Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] of [art] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government jailed 100 or so of the party 's leading members on charges ranging from graffiti-writing to incitement of violence . |
| 2 | Fortunately , tribunals do not altogether ignore the interests of the affected employee when adjudicating upon the fairness or otherwise of a company 's actions . |
| 3 | There are two rules as to the admissibility or otherwise of a contractor 's claim the contractor must produce evidence that additional costs were actually incurred |
| 4 | ‘ In so saying I express no view whatsover as to the correctness or otherwise of the jury 's award ’ . |
| 5 | This will highlight some of the key issues raised during evaluation which relate to the effectiveness or otherwise of the schools ' attempts to achieve a practical realisation of their project proposals . |
| 6 | ( e ) the vulnerability or otherwise of the target 's board ( the offeror will particularly focus on the board 's achievements and also on any areas where individual directors could be said to have advantaged themselves at the expense of the company ( eg golden parachute arrangements ( see para 18.5.12 below ) ) ; |
| 7 | As has already been noted , the number of foreign-language publications read can not be taken as a direct measure of the success or otherwise of the Library 's foreign purchasing programme ; however , in 1973 the then level of demand for such items was described as ‘ disappointingly low ’ , and the hope that the external circulation of lists of foreign accessions would have increased it was recognised to have been vain . |
| 8 | This means that instead of a Lions ' debut being guaranteed for the 10-times-capped Garryowen player against Canterbury in Christchurch on Wednesday week , he might miss the match . |
| 9 | And still of a winter 's night , they say , when the wind is in the trees , When the moon is a ghostly galleon tossed upon cloudy seas , When the road is a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor , A highwayman comes riding — |
| 10 | And still of a winter 's night they say , when the wind is in the trees , when the moon is a ghostly galleon , tossed upon cloudy seas . |
| 11 | The elections of the monk Reginald and later of the king 's candidate , John de Gray , were clearly uncanonical , and the electors being at Rome , the election of Langton was quite correct . |
| 12 | Rostov located the controls which linked his viewscreens to the ship 's external sensors and switched the selector to the vision receptors which were concentrated below and ahead of the Simonova 's path . |
| 13 | Supported by a small inheritance from his father , who died in 1538 , Smith gained his freedom of the Haberdashers ' Company and subsequently of the Skinners ' , the company of Sir Andrew Judde [ q.v. ] , a wealthy City merchant and Kent landowner , whose daughter , Alice , he married about 1555 . |
| 14 | And therefore of the Club 's membership . |
| 15 | In medicine , we talk in general terms of a patient 's ‘ right to know ’ , but also of a doctor 's liberty , sometimes not to tell a particular patient for good reason . |
| 16 | But , in the absence of something in the context which suggests that narrower meaning , the authorities in the 19th century and earlier all seem to point to the conclusion that the requirement to establish a conviction requires a proof not only of the finding of guilt but also of the court 's final adjudication by sentence or other order . |
| 17 | The question is not one of ‘ condemnation vs understanding ’ but simply of a society 's concern for the good education and training of its younger members . |
| 18 | In the evening she wrote a cheque for £20 , but instead of the Cats ' Protection League , made it out to Maria Jakob . |