Example sentences of "and [adv] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The formula for both these jocular comments is similar : in the midst of a conversation which has continued for at least two turns in London English , a speaker introduces a turn which ends in Creole ( typically such turns are at most one sentence long , and wholly in Creole ) . |
| 2 | Levi 's support base was within the large Sephardi community ( members or descendants of the western branch of European Jews who settled in Spain and Portugal and latterly in north Africa , as opposed to the Askhenazi — the northern European Yiddish-speaking Jews ) , and many of his supporters claimed that the Shamir-Arens-Sharon collaboration had been nothing short of ethnic discrimination by the " Ashkenazi bosses " . |
| 3 | She has been with Harlequin for 12 years , in the UK direct marketing division for six years , and latterly in charge of direct marketing in Australia . |
| 4 | The Foyle area comprises the catchments of all rivers and their tributaries which flow into Lough Foyle and the adjacent sea area between Malin Head in Co Donegal and Downhill in Co Derry . |
| 5 | Her father , a man in his 30s , rocks to and fro in despair . |
| 6 | When Owen went out to see her she was squatting in the dust of the yard , her head covered , rocking to and fro in grief . |
| 7 | Fig. 5.2 To and fro in front of pilot . |
| 8 | Jane twisted herself to and fro in front of the mirror to make sure the dress hung properly . |
| 9 | For some minutes now she had been disturbed by the way Beth was pacing to and fro in front of the great fireplace , a deeply thoughtful expression on her face , and her whole manner one of extreme agitation . |
| 10 | What changed was the party political situation : the seizure of power by the radical Right in the Conservative party and thence in government . |
| 11 | The armourers were the scruffiest erks to be seen anywhere — untidy , good-natured , mostly wearing leather jerkins over their battle dress ( held together with pieces of wire ) , and mostly in need of a shave as well . |
| 12 | And eventually in exasperation the bird flew a short way down the beach and picked up a small stone in its beak and then it returned and it bashed the shell repeatedly until it cracked it open and it was able to get at the contents inside . |
| 13 | What this meant in practical terms was that the hunters were non-reproductive , and presumably in order to become reproductive had to give up their youthful way of life and return to the traditional mode of subsistence . |
| 14 | The woman-centred perspective had some impact at the beginning of the second wave of western feminism , but it was in the 1970s that it became most powerful , and most in conflict with egalitarian approaches . |
| 15 | Moreover , this ravaging of that part of the publicly owned stock which is most desirable and most in demand is not being made up by new building . |
| 16 | It is absoloutely essential that this should work effectively , efficiently , and economically in order that the customers will be satisfied and return . |
| 17 | This year they estimate the whole legal aid bill will be around £100 million and I say : ‘ Well done ’ on spending that money so efficiently and economically in order to let people have justice . ’ |
| 18 | Marion 's charm for any man was automatic , and rather in spite of himself Ranald softened towards her , though he snorted in mockery of the title . |
| 19 | It would not be feasible to continue with the military government being assailed by left and right in south Korea . |
| 20 | A more serious objection to Anderson 's account is that it assumes consistentalignment between left and right in politics , and ‘ progressive ’ and ‘ traditional ’ in intellectual life . |
| 21 | right , and right in front of the fire and their two feet sort of on guard sitting , and his down like that . |
| 22 | Central government intervention into public health , sanitation and housing was cautious and piecemeal in comparison with Chadwick 's conception of a centralized supervisory network . |
| 23 | Suffice it to say here that the word ‘ feudal ’ is used frequently and loosely in relation to Japan , and this use has been based either on the existence in Japan of certain features associated with European feudalism , such as a military code of honour , or on a specific interpretation of the relations of production in Japanese society before the late nineteenth century . |
| 24 | to recall and use historical knowledge accurately and relevantly in support of a logical and evaluative argument ; to distinguish between the cause and the occasion of an event ; to show that change in history is not necessarily linear or progressive ; to compare and contrast people , events , issues and institutions ; to demonstrate understanding of such concepts by deploying accurate though limited evidence . |
| 25 | Where they survived as currency down to modern times , as they did in west Africa and locally in south-east Asia , it was only as small change . |
| 26 | Are they scuffed and dented and badly in need of a polish ? |
| 27 | Or are they biased , faulty and badly in need of revision ? |
| 28 | I was on a tricky bend , the road falling away sharply and badly in need of a grader . |
| 29 | The RBG film ‘ The Capital Garden ’ , sponsored by the Bank of Scotland and made in the 1970's , is in an unusable format ( 16mm ) , and badly in need of replacement . |
| 30 | The old stonework was crumbling and eroded and badly in need of repair . |