Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] 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 | Figure 2.8 shows the numbers of men and women in Great Britain at the time of the 1981 Census who were employed in the various OPCS social classes or out of employment . |
| 4 | current storage location of the module version ; that is online LIFESPAN storage , LIFESPAN offline system or only in LIFESPAN hard copy system . |
| 5 | White worm thrive on small pieces of bread or rice crispies soaked in sweetened milk or even on porridge . |
| 6 | THE retinal fovea , which corresponds to the central degree or so of vision , is spatially over-represented in the visual cortex . |
| 7 | An extra 150mm or so of handle length meant that even our taller testers were able to work comfortably . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | At an average £200 or so for installation , meters do n't come cheap , and it will take a few years of saving on bills to meet the initial cost . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | Early botanists had based their accounts either upon brief visits or else upon information or specimens provided by others . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 " . |
| 14 | It took Stephanie some time to realise that she always refused what was offered at the time when it was offered , whether out of a curious notion of good manners or out of cussedness Stephanie was never wholly sure . |
| 15 | Of course anything as scientific as a mechanical test has not always found favour with traditional craftsmen or indeed with business men . |
| 16 | Often this is not the case and many animals die during long journeys or afterwards in quarantine . |
| 17 | Under many circumstances this would be looked upon with some suspicion — giving rise to accusations of severe oligopoly or even near monopoly . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Prices not in line with Ramsey-optimal ones or not in line with costs are not necessarily the most important problem . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | This need arose either through specific statutory requirements or alternatively through management 's growing need for up-to-date , accurate information about company manpower . |
| 24 | On the one hand , it has been interpreted as indicating a revival of entrepreneurial vigour with new firms being formed either on the basis of new technologies or else in order to exploit market opportunities which have emerged as a result of the recession . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Yeremi almost clung to the former undercity dweller , whether out of strange fellow feeling or only for support he could not have said . |
| 27 | Presence in a wooded area sometimes revealed by plucking posts , with feathers and bones beneath a stump or other perch or even on ground . |
| 28 | There may or may not be a provision for periodic inflation-related reviews or even for index-linking . |
| 29 | Quite often they have to be compatible , however , with paintings or with full-size sets or even with location shots . |
| 30 | 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 . |