Example sentences of "[adv prt] or [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | A full on-licence enables the licensee to sell liquor for consumption either on or off the premises to any member of the public who is permitted by the law to consume it . |
2 | How many passengers is it envisaged will get on or off the trains at Stratford ? |
3 | It is sufficient here to treat as a futures or option contract any contract whose terms contemplate future performance and which is made on or under the rules of a market cleared by a clearing house . |
4 | Many talks fail because speakers talk down or over the heads of their audience . |
5 | ( 6 ) In this section — " disposition " has the same meaning as in the Law of Property Act 1925 ; " interest in land " means any estate , interest or charge in or over land or in or over the proceeds of sale of land . |
6 | ( 6 ) In subsection ( 5 ) above — " disposition " and " purchaser " have the same meanings as in the Law of Property Act 1925 ; and " interest in land " means any estate , interest or charge in or over land or in or over the proceeds of sale of land . |
7 | In all , more than three out of five older women were living in or on the margins of poverty . |
8 | I beg to move , That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for certain descriptions of shops in England and Wales to be open for trade on Sunday , subject to their being registered with the local authority ; to impose a general prohibition on the opening on Sunday of other shops , extending this prohibition to certain business premises which on week-days are open for the service of customers ; to provide protection for persons employed in or for the purposes of a shop which is , or is to be , registered for Sunday opening , where they have conscientious or other objections to working on Sunday ; to make consequential and other repeals in the Shops Act 1950 ; and for connected purposes . |
9 | How much more would a black hole , occasionally passing through or on the outskirts of the Oort Cloud , affect the comets ? |
10 | So , if anybody saw me on the morning after , either hobbling up or down the stairs in St Swithin 's or leaping up and down ( very slowly ) , with an ‘ ooh , ah ’ , accompanied by much frantic rubbing of calf muscles , you know why . |