Example sentences of "and/or the " in BNC.

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1 De Valois , Ashton and MacMillan have studied paintings and drawings by English artists and/or the words of such great playwrights as Shakespeare and translated them into gestures for which the dancer 's whole body has to play a part .
2 They are likely to develop the Trent End and/or the Bridgford Road End , the only uncovered part of the ground .
3 Does the school and/or the LEA have a policy of using a local radio station to broadcast news of the closure ?
4 The motion can be regulated by varying the weight and/or the size of the drum .
5 The usual method for reconciling different shades of opinion within the authority ( or area ) is the book meeting , at which representatives of the bibliographical services department and/or the areas meet on a regular basis to discuss the selection of new books .
6 He/she in turn coordinates the work of other staff involved — the subject specialist librarians ( see next section ) and/or the departmental representatives appointed to coordinate their department 's requirements will the library staff .
7 Throughout history , both have involved either the manipulation and/or the destruction of the world 's forests .
8 For the shock and/or the bruising — the number one remedy .
9 Such an event might result in the new government being unwilling or unable to service external debt , including bank loans , i.e. nonpayment of interest and/or the principal sum loaned .
10 A good headteacher ( and chair of governors ) in this conception is a person ( usually a man ) who is not only committed to the above ideals but can also see ways of circumventing any constraints upon this style placed by ‘ outside interference ’ such as the advice of the LEA and/or the teacher unions/staff representatives .
11 In many cases the scope of a project has to be scaled down because of the restricted data available and/or the restricted resources of the research worker .
12 It helps to counteract this tendency if you have a clear list of criteria against which to view the person and/or the information the interview renders .
13 This study indicates that the natural gas deposits of the Federal Republic of Germany accumulated in relatively recent geological times , i.e. during the late Mesozoic and/or the Cainozoic , either as a result of an additional subsidence and consequently additional heating of the Upper Carboniferous , or of telemagmatic heating effects .
14 The natural gas deposits , derived from coalification gases of the Upper Carboniferous , accumulated in relatively recent geological times during the late Mesozoic and/or the Cainozoic , — either as a result of additional subsidence and , consequent additional heating of the Upper Carboniferous source rocks , or of telemagmatic heating effects .
15 The assistant may also be required to initial the cheque and/or the till roll .
16 Closing the village school causes demographic change : reduced or selective inmigration , increased or selective outmigration , and/or the consequent aging of the residual population of the community .
17 When you have reached the end of your questions and/or the time allotted and the candidate has no further questions you must take the initiative to wind up the interview .
18 Tell the candidate what is happening at the next stage in the selection and/or the date when you will be letting people know your decision .
19 Any increase in the degree of trade union militancy and/or the expected rate of inflation will shift the augmented Phillips curve upwards ; any decrease in the degree of trade union militancy and/or the expected rate of inflation will shift the curve downwards .
20 Any increase in the degree of trade union militancy and/or the expected rate of inflation will shift the augmented Phillips curve upwards ; any decrease in the degree of trade union militancy and/or the expected rate of inflation will shift the curve downwards .
21 The Hotline phone number you need to enter the Chandler competition and/or the Ibanez competition is 0891 100733 .
22 Which choice would make you feel more loving towards yourself , others and/or the planet ?
23 Having exhausted the pictorial possibilities and/or the patience of your subjects , switch from record-pause to stop and then to the tape-running controls .
24 Where the claimant company 's profits or the amounts available for surrender as group relief by a surrendering company have not been ascertained , the profits to be covered and/or the amount(s) claimed may be given as an estimate to the best of the claimant 's ability .
25 If neither of these alternatives is in 's opinion practicable , will give notice to that effect and will immediately upon receipt of such notice cease all use of the Work and/or the Converted Text of the Work for the purposes of this Agreement .
26 ‘ on which a part of ( the means of operation of ) the braking system fitted thereto ’ This point means that ‘ a part ’ , e.g. the brake shoes or brake pads were not maintained and/or the ‘ means of operation ’ such as the hand brake lever ratchet or the cable ( if fitted ) were not maintained .
27 In view of the existence of highly concentrated industries , and if governments are concerned that large firms might abuse their powerful positions , two approaches may be adopted when formulating competition policy : the behaviour of the firm in the market may be considered and/or the structure of the market itself may be considered .
28 review the needs of the elderly person and/or the carer at intervals of not more than twelve months , until or unless the review considers this to be unnecessary ;
29 Do they derive from the power of men over women in the domestic arena and/or the labour market , or do they reflect the wishes of the carers themselves , or the assumptions about sex roles embedded in social policies or the ideology of sex-role stereotyping and prevailing ideas of women 's proper place …
30 A crisis may be caused by an actual or threatened loss or hazardous event , which challenges and outstrips the actual coping capacity of the client and/or the family ( Caplan , 1961 ) .
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