Example sentences of "in or [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 . |