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

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1 To resolve the problem that most organisations have multiple networks that communicate using different network protocols , the multiprotocol networking software in Oracle7 is designed to enable any client computer to communicate with any server or group of server computers in the network , regardless of network protocol .
2 The principal strengths of the human information processing system lie in its ability to make selective use of available visual cues and to utilise an understanding of the text to compensate for any degradation or ambiguity within the visual stimulus .
3 The selection of the correct key added on another minute or so and Sandison could only look on feeling helpless and frustrated .
4 Usually is the first remedy needed in any accident or injury .
5 Operational records are described as giving day-to-day information such as lists of books issued to each user or listings giving the whereabouts of books not on the shelves .
6 A later section ( section 256 ) defines them as ‘ statements of standard accounting practice issued by such body or bodies as may be prescribed by regulations ’ and goes still further by empowering the Secretary of State to make grants , ‘ to or for the purposes of bodies concerned with ( a ) issuing accounting standards , ( b ) overseeing and directing the issuing of such standards or ( c ) investigating departures from such standards or from the accounting requirements of this Act and taking steps to secure compliance with them . ’
7 The presence of oxygen , not usually cited as the cause of a fire , is put forward as having caused a fire in a laboratory or a space satellite for the reason that oxygen is usually and by intention excluded from some apparatus or chamber .
8 The whole house was in darkness , no glimmer of light showing from that window or any other .
9 The third principle is that ‘ personal data held for any purpose or purposes shall not be used or disclosed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or purposes ’ .
10 The fourth principle is that ‘ personal data held for any purpose or purposes shall be adequate , relevant and not excessive in relation to that purpose or those purposes ’ — and there is more to this than at first meets the eye .
11 The sixth principle , that ‘ personal data held for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes ’ , follows from its predecessors and places a heavy responsibility on data users to ensure that they regularly weed out data once it has served its purpose .
12 ‘ Personal data held for any purpose or purposes shall not be used or disclosed in any manner incompatible with that purpose or purposes ’
13 It was on the basis of that syllogism that the connection between schools and parents developed for another decade or more .
14 Wounds healed with little fever or discharge and patients seldom needed opium to control post-operative pain .
15 Any person including any proposed acquiror of securities of the company referred to in this document or any business or assets referred to herein must satisfy himself as to all matters relating to that company or such business assets including all the information and statements contained herein .
16 Any person including any proposed acquiror of securities of the company referred to in this document or any business or assets referred to herein must satisfy himself as to all matters relating to that company or such business assets including all the information and statements contained herein .
17 People er I mean th they could n't help a lot because they 'd got nothing themselves a lot of them but there was a lot of help done without any fuss or bother , I mean er er a bloke 'd say er , have you got a fag ?
18 Is it worth training somebody who has never , has n't got the mental capacity to progress to another job or perhaps performing ?
19 This notice does not constitute an admission either that the Act applies to this hotel or that liability thereunder attaches to the proprietor of this hotel in any particular case .
20 It said : ‘ Any publication of research material , or of the results of research , or of matters arising from such material or results , is subject to the prior consent of the Secretary of State , which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld . ’
21 Usually God 's blessing on the fruit of the land is sought , with a reading and prayers said in some field or farmyard .
22 There are a number of events taking place at Castles and historic places in the care of Cadw during 1991 — music , drama and historical re-enactments — for further information and a copy of our events brochure , contact Cadw or any of the historic sites described in this brochure or Tourist Information Centres in Wales .
23 For further information and a copy of our events brochure , contact any of the historic sites described in this brochure or the Wales Tourist Board 's Tourist Information Centres .
24 The goods they supply must fit the description used in any advertisement or packaging .
25 This developing experience was at that time still a precarious feature : in the last twelve years of Edward I , after all , several parliaments met without any shire or borough representatives being summoned .
26 The Birmingham Convention & Visitor Bureau accepts no responsibility or liability in respect of the information contained and the statements made in this publication or in the event of the bankruptcy or liquidation of any company or firm mentioned or in the event of any company or firm ceasing to trade or for any error or omission or any dissatisfaction associated with the holidays listed .
27 While just under one in five ( 17 per cent ) of all persons in Great Britain are over pension age , they comprise more than one in four of those living on incomes on or below the social assistance level ( supplementary benefit between 1966 and 1988 and income support thereafter ) , and one in three of those living in poverty according to this definition or on the margins of poverty ( i.e. with incomes of up to 40 per cent above the appropriate social assistance rates ) .
28 After consultation with other HEIs in Lothian , it was decided to run a joint scheme consisting , in the first instance , of a series of two-day training workshops open to any student or recent graduate of one of the Region 's HEIs .
29 His evening jaunts to this meeting or that are all phoney . ’
30 Is it that the colours resonate off each other or are there more profound similarities between the exponents of two such diverse cultures ?
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