Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | The choice between searching for the least or most distant neighbours may depend on the experimental ( or even presentational ) needs because in the former case the algorithm finds more detailed and possibly informationally redundant order of probes , while in the latter case it finds a minimal set of probes connected by clones spanning large regions of the genome . |
| 2 | The associated requirement , to complete a mandatory period of auditing during the five or so years ' training that spans admission to membership of the Institute , led to two more changes . |
| 3 | Are you still sort of staying at the same or |
| 4 | The cost of staying in a residential or nursing home varies . |
| 5 | where there is a screenful of records at a specific classification code , there should be a means of skipping to the next or previous codes ; |
| 6 | Stated baldly , and cheerfully ignoring the Secretary of State s admonition not to impute guilt to either Meehan or Waddell , his conclusions were that while Waddell and McGuinness probably carried out what he called the initial assault , ‘ it can not be disproved that Meehan and Griffiths were not a follow-up team with the role of dealing with the safe or safes believed to be in the bungalow ’ . |
| 7 | The amendment the Government has put forward does not hold out much real hope for B R managers about remaining in the medium or long term in charge of viable business , to that extent the amendment does not carry out what I believe was the intention of Lord Paignton in in moving the amendment . |
| 8 | ‘ Sometimes it is like talking to a 10 or 11-year-old . |
| 9 | The structure plan can not be seen for providing for a major or sudden change in direction . |
| 10 | Further , the employment of an agent may be such as to give him an authority to contract on behalf of his principal generally with regard to a wider or narrower class of affairs ; and as between the principal and third parties such authority can not be limited by restrictions imposed by the principal , but not known to third parties . |
| 11 | The Council would welcome any comments or suggestions on these proposals , particularly with regard to the high or low level options for the route in the vicinity of the Baberton and Westburn housing developments , so that public opinion can be reflected in the design of the road where possible . |
| 12 | Although invited by the Liberal Party to be their candidate for the Clapham Division 20 years ago or more , [ he ] was unable to accept the invitation , and contented himself with speaking for the Liberal or Progressive candidate at every available opportunity in many elections . |
| 13 | Full cheeks are a definite help with steering on a green or ignorant horse , so we opted for these . |
| 14 | Agnes Barrow was paid 1/ a night for attending upon a sick or injured miner , T. Smith , who probably lived alone , quite possibly in miserable circumstances . |
| 15 | They do no more than show that the legislature has not shrunk , where it has seemed appropriate , from interfering in a greater or lesser degree with the immunities grouped under the title of the right to silence . |
| 16 | Perhaps ‘ salvation by grace , experienced in listening to the preaching or reading of the biblical word , and in affirming the literal interpretation of that word ’ might be a better if clumsier phrase . |
| 17 | This is not merely a question of allocative efficiency , which we might answer by considering the resources tied up in looking after the sick or the extra output that healthier workers could produce . |
| 18 | The Council was exempted from meeting on the sixty or so annual festival days , but not on the monthly ones ; this adds up to a large number of meetings ( c.300 ) held per year . |
| 19 | Before going into a residential or nursing home it is sensible to consider giving any valuables not in everyday use to a close relative or friend for safekeeping . |
| 20 | Current educational philosophy has moved away from focusing on the physical or sensory basis of disability and so it may initially appear that an understanding of the cause of a child 's disability is primarily a medical matter and not one of concern to the educator . |
| 21 | In both the United Kingdom and Ireland an international agreement has no effect in municipal law unless it has been incorporated by legislation ; therefore in neither State could individuals use this provision to bring a legal action to prevent their government from entering into a new or modified agreement . |
| 22 | The descriptions , far from gesturing to an external or subjective reality , merely affirm their own status as verbally constructed artefacts . |
| 23 | Farm workers appreciate the status involved in working with the biggest or newest piece of agricultural equipment in their district and take an almost proprietorial interest in the purchases of their employer . |
| 24 | We will ensure that , following maternity leave or a career break , all women working in the NHS , including those returning to nursing on a part-time or job-sharing basis , are able to return to work of a similar status or level to that which they left . |
| 25 | All this can be done without interfering with the operational or planning processes currently under way in the organization . |
| 26 | People who devote their lives to looking after an elderly or disabled relative or friend are again demanding more support from the government . |
| 27 | Yeah , so what I 'm doing , I 'll these , gon na make about a hundred or one bit or a couple of bits and some butterfly cakes and the cakes and plates and cling film , charge them a quid , eight for a pound |
| 28 | So if you wan na put like a hundred or something on |
| 29 | And , of course , you can make sure you avoid all the highs and lows of variable interest rates by opting for a fixed or capped rate loan . |