Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] or [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thirdly , the structure and organization of services , the means of funding care services , whether by insurance or by state funds , and the mix of providers , whether public sector or not for profit based , all contribute to the diversity of care systems . |
| 2 | The blonde woman was always elegantly dressed and absolutely immaculate , even when she came off the beach , her hair neatly pinned up in a French pleat or out of sight under a chic floppy straw hat . |
| 3 | current storage location of the module version ; that is online LIFESPAN storage , LIFESPAN offline system or only in LIFESPAN hard copy system . |
| 4 | White worm thrive on small pieces of bread or rice crispies soaked in sweetened milk or even on porridge . |
| 5 | THE retinal fovea , which corresponds to the central degree or so of vision , is spatially over-represented in the visual cortex . |
| 6 | Restrictions ( Clause 21 ) will commonly be sought in relation to four specific matters : ( 1 ) the nature of the work which it sought to prevent the outgoing partner from undertaking ; ( 2 ) the persons for whom it is sought to prevent the outgoing partner acting ; ( 3 ) the area over which the restrictions are to operate ; and ( 4 ) the solicitation of clients of the firm , whether directly by personal contact or indirectly by advertising . |
| 7 | Writeable control store is attractive in tailoring a computer for a particular application , but there are major problems , in potential loss of compatibility with the manufacturer 's standard software or even between problem programs ; this may be compounded by multi-programming , and errors in microprogramming ( particularly as the latter is usually more complicated than conventional programming ) . |
| 8 | Cos I got , er when I bought my pot pourri there was a little bottle or more like oil , you know , like how your mum |
| 9 | Secondly , its direct effect on sexual activity is such that a man may obtain an erection ( or a woman may become " prepared " for sexual intercourse by dilation of the vagina , protrusion of the clitoris and the other numerous changes which make coitus comfortable and pleasant ) with no physical stimulation at all ; simply by action from the brain — seeing and being close to an attractive member of the opposite sex , looking at pornographic material or simply by fantasy or " thinking about it " . |
| 10 | Under many circumstances this would be looked upon with some suspicion — giving rise to accusations of severe oligopoly or even near monopoly . |
| 11 | Despite popular mythology concerning ‘ evil ’ and vicious species that track down their victims ruthlessly and mercilessly , the reality is that no venom , no poison , no bite , no sting , is ever administered except under extreme provocation or simply by accident , unless the victim is either a potential prey or a rival belonging to the same species . |
| 12 | This may be in the course of a meeting on alternative methods of therapy which the practitioner may have attended either out of a vague general interest or out of disenchantment with the results of orthodox treatments . |
| 13 | Although the CD4 counts of the 877 people given AZT were consistently greater than those of patients receiving only placebo , the first three years of follow-up have shown that the proportions of people in the two groups progressing to overt AIDS or even to death were not significantly different at roughly 18 per cent . |
| 14 | This approach opened the way for extending judicial review to the exercise of power whether conferred by statute or common law or simply by virtue of the background principle of English law which permits anything to be done which is not prohibited by law . |
| 15 | During the final hour or so of cooking put the raisins and currants previously well washed , in a separate oven pot , and with water to cover them , to bake . |
| 16 | Yeremi almost clung to the former undercity dweller , whether out of strange fellow feeling or only for support he could not have said . |
| 17 | Left ventricular ejection fraction , which is the most powerful determinant of recurrent cardiac arrest and death , can be estimated at the time of cardiac catheterisation or non-invasively by radionuclide ventriculography or echocardiography . |
| 18 | " Creed " was , indeed to some extent how the convert himself saw it at the time : witness the acknowledgement in letters of 1866 and 1867 , that such philosophical tenets are not philosophically demonstrable , but are acceptable as art or for their edifying power or simply as faith . |