Example sentences of "[modal v] be [vb pp] [prep] one or " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , it seems remarkable that the number of molecules predicted , in over 60 years since the creation of quantum mechanics , should be confined to one or two highly exotic cases .
2 It is accepted by Mr. Potts , for the defendants , that the quantification of litigation costs must be by means of a taxation carried out by a taxing master and that the taxation must be conducted on one or other of the two bases prescribed by Ord. 62 , r. 12 .
3 If the Magistrates ' Court is satisfied that the odour complained of does indeed amount to a statutory nuisance , a nuisance order must be granted for one or both the following purposes :
4 A prospectus must be issued by one or more promoters .
5 of its shares must be owned by one or more qualified persons or companies and at least 75 per cent .
6 Development might be achieved by one or more of three means :
7 This proposal was further supported by a number of investigations in which in vitro DNA/protein crosslinking could be demonstrated after one or the other of the nucleoside analogues mentioned above was incorporated into DNA , either in vivo ( 10 , 11 ) or by DNA polymerase reaction in vitro ( 12 ) .
8 The sensitivity of Bio-Rad GAP Test IgG described in our study is almost identical to that found by another groups , but the lower specificity could be explained by one or more of the following : their reliance on histology as a standard , which might be difficult to interpret in the presence of very few organisms ; the exclusion from their study of patients with chronic superficial or atrophic gastritis in whom H pylori was not identified , thus reducing the number of true negatives ; the relatively high number of cases of chemical gastritis in their H pylori negative group without specifying whether these patients had been treated with NSAID ; and the presence in their H pylori positive group of chronic atrophic gastritis in 117 of 160 ( 73% ) , which may have been paralleled by a rise in the number of false positive cases .
9 Whenever an enabling bill is submitted , it is passed to the relevant committee or committees for detailed scrutiny and recommendations ; in turn it may be sent to one or more subcommittees .
10 The decision about which other teachers to select for appointment also rests with the governing body , but this function may be delegated to one or more governors , the headteacher , or one or more governors and the headteacher acting together .
11 The demand may be advertised in one or more newspapers if the demand is for payment of a sum due under a judgment or order and the creditor knows or believes that the debtor has absconded or is keeping out of the way with a view to avoiding service and there is no real prospect of the debt being recovered by any enforcement action .
12 Non-consultation may be justified on one or more of these grounds , but only in unusual circumstances .
13 Discourse may be composed of one or more well-formed grammatical sentences and indeed it often is — but it does not have to be .
14 Such enabling legislation may be introduced in one or both of the houses of Congress by individual elected members , or may be sent there by the Executive .
15 A group of wards could , for example , share resources in developing formal planned sessions which may be facilitated by one or more practitioners .
16 the centre-periphery relationship may be mediated through one or more intermediary or regional body ;
17 Whatever the intrinsic properties of a form may be , its reception by our sensory equipment may be distorted by one or other of the many factors that we have considered .
18 ‘ Personal data shall be held for one or more specified and lawful purposes ’ .
19 If you sit on a cliff edge on Sea-lion Island to enjoy your pack lunch , as likely as not you will be joined by one or more of these amusing birds .
20 The workhouse will be visited by one or more very important people — perhaps a magistrate , an inspector of workhouses , or a wealthy benefactor .
21 It is more likely that a high-level package will be identified initially , and then after some investigation this will be refined to one or more lower level packages .
22 It is more likely that a high-level package will be identified initially , and then after some investigation this will be refined to one or more lower level packages .
23 Like all of Sun 's chips , UltraSparcs will be manufactured by one or more of its semiconductor partners .
24 Like all of Sun 's chips , UltraSparcs will be manufactured by one or more of its semiconductor partners .
25 You will be faced with one or more prompts , words followed by a colon , eg TRANSFER : which may not have responses already filled in .
26 Neither of the ewes will be able to rear all four offspring themselves , but will be left with one or two while the others are fostered …
27 Entries will be held in one or more versions .
28 The bag will be sealed with one or more rubber bands .
29 Moreover , some of the new units will be designed for one or two persons , so that it may be possible to come closer to a one for one replacement on cleared sites than would be expected by past experience .
30 With a many-to-many ( m:n ) relationship , each entity can be related to one or more occurrences of the partner entity .
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