Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The black and white approach used in this country , where a company is either wholly in the public sector or wholly in the private sector , is not mirrored on the Continent . |
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| 3 | Dentdale is superb walking country : the high ridge walks along Rise Hill and Barbon Fell are amongst the best in the Dales , while lower down , the Dales Way long-distance path follows the river for much of its length into Sedbergh , and some of the wooded gills like Flinter Gill , which arc a typical feature of Dentdale , have footpaths along them leading on to the fells or on to the old packhorse routes . |
| 4 | The voices have been heard as far as the race track or right at the other end of the town , depending on which way the wind is blowing . |
| 5 | If the RC needle moves left or right in the opposite direction from which the wind is coming , then your drift allowance is too large . |
| 6 | The question was often a difficult and delicate one given radically different perceptions of what was necessary or right in the changed circumstances , the different styles of polytechnic directors and their senior staffs , different approaches to organizational development . |
| 7 | This is the paradox that the very theory which seeks to unveil these hidden realities underlying human society also comes into direct collision with them , or rather with the repressing forces which safeguard them in the unconscious of each one of us . |
| 8 | ‘ The one thing my father likes about me , or rather about the only thing he is n't directly rude about , is my hair ! ’ |
| 9 | Like Morrissey , Prince feels trapped by his sex , or rather by the cultural assumptions/expectations vested in it . |
| 10 | The share price falls below the lowest current exercise price for 4 consecutive trading days or halfway between the lowest exercise price and the next potential series . |
| 11 | They considered , inter alia , the arguments in favour of a trial by jury in these cases ; whether there are types of cases which could be dealt with effectively or justly outside the criminal justice system ; and also whether there should be a properly structured system of plea bargaining with proper safeguards . |
| 12 | Membership is open to any company that designs , manufactures , sells or supports generally-available products conforming to layer 3 or below of the Open Systems Interconnection model , such as bridges , routers , hubs or adaptor boards . |
| 13 | Whether you go to East Anglia to enjoy its individual rural charm , or perhaps to the annual Aldeburgh Festival , you will enjoy a visit to the charming Suffolk towns of Framlingham and Orford , both of which feature a splendid medieval castle . |
| 14 | For example , an animal may be injured and it may be under anaesthetic ; now the welfare of an individual which is under anaesthetic because of the injury — because of the damage to it or perhaps of the reduced life-expectancy — is less good than that of an individual which is not injured . |
| 15 | Perhaps once in a film , for a special moment , I might show the whole orchestra , or perhaps at the very end , with the lights down . |
| 16 | My guess would be that they are the same advisers or perhaps from the same coterie of advisers . |
| 17 | But I 'd dealt more or less with the small firms even to the the extent of collecting dues . |
| 18 | Although no figures are yet available , this rate has probably flattened in 1990 and 1991 and may well prove to be around eight per cent or less at the current time . |
| 19 | If overt collusion is not permitted , then firms may be able to replicate its effect via tacit collusion ( Tirole , 1989 , ch. 6 ) , which may take the form of ‘ conscious parallelism ’ with firms making identical price changes more or less at the same time . |
| 20 | Although care should be taken to choose varieties that ripen more or less at the same time to avoid losses , dredge mixtures are generally cut green and dried like hay to be fed ‘ on the straw ’ or made into silage . |
| 21 | It follows that it is possible for a member to have the same problem raised by both bodies more or less at the same time . |
| 22 | War was declared and , more or less at the same time , her mother , who wished to distance her from the rough and ready children at the village school , arranged for her to have piano lessons . |
| 23 | She remarried more or less at the same time as I did . |
| 24 | More or less on the same lines having a point of view and putting it across without wavering , do n't erm |
| 25 | but they 've changed now , they 're more or less on the same basis as the U R C |
| 26 | Erm , I think it fair to say that if you 'd asked more or less to the next meeting and probably sub-committee would be quite , quite acceptable and I would thank you for drawing it to our to our attention . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , for the traditional printing and graphic arts industries , the desktop publishing ‘ revolution ’ has taken place largely outside their control and has placed the capability to generate complex artwork directly in the hands of anyone with access to a computer and around £1,000 or less for the necessary software . |
| 28 | ‘ My grandfather was … always an active man , right t'more or less about the last year that he died . |
| 29 | During the 15 years since Younger reported , legislation more or less along the suggested lines has followed in two of the areas where it was recommended — the 1975 Consumer Credit Act , with the establishment of the Office of Fair Trading , and the 1984 Data Protection Act , with the establishment of a Data Protection Registrar . |
| 30 | All this time , it must be realised , the fluviatile , near-shore and offshore environmental belts have remained more or less in the same position . |