Example sentences of "in with the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ For the first time since the start of the recession , ’ said Mr Hayward we may be seeing some glimmer of light , particularly as the figures tie in with the slight decrease in receiverships this quarter and with recent reports of an increase in business optimism . |
| 2 | The dots are filled in with the appropriate names like this : |
| 3 | You may have a rough idea of where you are going and if it fits in with the cosmic blueprint , doors open easily . |
| 4 | ‘ To be honest I do n't think it fits in with the Irish way of things . |
| 5 | In his 1959 essay " The English School in a Democracy " Bateson outlines the characteristics of the kind of trained mind he envisages , which seem to fit in with the mental attitudes and orientations most suited to the democratic process . |
| 6 | I stopped at a pub I used rarely near the BBC and had a ploughman 's and a couple of orange juices , no alcohol , partly because I wanted to keep a clear head and partly to fit in with the cab-driver persona . |
| 7 | Animals may avoid being eaten by active flight , as do moths escaping from bats ; by camouflage , which requires behavioural adaptations to fit in with the visual markings ; by warning coloration , to teach predators to avoid sickening prey ; by mimicry of successfully warning-coloured species ; or by aggregation in groups , such as the schools of fish . |
| 8 | The notion of a routine , of a particular time for meals , baths , bed for young children — to fit in with the other interests and commitments of parents working outside the home — is not especially important . |
| 9 | His underwear will be perfectly all right in with the other clothes . |
| 10 | The people who are seizing and occupying the present time can not belong in my colour , they 're like the bits that leap out of a spinning bowl , too heavy , too separate and distinct to be blended in with the other substances ; red-hot stones , flung out and setting on fire the place where they land . |
| 11 | ‘ If you can do that , then you have in your mind what the strong target notes are and you can start going in with the other notes of the scale . |
| 12 | The nature of Wakelate 's business necessitated that he and his wife should blend in with the other guests . |
| 13 | Then she discarded that , too , and left Corrie 's side for the first time to join in with the other children . |
| 14 | The period of time when acceptance becomes possible seems to link in with the first anniversary of events . |
| 15 | BR 's corporate planning was reformed to fit in with the new structure by devolving responsibility for planning largely to the five businesses and by developing ‘ action plans ’ to commit lower level management to business objectives ( Heath 1984 : 221 ) . |
| 16 | To tie in with the new broadcasting levy system , which starts in January , HTV is changing its year end from July to December . |
| 17 | He was well in with the new dynasty and very anxious to establish his good standing with the king . |
| 18 | The organisers were looking for a nurse who could show how her work — both before and after the changes brought in with the New Contract — had helped her patients . |
| 19 | Above : Crockery and cutlery were carefully chosen to fit in with the new style |
| 20 | They replaced their kitchen crockery with simple black and white octagonal glassware crockery and even the car was changed to fit in with the new image — their champagne-coloured Ford was replaced with a grey and red Peugeot . |
| 21 | And Pilger , an exasperatingly prickly individualist determined to expose the ills of the world , stubbornly refused to lower his standards and fit in with the new requirements . |
| 22 | Two of the five vessels being built for Olsen are designed to comply with this legislation , and this , says Parker , will give it a proven ability to fit in with the new requirements . |
| 23 | The dancing was to good old rock and roll music , and even those who were just a twinkle in their father 's eye in the 6Os joined in with the jiving fun . |
| 24 | But Sir George Gardiner , chairman of the right-of-centre 1992 Group of Tories , and Brent North MP Sir Rhodes Boyson have both now said they will throw their hand in with the Prime Minister . |
| 25 | We 've plunged in with the practical details rather than training itself . |
| 26 | Within this transition , there seem to have been two distinct phases of development , the second of which was ushered in with the final abandonment of all residual concerns with cultural and linguistic policy , and thus indirectly with English in schools . |
| 27 | It was held in with the present public excluded but now we seem to have a completely different situation . |
| 28 | Liberals had argued for a wider franchise for years and Unionists had demanded a redistribution , so both sides got something of what they wanted and proportional representation was thrown in with the present mood of Labour in mind , so that the anti-socialist parties would be able to consolidate their position if necessary . |
| 29 | How does ‘ Here I Am ’ fit in with the present changes in education ? |
| 30 | ‘ So you need to keep in with the present owner , ’ he went on . |