Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adj] or [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 With some Tory representatives still smarting over their humiliation in the European Parliament elections , Mr Major said it would be a terrible mistake for Conservatives to become defensive or defeatist about their role in the Community .
2 Under s665(2) , a settlement shall not be deemed to be revocable by reason only : ( a ) that it contains a provision under which any income or assets will or may become payable to or applicable for the benefit of the settlor , or the wife or husband of the settlor , on the bankruptcy of the settlor 's child or in the event of an assignment of or charge on that income or those assets being executed by the settlor 's child ; or ( b ) that it provides for the determination of the settlement by the act or on the default of any person in such a manner that the determination will not , during the lifetime of the settlor 's child , benefit the settlor or the wife or husband of the settlor ; or ( c ) in the case of a settlement to which section 33 of the Trustee Act 1925 applies , that it directs income to be held for the benefit of the settlor 's child on protective trusts , unless the trust period is a period less than the life of the child or the settlement specifies some event on the happening of which the child would , if the income were payable during the trust period to him absolutely during that period , be deprived of the right to receive all or part of the income .
3 A party is regarded as acquiring control if it has the possibility of exercising " decisive influence " on another party in particular by ownership or the right to use all or part of the assets of the other party , or rights which confer decisive influence on the composition , voting or decisions of the other party 's board of directors or of its shareholders ' meetings .
4 Such errors should be amenable to correction without the need to redigitize all or part of the map .
5 Menaquinones ( MK ) are found in Gram negative anaerobes using Fe(III) or sulphate as a terminal electron acceptor as well as in Gram positive organisms , whereas ubiquinones are only found in microorganisms that can use oxygen as an electron acceptor .
6 The local council can give grants to home owners to cover all or part of the cost of getting repair and improvement work done .
7 On the face of it , such high commissions suggest a lack of price competitiveness , but as noted above , large institutional buyers are able to force distributors to share all or part of the selling concession , and prices may thus be lower than they appear .
8 The PCD saw three options for the Institute : to keep arrangements as they now stand , with private hearings followed by limited reports ; to make open hearings the rule , but granting the tribunal discretion to close all or part of the hearings in specific circumstances ; or to allow open hearings on the request of the accused or in matters of public concern .
9 By supplying expert systems , the dealer has enabled the advice giving service to be performed and in some respects it is similar to the position where a supplier sub-contracts all or part of the work .
10 ‘ There has , however , been a boom in the use of credit insurance to insure all or part of turnover almost directly as a result of the recession .
11 President Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera , whose National Party ( PN or Blancos ) had failed to secure a majority in the November 1989 congressional elections [ see pp. 37039 ; 37146 ] , tried to compel congressional delegates to decide for or against a bill to privatize all or part of the state-owned telephone company ( Antel ) , the state airline ( Pluna ) , and the national ports administration ( ANP ) .
12 If an underwriter incurs a Rule 9 obligation unexpectedly , for example as a result of an inability to sub-underwrite all or part of his liability , the Panel should also be consulted ( see para 8.5 below ) .
13 If an underwriter incurs a Rule 9 obligation unexpectedly , for example as a result of an inability to sub-underwrite all or part of his liability , the Panel should be consulted ( see para 8.5 below ) .
14 Autoradiograph of a one-dimensional isoelectric focusing gel analysis showing binding or stabilization of HLA-B53 and -B51 by peptides cp6 , sh1 and sh6 , and of HLA-B53 by the ls6 peptide .
15 However , those in such care may , subject to their financial circumstances , claim public support from the social security systems to meet all or part of the charges .
16 ‘ Mixed fund ’ assets which partly back taxable life assurance business and partly exempt pension business will qualify for deferral of corporation tax on chargeable gains when a life assurance company transfers all or part of its long-term business to another company , according to a new Inland Revenue statement of practice ( SP 7/93 ) .
17 Disabled facilities grants cover all or part of the cost of adaptation work , such as putting in a downstairs toilet .
18 Students taking French or German as a minor subject with European Studies are expected to spend from four to six weeks abroad , normally at the end of the second year .
19 PI facilitates ‘ single module ’ and ‘ bulk module ’ entry to be performed within LIFESPAN , by allowing a user to enter all or part of a complete package structure into LIFESPAN from a specified directory .
20 It is derived from the epiblast and probably starts to emerge early in gastrulation , the head process and other invaginated epiblast cells replacing all or part of the pre-existing visceral embryonic endoderm .
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