Example sentences of "or [adv] [noun sg] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a much lower level of use than either Edinburgh or Glasgow , but in view of the standard of service observed on this occasion , it is impossible to say whether this usage figure represents lower demand , or merely laxity in control . |
| 2 | Mass civil disorder , whether it be the result of a real or imagined grievance or merely over-indulgence in alcohol , is not purely a recent phenomenon . |
| 3 | Everything else must either be explicitly held in abeyance or overtly assumed for present purposes ( the ceteris paribus or etcetera clause in science ) . |
| 4 | It is an arresting paradox — although , admittedly , only a seeming one — that where child-rearing veers to the exact opposite extreme to that represented by the Schreber case and becomes a liberal democracy , or even anarchy in microcosm , the eventual consequence , if I am correct , may well be a totalitarian macrocosm . |
| 5 | Certainly , as he stared out eastwards , Ramsay could perceive no signs of alarm or even movement in town or beyond . |
| 6 | Nor is it known how such circumstances arose or whether the balances are individually or cumulatively material in relation to the company 's accounts . |