Example sentences of "and [adv prt] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The control of transcription — turning on and off of genes — and so controlling the synthesis of specific proteins , involves signal molecules that enter the cell nucleus from the cytoplasm . |
| 2 | The switching on and off of genes in different cells is fundamental to the programme of development . |
| 3 | Of course , switching on and off of genes does not in itself result in developmental change ; switching genes on and off acts by changing which proteins are made and this in turn alters cell behaviour by pathways that , to repeat , may be quite tortuous . |
| 4 | Joan , John and Derek travelled into Edinburgh by their taxi and out of Fife by train . |
| 5 | Butler was anxious that the implications of the abolition of fees in maintained secondary schools should be studied and , ever prudent , hoped to ‘ avoid polemics by keeping ‘ the public school question ’ out of the Act and out of debates . |
| 6 | Both men were in their mid-thirties , and both had spent most of their lives in and out of institutions . |
| 7 | Above which , an embroidery of light flickered in and out of existence , stitching hints of a sampler spelling out death . |
| 8 | Gobbets seemed to wink in and out of existence . |
| 9 | Instead the tall , black-browed Dutchman flicked his vibro-blade on and off so that the rocks behind it seemed to tremble into and out of existence . |
| 10 | Like forms that briefly flicker in and out of existence in the heart of a flame , the worshippers danced to a staccato rhythm , their bodies jerking sharply yet smoothly in the infernal light of the crackling fires . |
| 11 | Like the novel we read , Gael 's novel of the same name is a ‘ philosophic fantasy ’ ( 9 ) , but it appears to be even less realistic than its real-life double ; it is described as a disquisition on the nature of reality with characters that flit in and out of existence . |
| 12 | thirtysomething continually moves the viewer ( particularly , it has to be said , the male , white , middle-class viewer of a certain age ) in and out of identification with characters she-and-particularly-he would rather not be , and in and out of dilemmas she-and-particularly-he would rather not recognize . |
| 13 | ( Probably because she had been in and out of Charley 's so freely at this time , working on her portfolio . ) |
| 14 | And having destroyed him , it was this other side of the ambivalence that came back to haunt them as a sense of guilt and deferred obedience , and out of guilt , they instituted the incest , the incest prohibition . |
| 15 | The hallway and various passages off it were full of visitors helping pyjama-ed relatives in and out of chairs , plumping cushions for them or fetching magazines from a well-stocked rack , or encouraging them to that last little drop of cocoa from what seemed to be a standard issue purple mug . |
| 16 | She guessed that the earthquake was responsible for his presence , since flights in and out of Taipei were functioning normally again already , but whatever concern had brought him was unlikely to be personal . |
| 17 | The car bumped in and out of potholes . |
| 18 | ‘ In fact , I did n't know him at all and he 'd managed to slip in and out of affairs before I even tumbled to the fact that he was playing around . |
| 19 | In the chapters which follow , I will attempt to offer a more satisfying and , hopefully , iconoclastic alternative ; satisfying because it will place the explanatory emphasis on definite social processes which perpetuate the invidious position of blacks both in and out of sport ; and iconoclastic because it will at least go some way towards smashing the outdated image of the black man as possessing natural physical abilities that are determined , in the last instance , by his race . |
| 20 | The section to the next town of Shanklin is built-up but the route improves dramatically on the way to and out of Ventnor . |
| 21 | The inductance variation is present in all Stepping motors : in variable.reluctance types it occurs as the teeth on the rotor and stator move into and out of alignment ; in permanent-magnet types it occurs as the rotating magnet flux changes the saturation level in the stator teeth ; and in hybrid types both effects contribute to the inductance variations . |
| 22 | The brake problems had been caused by the front wheel bearings having mostly ceased to exist , sending the whole brake assembly in and out of alignment . |
| 23 | If you need something to keep children busy and out of mischief this summer try this stylish games mat . |
| 24 | She let the cooling suds tickle her wrists , worked her white-locked mop in and out of glasses . |
| 25 | Roads in and out of Buckinghamshire would be flooded and telephone lines severely disrupted . |
| 26 | That same Friday evening in August , Theodora Braithwaite drove fast down the straight Roman road which was the only road into and out of Norfolk . |
| 27 | Paul McBride , for Todd , 32 , of Hogarth Road , London , said that he had known Sim for a number of years and out of loyalty wanted to help him . |
| 28 | Would to God the dear girl had had the smallpox in a mortifying manner , then she 'd be lovely in the excellencies of her mind only and out of dangers of suffering from the transient beauties of countenance . |
| 29 | One of the reasons for placing the patient lying on his back is to practise the movements needed for getting in and out of bed . |
| 30 | He needed help for all activities , such as getting in and out of bed or the bath . |