Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some environmentalists prefer preservation-by-exclusion , so that visitors are rationed because some areas are made deliberately inaccessible ( particularly ‘ wilderness ’ areas ) or a toll or entrance fee is imposed , or even , as a last resort ( as in the case of most nature reserves ) , access is made dependent upon the membership of an amenity society and/or the possession of a permit . |
| 2 | 3.3 Any goods and/or work rejected under Condition 3.2 must at our request be replaced or re-performed as the case may be , by you at your expense ; alternatively we may elect ( at our option ) to cancel this order as provided in Condition 10.2 both in respect of the goods and/or the work in question and of the whole of the undelivered balance ( if any ) of the goods and/or the remainder of the work ( if any ) covered by this order . |
| 3 | One reason for this may have been the conventional wisdom that secularisation had made the subject well nigh irrelevant , another reason may have been that there are few areas in which the methodological problems are as acute as they are in the investigation of people 's beliefs and/or the assessment of the effect that these have upon the rest of society . |
| 4 | In view of the existence of highly concentrated industries , and if governments are concerned that large firms might abuse their powerful positions , two approaches may be adopted when formulating competition policy : the behaviour of the firm in the market may be considered and/or the structure of the market itself may be considered . |
| 5 | If the partner country and/or the rest of the world have a small share of world trade then the import supply curves will be upward sloping . |
| 6 | The motion can be regulated by varying the weight and/or the size of the drum . |
| 7 | ( i ) Backwards pruning : the problem is formulated in such a way that the average branching factor and/or the depth of the tree are kept low . |
| 8 | Those respondents calling for a drastic limitation of the professions ' liability and/or the abolition of the Compensation Fund altogether , often voiced the angry conviction that the transition from profession to trade — with the accompanying loss of status for the services of solicitors which that implied — had accelerated in recent years to the point at which the profession could no longer be called upon to pay for the dubious moral privilege of an ‘ anachronistic ’ system of compensation . |
| 9 | Throughout history , both have involved either the manipulation and/or the destruction of the world 's forests . |
| 10 | Read the book it will tell you there 's probably an explanation on the cover or the inside of the cover pass me the coffee please . |
| 11 | Sometimes sharp points develop on the edges of the teeth which will lacerate the tongue or the inside of the cheek . |
| 12 | But the extended sets of variations usually on popular songs , but sometimes on dance-tunes or the notes of the hexachord , generally increasing in complication and technical difficulty toward the end , which are arguably the chief glory of virginal music , have been plausibly derived from the diferencias of Cabezon ( see pp. 236–7 ) . |
| 13 | equations this one go on the top or the bottom of the fraction or what ? |
| 14 | True , everyone had hidden their supplies — buried them in the tobacco patch or the bottom of the grain chest — and I had to convince them that I was n't a forester . |
| 15 | Where the seat rails taper from top to bottom , as in the back of this chair , it is important to note on the plan whether the section is through the top or the bottom of the seat rail . |
| 16 | In the case of a word processor , there 's usually a border around the working area and a menu either along the top or the bottom of the screen . |
| 17 | If you do not wish to do so , then there are many other new angles of vision available to you : a child 's viewpoint , for example , an animal 's or the viewpoint of a stranger who may interpret familiar customs in unfamiliar ways . |
| 18 | This belief may serve to minimize and underestimate the experience of anxiety in the eyes of the referring agent and the client , the latter becoming quickly dispirited , losing faith in themselves , the specific technique , or the skill of the therapist . |
| 19 | In practice , natural language indexing tends to rely upon the terms present in an abstract or the title of a document , although sometimes the full text of a document is used . |
| 20 | Legitimacy : ( a ) of a government or the title of a sovereign : the condition of being in accordance with law or principle … ( b ) conformity to a rule or principle ; lawfulness . |
| 21 | It should allow access by different fields , so that , for example , a teacher should be able to inquire whether a particular item has arrived in the library by identifying the author or the title of the item or by giving the name of the teacher who recommended its acquisition for the school library . |
| 22 | Easy Boot allows you to have fifteen separate configurations available at the touch of a mouse button , or the press of a key . |
| 23 | This exercise type can be used either to scramble the words in a sentence or the sentences in a paragraph . |
| 24 | Suddenly he realised the single glaring inconsistency in any line of argument which was designed to point to revenge or the settlement of a grudge as a motive for the attempt . |
| 25 | And if we talk of the head or the brain as the locality of thought , this is using the expression ‘ locality of thinking ’ in a different sense … |
| 26 | ‘ Do you know what this drawing means or the significance of the seed cake ? ’ |
| 27 | She needs a style that she can transform at the flick of a brush or the twist of a curler to complement her every mood . |
| 28 | At a higher level of intensity again the treaty may amount to the attempted bestowal of a right or the imposition of an obligation upon a third party . |
| 29 | Nothing was heard apart from the sound of lead boots walking up and down or the revving of a motorbike . |
| 30 | But , even here , it is wiser to seek agreement at the outset rather than leave matters until there is some disagreement about the continued use or the exploitation of the program . |