Example sentences of "or [verb] [adv] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Acyclovir given intravenously , orally or applied directly at the site of infection can accelerate healing and restrict the spread and recurrence of many herpes infections ( British Medical Journal , 1982 , vol 285 , p 1223 . ) .
2 Assuming that there is a perfect capital market , so that the individual can borrow or lend freely at an interest rate r ( about which he has confident expectations ) , a person 's expected lifetime discounted income is measured by , where W u and M u are expected wage income and capital receipts at time u , and P u denotes the survival probability .
3 Hormone replacement therapy consists of the hormones oestrogen and progesterone taken daily to help replace those lost or produced erratically at the menopause .
4 Is it really necessary for you to have no claim if you are indeed made redundant or treated unjustly at the time when the contract finishes ?
5 But much of what they buy ends up being returned or hidden away at the back of a drawer .
6 This card may be placed next to the model or face up at the table edge to indicate that it is in play .
7 He appealed for members to comment by ringing Brenda on Middlesbrough 244860 or calling in at the club .
8 If you were sick or unemployed ( provided you sent in sick notes to your Social Security office or signed on at the Unemployment Benefit office ) ;
9 No hair-stroking or sighing or staring sorrowfully at the ceiling , not for her .
10 Felicity had come out in a severe facial rash and spent the time either screaming or staring fixedly at the paperknife on her desk .
11 They may have been open-fronted , the borders of the open seam being either fastened together or pinned back at the breast , again with brooches and pins .
12 Dexter sat back in his armchair , unsure whether to laugh outright or smile knowingly at the businessman 's practical joke .
13 Artists know that this has happened , but much of the art establishment has n't caught up with events , or looked back at the past in the light of that .
14 If the spacing between the strands is uneven , or if they curve or go off at an angle , the knotting is irregular , and denotes a poor quality rug .
15 It was shabby but civilised , alive with history but inhabited also by living poets and thinkers who could be found squatting on the slotted metal floors of the stacks , or arguing pleasantly at the turning of the stair .
16 Although probably built as a row by some Victorian property magnate , all the houses were slightly different from the front and all had been built on to or extended differently at the back .
17 Do n't choose a colour for its safety , because it is acceptable , or sells well at the art society exhibition .
18 The healthy stayed away , or hovered sceptically at the back of the crowd , talking as they waited for the first miracle .
19 But on Monday night the audience at the Queen Elizabeth Hall appeared neatly divided — between those who were willing to prolong the applause indefinitely and those who either disappeared discreetly halfway through or scarpered quickly at the end .
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