Example sentences of "in [coord] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Men are more likely than women to be ‘ economically active ’ , that is , in effect , to be in or seeking paid employment outside the home ( see Figure 2.8 ) , but this difference is decreasing with time ( see Figure 2.9 ) . |
| 2 | Prominent among these factors are increased social and geographical mobility consequent upon greatly increased educational opportunity and a rapidly changing economy ; the marked trends over recent decades towards smaller families , higher marriage rates and earlier marriage ; and the growing numbers of women continuing in or re-entering full-time work . |
| 3 | ‘ Because that team is almost all new , we were very wary of rushing in and making inappropriate changes , which is why we did nothing permanent with the marketing of the 1992 Festival which was Brian McMaster 's first . |
| 4 | Related to perception were two strongly contrasting ways of taking in and becoming aware of what was happening . |
| 5 | It is through these means that the people , our people , all the people in this city many of them bound together and then able to go out and think about their civic lives if you like , their civic , the way th that this council works perhaps and take part much more in just go in and putting little crosses on pieces of paper maybe . |
| 6 | The special internally tapered ferrule preserves the brush shape when painting , make cutting in and painting straight lines easier , and also reduces bristle loss . |