Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it ca n't do anything about dry or damaged hair . |
| 2 | Our papers are currently full of ‘ hard-to-place ’ children in local authority care advertising for foster or adoptive parents . |
| 3 | Probably he resented and resisted the thrust of his father 's ambition for all his sons , but especially for Edwy , the eldest , so obviously gift ed with the academic ability for professional or ‘ establishment ’ success . |
| 4 | There are two established equestrian open learning courses in Great Britain , both for professional or personal advancement . |
| 5 | This applies to all soundtracks whether made for professional or non-profit amateur use even if these are limited to showing in the home . |
| 6 | Was it simply that he wished to remain in Istanbul , and , if so , did he wish to do so for professional or for personal reasons ? |
| 7 | After all , they point out , that could involve living together for fifty or sixty years , compared to the twenty or thirty of previous generations . |
| 8 | Thirty yards beyond the rocks was an open glade , starting from the right-hand side of the track and extending up the hill for fifty or sixty yards , and screened from the rocks by a fringe of bushes . |
| 9 | Some kinds of long-term memory seem to endure indefinitely even though they have apparently been lost for a long time , e.g. an older person may find it easy to recall childhood events with great clarity even though there has been no use of the material for fifty or sixty years . |
| 10 | Mr Gorbachev had said there were no longer prisoners convicted for political or religious beliefs , and most prisoners of conscience known to the West had been released . |
| 11 | The government is reviewing the cases of about 60 people sentenced for political or security offences to see if they might qualify for pardon . |
| 12 | They are the chief motor of history , undermining artificial creations such as states which attempt to impose solidarities on people , to claim their lives and property , for political or economic or military purposes . |
| 13 | At every point in those historic struggles which founded the Protestant and radical traditions in Europe , and which severed radicalism from the body of the Catholic Church , the struggle was as much for personal gain or for political or economic dominance as it was for any pure-hearted vision of goodness . |
| 14 | I say ‘ called ’ because English Law does not recognise any special right of public meeting either for political or other purposes . |
| 15 | Every few years , people in industrial circles murmur about what would happen if supplies were cut off , for political or commercial reasons . |
| 16 | The task is to define the ‘ god ’ and lay down the precepts whereby the corresponding religion can be disciplined and protected from the kind of exploitation for political or financial advantage which in the past has corrupted or destroyed so many of the world 's religious activities . |
| 17 | Whereas the Government press could rely on a government subvention to support it for political or educational ends , private newspapers had to find private capital . |
| 18 | The passionate sentimentality of his rhetoric reached out to ordinary unpolitical people , while his personal charisma provided a necessary substitute for political or ideological coherence in the new movement . |
| 19 | Government interference , whether for political or economic reasons , is likely to make this assessment even more difficult . |
| 20 | The new squad had been set up in C1 to investigate serious crimes that , for political or other reasons , needed particularly sensitive handling . |
| 21 | There could be nothing more suspicious than a Secretary of State or one of his administrative officials deciding for political or administrative reasons that a particular accident should not be investigated when a vital matter of air safety was at issue . |
| 22 | It could not be rigged for political or even more unworthy reasons . |
| 23 | Advice was given by Mr Fallon on how best to proceed to cater for increased demand for places at both St Bede 's and St Augustine 's schools , but it was not followed presumably for political or administration reasons . |
| 24 | Special consideration of alternative strategies , such as nutritional or surgical intervention , is warranted for children who are already stunted at the time of diagnosis and therefore need extra catch up growth . |
| 25 | This is especially so for vulnerable groups ( such as pregnant or lactating women , and children ) . |
| 26 | She must remember on no account to go on thinking about that or she might let something slip . |
| 27 | How much better life would have been if I 'd known about that or used it ? |
| 28 | But I actually think that you 've got access problems in both of them and they have to be considered because the do really affect severely or they could severely affect er the success or failure of the programme , and it 's these list of things which you think , now I 've thought about that or I have n't thought about that . |
| 29 | I do n't think he knows everything ab about that or what ? |
| 30 | Well why does n't , ca n't he do something about that or does he |