and do all the other things that characters do in more conventional novels . |
| 24 | Mr Heath in 1970 was also a radical leader and many of his policies were enacted in the face of bitter opposition in and out of Parliament . |
| 25 | These constantly circulating racial stereotypes together with the resurgence of racist political activities in and out of Parliament , ensured that common sense attitudes towards ‘ race ’ focused on Blacks as problems , needing control . |
| 26 | When William Wilson , Chairman of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners , introduced a Bill for the free feeding of schoolchildren by local authorities , early in the new session of Parliament , both the government and civil servants were unprepared , but in view of its considerable support in and out of Parliament , they agreed to support the Bill . |
| 27 | This measure of a Conservative government was strongly opposed , in and out of Parliament , by the trade union movement and the Labour Party . |
| 28 | Many living species burrow into sand or mud , sometimes to a considerable depth — these species maintain contact with the sea by means of long siphons , tubes that permit the passage in and out of water and bring to the animal both the necessary oxygen and the small organic particles on which it feeds . |
| 29 | I drove through a street market , up and down hills , in and out of alleyways , through tarpaper shacks . |
| 30 | These adapted themselves to a life in and out of work since they had a strong street culture with which to identify . |