Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not begin forming everywhere simultaneously , and carbonate sedimentation did not cease throughout the northern hemisphere with the waving of some magic and/or deistic wand . |
| 2 | Interestingly , in the rat uterus big endothelin-1 is only one-seventh as active as endothelin-1 ( ) , suggesting that this tissue is a particularly active and/or rich enzyme source , for in isolated vascular preparations there is usually some 100–300-fold difference in potency |
| 3 | Applications from Centres seeking HCIMA approval to offer programmes of study leading to the Association 's Professional Certificate and/or Professional Diploma , must be submitted to HCIMA at least eight months before the date on which it is proposed to start the programme . |
| 4 | The first such charts should be done early — at the end of the first day even , and then added to and/or modified day by day as more data is obtained . |
| 5 | Chaff and grain can no longer build up on the screen , air flow stays constant and the main turbine blades ( over £100 each ) are n't assaulted by small and/or shattered grain . |
| 6 | You should have a PhD , awarded not more than 3 years ago , in the field of computer science , mathematics or systems engineering especially in artificial intelligence and mathematical optimisation studies , neural networks , robots and/or geographic information systems studies . |
| 7 | Full records contained up to five elements : AUTHOR ( which includes any added names , personal or corporate ) , TITLE ( including any subtitle , series title , part title ) , PUBLICATION ( publisher(s) , edition , date ) , SUBJECT ( Library of Congress and/or Preserved Context Indexing System headings ) and location information ( including classmark ) . |
| 8 | What is important is that ( a ) large numbers of people are involved ; ( b ) some of them are at a greater risk than the general population due to pre-existing cardiac or respiratory conditions and/or prolonged exposure in homes or at the workplace ; and ( c ) there is no ‘ safe ’ level of exposure to carcinogens . |
| 9 | If you are elderly , physically disabled or too ill to take vigorous exercise , do not despair : regular aromatherapy massage and/or dry skin brushing ( see Chapter 6 ) can be almost as beneficial . |
| 10 | Under this general heading we can identify perhaps seven composite programmes , which in some way are designed to enhance urban physical and/or economic development . |
| 11 | Also , the detailed cross-tabulations ( not in the Appendix ) showed that when APR and/or total credit cost was lower for shorter repayment periods , people who had originally chosen the very longest possible repayment period tended to switch — if they switched at all — to a repayment period right at the other end of the scale . |
| 12 | Thus , a tax on capital income may reduce saving and lead to a rise in the gross rate of return ; on the other hand , it may be possible by the use of other taxes and/or monetary policy to offset the effects ( as seen in the discussion of balanced growth incidence ) . |
| 13 | You should make several large caves out of well-bedded rocks , and/or well-weathered bogwood if you prefer . |
| 14 | Similarly , if women 's role as workers is emphasised to the detriment of consideration of their role as housewives and — more particularly — their role as mothers , then the ‘ proletarianisation ’ of women could confine them and their children to dependence on means-tested state benefits and/or low pay from part-time ‘ women 's work ’ . |
| 15 | Should you find yourself in this situation , and to prevent it , always use a gravel cleaner to syphon sediment from the substrate and check water conditions for high nitrates and/or low pH . |
| 16 | If Corys can be seen to make repeated dashes to the aquarium surface , this tends to indicate a low oxygen level ; a high nitrate level , and/or low pH . |
| 17 | Country and/or regional case studies |
| 18 | Rather , it refers to Jesus 's membership in a specific group or sect with a specific religious and/or political orientation — the ‘ Nazarene Party ’ , as certain modern experts call it . |
| 19 | Indemnity in respect of legal liability for accidental injury to Third Parties and/or accidental damage to their property . |
| 20 | Oboes and/or cor anglais add greatly to the nasal tang of hard-blown muted brass , and low ‘ chalumeau ’ clarinets and/or bass clarinet combine well in unison with muted horns or trombones at all dynamic levels , but more particularly , perhaps , in p and pp . |
| 21 | Balloon-or cigar-shaped market places in new towns are relatively common , as it was one of the easiest ways to create an open space along an existing main road . |
| 22 | Unreasonable and/or improper amount . |
| 23 | Several of the items in the accounts were made the subject of the objection numbered 1 , i.e. , ‘ unreasonable and/or improper amount . ’ |
| 24 | Many have complex option features , related not only to the share price — as with warrants and convertibles — but possibly to interest rates and/or foreign exchange rates if the instrument includes issuer call or investor put features . |
| 25 | If the government is to achieve a balance in the accounts in a current account deficit , it means either borrowing from abroad or reducing the government 's stocks of gold and/or foreign exchange reserves . |
| 26 | Using this technique these workers reported a right field advantage both with unilateral and with bilateral word presentation and attributed their results to " greater transmission fidelity and/or lesser transmission time of the shorter pathway to the left , verbal , hemisphere ( McKeever and Huling , 1971a ) . |
| 27 | Although the justices were entitled to receive hearsay evidence in support of the application under section 92(2) of the Children Act 1989 , if psychiatric opinions were available , they should have been before the court in full by way of a report and/or direct evidence . |
| 28 | These proteins are usually bound to the plasma membrane by myristylation and/or direct attachment to membrane proteins . |
| 29 | Clinical findings of disabling cognitive and/or motor dysfunction interfering with occupation or activities of daily living , or loss of behavioural developmental milestones in a child , progressing over weeks to months , in the absence of a concurrent illness or condition other than HIV infection that could explain the findings . |
| 30 | They have been selected through prior quantitative analysis of surveys in these areas , an analysis identifying those particular individuals who have been very active in national and/or public life . |