Example sentences of "for [adv] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some unilateral plant closures can be expected , Campbell predicted — if the crisis goes on for long or gets worse . |
| 2 | If you wish either to let your property or require accommodation for long or short term , we have the market knowledge and professionalism to advise you . |
| 3 | As I picked it up to throw it aside a line of small print caught my eye : ‘ Ivory tower for long or short let . |
| 4 | Design : head torch with two bulbs for long or short light beams . |
| 5 | As long as the carrier continues to be liable for the delivery of the goods to a holder of the missing bill of lading , the indemnity has to run for long or indefinite periods of time . |
| 6 | You could n't keep bulls for long or the strain in your herd would have been weakened by in-breeding , so there was a regular turnover , and quite often farms would loan out their bulls around the Dales before selling them out of the area . |
| 7 | Once we have put aside such relatively easy observations as the tendency or requirement for long or complex adjective phrases to occur postnominally , there are two fundamental questions which badly need to be asked about the grammar of postnominal attributives : ( a ) What is the difference in effect or value obtained by the speaker who uses postnominal position when prenominal position is equally grammatical ? ( b ) Why is it that some adjectives ( and some adjective phrases ) can occur quite easily in postnominal position while others , apparently comparable , are limited to prenominal position ? |
| 8 | The college also has a course for physically or mentally handicapped students which is free to those registered disabled , Ribber Courses for double bed machines and another on panelled skirts and shadow pleats . |
| 9 | In order to apply the requirements of the [ draft ] FRS it is necessary to determine whether instruments issued at the same time should be accounted for individually or not . |
| 10 | But I 'll find the men I 'm looking for sooner or later . |
| 11 | Leonie , a machinist , said ‘ We 'd never survive for long without my money , rotten though it is ( averaging around 30 a week ) , for sooner or later one of the kids needs new shoes , or the iron busts , or there is a birthday — the 55 a week I get from Sam , when I get it , does n't begin to touch things like that . |
| 12 | What , is that for tonight or |
| 13 | The basis of our decision before was my people work very closely say take with the national account people in right , and the main objective there is to get as much business from the corporate accounts as they 're responsible for like or whoever . |
| 14 | ‘ If only you 'd read for once or play cards . |
| 15 | This had been so in Emma 's day , and was so still , for once or twice Ruth had asked Rachaela some arithmetical question which Rachaela also found impossible to answer . |
| 16 | A comment such as this can indicate to a friend that the person is working out their grief very strongly but is still stuck on the question : ‘ Is he gone for ever or is n't he ? ’ |
| 17 | Thus profiling is always likely to be seen as of peripheral importance to the academically able , central only to those who have already been deemed unsuitable for further or higher education . |
| 18 | Young people from working-class backgrounds , for instance , are more likely to spend time with a boy/girl-friend whereas young people from G middle-class backgrounds continue to move around in mixed sex groups for a longer period , perhaps anticipating an extended period of dependence on parents as they head for further or higher education . |
| 19 | Second , the cause of the problem has been clearly identified as nomads and graziers who are politically very weak , and who have had much of their livelihood taken away and upon whom the heaviest penalties for ‘ trespassing ’ on forest schemes fall — in the same way as in the days of the Emergency , when aggressive family planning ‘ drives ’ herded vagrants , petty thieves and other vulnerable groups into camps for more or less forcible vasectomy . |
| 20 | By this means a government can ensure that part of the supply of foreign exchange is surrendered to it at a low price to be used to satisfy the demands of privileged groups , including itself , while the remainder is left for more or less free disposal by the recipient enterprises , either on an official market at a more favourable rate , or on a free or ‘ black ’ market . |
| 21 | This problem of licensing network users for more or less constant use of a package like a spreadsheet is one of the factors that has attracted chartered accountants BDO Binder Hamlyn to Borland 's Quattro Pro for Windows . |
| 22 | As he knows , I must decide whether to give this matter precedent over the business set down for today or for tomorrow . |
| 23 | As he knows , I have to decide whether his application comes within the Standing Order and , if so , whether a debate should be granted which would take precedence over the business set down for today or tomorrow . |
| 24 | In the case of time constant , a production worker tends to be focused on the production schedule for today or this week . |
| 25 | He was but he 's I do n't know whether he 's back just for today or what ? |
| 26 | Oh they are yes , for tomorrow or tonight |
| 27 | Should the full cost be provided for immediately or spread over future accounting periods ? |
| 28 | If we now divide by the total concentration and substitute for then or |
| 29 | The wealthy farmers were either Church of Ireland in religion or pro-O'Neill in politics and , for either or both of those reasons , were not attracted to Free Presbyterianism . |
| 30 | Michael Anderson 's work has been particularly important in establishing the significance of considering the material gains for either or both parties , if we wish to understand why people lived with relatives in the past . |