Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These interviews were to be used partly to obtain or confirm information about the sufferer but also to examine the carer 's own contribution to the care of the sufferer ; his or her physical and emotional well-being ; feelings about or attitudes to the sufferer , towards his/her own involvement , and towards the sufferer 's continued residence in the community . |
| 2 | Mr Wesley had kindly words to say about the people of the little town and neighbourhood and there is no harm in reminding ourselves of what he thought about or predecessors : ‘ They have in general the finest natural tempers I ever knew ; they have the softness and courtesy of the Irish , with the seriousness of the Scotch and the openness of the English . ’ |
| 3 | and I do n't know how he , you are , and in the end our cousins you , you know convince me that they 'd take sort of control , you know that , if I was worried as well about or dad getting drunk , one thing or another like , you know , and said look we 're going , it 's not as though we 're not going , we 're going and we 'll have him in with us and I let him go in the end cos I went down in the five weeks |
| 4 | Talk about or Mr has , er to ask about anybody interested in violins playing . |
| 5 | For where rapes are not differentiated , it tends to be assumed by police and prosecutors that true rape is rape with clear indications of violence . |
| 6 | Desire and reason do not make good bed-mates , for where reason tries to control the world , desire is aware of the vastness of life , which it knows it can never control . |
| 7 | Sharpe knew it was important for Dornberg to know where the Emperor was , for where Napoleon rode , that was the main French attack . |
| 8 | Within this section attention will be given to preparation not only for the selling task , in which there is little or no scope for the salesperson to bargain with the buyer , but also for where selling may involve a degree of negotiation between buyer and seller . |
| 9 | Points were awarded for where information was repeated ; for example , for the sentence ‘ I saw a man with a telescope ’ , the reading where the prepositional phrase attaches to the verb would score more highly because ‘ telescope ’ was defined as a thing for seeing or looking with . |
| 10 | This principle is not confined to any one set of living conditions , for where meaning , order and joy are generated , then any environment can be turned into a welcoming home . |
| 11 | Of course we must be concerned for justice , and for where justice is violated . |
| 12 | i.e. Much stronger hydrogen bonding interactions can be obtained if units such as or sites for ion-dipole interactions such as can be built into chains , and even in relatively small amounts these can transform immiscible pairs into totally miscible blends . |
| 13 | Usually , but perhaps not necessarily , this right was earned by the student through the performance of some service , far and away the commonest form of which was acting as or repetiteur for a muderris , though one occasionally also finds students becoming through acting as for a kazasker or for the Mufti . |
| 14 | We shall be leaving Peking for Sian at 11.30 this evening , and the comrades have given us a rousing send off with beautiful presents including a big embroidered tablecloth and napkins , and a beautiful framed picture made out of shells , with an inscription written on it specially for & I. They also gave us the enclosed photos , which give you an idea of what life is like here . |
| 15 | It 's clearly a matter of balance between the various elements erm in considering erm proposals for or development in the countryside . |
| 16 | They have the same four basic options we described for general ownership policy : state ownership ; specific support for or discrimination against locals or foreigners ; or neutrality . |
| 17 | Buying , selling , subscribing for or underwriting investments or offering or agreeing to do so , either as principal or as an agent |
| 18 | arrangements with a view to a person who participates in the arrangements buying , selling , subscribing for or underwriting investments . |
| 19 | Dealing-buying , selling , subscribing for or underwriting investments , either as a principal or as an agent . |
| 20 | Advising — giving or offering advice on the buying , selling , subscription for or underwriting of investments . |
| 21 | It 's clear from from that sort of policy that the need for or benefits arising from the development would always have to be assessed against environmental and other considerations , for example , regional strategy . |
| 22 | Records in the establishment should include an assessment for the potential for or history of violence from that client . |
| 23 | for these would be local schools , selecting about 1,000 pupils from an area that contained about 5,000 children of school age , the selection being made in terms of suitability for or ability to benefit from the kind of education to be provided . |
| 24 | The ensuing 15 years have been characterized mainly by a series of opportunities for or constraints upon developing theses principles . |
| 25 | In many transactions it is either necessary or thought by one of the parties to be commercially worthwhile to obtain consent for or approval of certain items before the business transfer is completed . |
| 26 | For I liked — I was amazed , never yet having had time for or interest in such delights — I liked to be touched by him . |
| 27 | Trythall , ‘ when the recession in the USA and UK is beginning to recede and when it is becoming only too clear that the end of the Cold War has not reduced the need for or interest in books and journals dealing with armed forces , war , conflict , terrorism , tension , crisis and all aspects of international relations . ’ |
| 28 | Some leases contain rather more elaborate provisos such as : " no demand for or acceptance of rent by the landlord or its agents with knowledge of a breach of any of the covenants on the part of the tenant contained in these presents shall be or be deemed to be a waiver wholly or partially of any such breach but such breach shall be deemed to be a continuing breach of covenant " . |
| 29 | Both these divisions , however , appear to have been exceptions to the normal pattern , since they raised issues concerning the Union with Scotland , complex legal technicalities , as well as personal questions of sympathy for or antipathy towards the individuals concerned , all of which placed strains on the normal political sympathies of the different peers . |
| 30 | Er can I check again whether you have a collection now which you have bought stamps for or items for during the past twelve months ? |