Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long or short range headers above or below the keeper , inside the box or outside , on the volley or off his backside — he 's scored the lot at Cambridge and Alex Ferguson thinks that 's what United need . ’ |
| 2 | So far as we can be aware the infant , in its earliest stages , can not distinguish between " self " and " non-self " , or between its own perceptions and sensations and the phenomena which trigger them . |
| 3 | At the same time , we have seen , they stressed that meaning was not a purely subjective phenomenon ; as Wimsatt put it ( 1958 : 10 and 24 ) one can distinguish between what is public and what is private or idiosyncratic about a poem , or between its meaning , which is an objective fact about it , and its ‘ import ’ , the reader 's subjective response . |
| 4 | Firstly , figures based upon the evidence of wills , which are the main source used in the examination of the London alderman class , may exaggerate the survival rate , because in times of plague whole families might be eliminated before any will could be drawn up , or between its drafting and the death of the testator . |
| 5 | You can hold the jar under your armpit or between your legs . ’ |
| 6 | As another example of his skill at miniaturisation , he displays his portable 15-cm ( 6-inch ) reflecting telescope , which weighs a mere two-thirds of a kilogram and can fold flat to go in his jacket pocket or between his clothes in a suitcase . |
| 7 | He recognizes this , and indicates the contradiction that must exist between a man 's ideals and his practice , or between his beliefs and his actions . |
| 8 | First , there was no amplification , either while the recording was taking place , or during its reproduction . |
| 9 | The following extract from the introduction summarises the prevailing situation : Deaf people are fairly certain to encounter deaf discrimination at some time : perhaps in the education they receive , in the career opportunities open to them , or during their day-to-day lives . |
| 10 | He may have been influenced by his early days as a teenager in Cairo with his uncle or during his time in Hamburg . |
| 11 | It is not clear whether he was recruited as a Soviet agent at Cambridge or during his trip to Moscow in the summer of 1934 . |
| 12 | Christians today are not normally known for their candour about doubt or for their confident ability to resolve it . |
| 13 | Though in theory taking life was contrary to the tenets of Buddhism , it was considered more shocking to kill animals for other persons , or for their hides , than to kill for a meal . |
| 14 | HUNDREDS of Tibetans have been imprisoned since late 1987 for taking part in demonstrations in favour of Tibetan independence from China or for their peaceful expression of dissent from Government policies in Tibet . |
| 15 | Or for their troop movements . |
| 16 | Simplicity There is no need for countries to decide what constitutes the appropriate exchange rate or for their general agreement on whether deficit or surplus countries are responsible for the adjustment burden . |
| 17 | " Creed " was , indeed to some extent how the convert himself saw it at the time : witness the acknowledgement in letters of 1866 and 1867 , that such philosophical tenets are not philosophically demonstrable , but are acceptable as art or for their edifying power or simply as faith . |
| 18 | The launch of the Front was placed in some jeopardy when on Oct. 17 the Azanian People 's Organization ( AZAPO ) denounced 14 of the organizations taking part in the conference for either having participated in apartheid structures or for their racial make-up . |
| 19 | Apply for a new passport or for its renewal at least eight weeks before departure . |
| 20 | It is , however , extremely rare for a Bill to be rejected , or for its main proposals to be overturned by amendment , except by lapsing upon the dissolution of a Parliament . |
| 21 | That this House believes that the death penalty for murder no longer accords with the needs or the true interests of a civilised society , and calls upon Her Majesty 's Government to introduce forthwith legislation for its abolition or for its suspension for an experimental period . |
| 22 | Authority may be given for a particular exercise of the power or for its exercise generally ( a distinction of some importance in relation to pre-emptive rights ) and may be unconditional or subject to conditions . |
| 23 | It made her howl with bitterness when she was alone in the weeks that followed , and it made her grit her teeth as she strode through the streets looking for revenge , or for her baby , or for Dorothy , not too sure what she was looking for but usually coming home with nothing better than a bag of old tins . |
| 24 | If God did not accept the baptism , she did not value His Heaven , either for herself or for her child . |
| 25 | 381 , 384 ‘ There is no doubt that at common law if a wife chooses wilfully and without justification to live away from her husband she can not , so long as she continues absent , render him liable for the necessaries supplied to her , or for her maintenance by the union , for the reason that she has of her own free will deprived herself of the opportunity which the husband was affording her of being maintained in the home . |
| 26 | For not immediately obeying him , or for her very presence ? she wondered briefly , then gave a mental shrug . |
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| 29 | ‘ It 's like voting for your dad or for your wacky cool uncle who plays the sax . |
| 30 | Or for your daughter . ’ |