Example sentences of "or [prep] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The notion of a lead agency with overall responsibility for developing services or for buying in the necessary services from local statutory , private or voluntary agencies would make clear where responsibility should lie . |
| 2 | Kierkegaard thus rejects decisively and with withering scorn all attempts to present Christian faith in terms of Idealism or moral values , of historical influence and historical study , or of belonging to an established Christian church . |
| 3 | Members of Schedule I have been given a choice of remaining in that Schedule with an NRA of 60 , or of opting for the new , improved , Schedule II . |
| 4 | The student is given the opportunity either of broadening his areas of study so that he learns some of the principles and methods of several disciplines or of concentrating on the narrower range in order to become a specialist after suitable experience , training or further study . |
| 5 | Each DNA fragment was recovered from the corresponding single gene recombinant transfer vector and was either directly cloned into the pAcAB3 vector , or via subcloning into the multiple cloning vector pUC19 ( as described in Methods ) . |
| 6 | Between the 14th day of September 1987 and the 8th day of January 1988 conspired together and with other persons to defraud such persons who had or might have had an interest in dealing in shares in Blue Arrow , or National Westminster Bank , or in dealing on the Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index , namely : 2.1 By dishonestly concealing holdings of 19.39 per cent of the share capital of Blue Arrow ; 2.2 By falsely stating that all remaining shares not taken up in the rights issue by existing shareholders had been sold in the market ; 2.3 By falsely representing that 33,315,528 shares in Blue Arrow held by County NatWest Securities were held for the purposes of market making ; 2.4 By falsely representing that 34,069,433 shares in Blue Arrow held by Phillips & Drew Securities were held for the purposes of market making ; 2.5 By dealing off market with Union Bank of Switzerland in 28,201,743 shares in Blue Arrow when by reason of their connection with that company they were knowingly in possession of un-published price sensitive information ; 2.6 By creating a false instrument , namely a letter of indemnity dated 5 October 1987 from Nicholas Wells on behalf of County NatWest to Union Bank Of Switzerland ; 2.7 By engaging in a course of conduct which created a false or misleading impression as to the market in the shares of Blue Arrow for the purpose of creating such an impression and thereby influencing persons who might deal in those shares ; 2.8 By purchasing and retaining 2,150 Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 share index put option contracts to cover a risk of £51,500,000 whilst concealing from the market the true position in relation to the rights issue and the subsequent placing of shares in Blue Arrow , where Blue Arrow and National Westminster Bank were both component parts of that index . |
| 7 | The major loss was through transfer out as fifteen people were relocated or moved abroad on promotion or on changing to a new firm . |
| 8 | This amendment should ensure that there is a majority of elected members serving on the police authority , either by retaining the present two-thirds requirements , or by providing for a simple majority and they give two main reasons . |
| 9 | It may suit one of the parties at the time of the reference to exploit the uncertainty created by poor drafting , either by delaying matters by a construction summons ( see 8.17.7 ) or by insisting on a particular definition of the issue which is to that party 's advantage . |
| 10 | The tapes — genuine or imitation — can be obtained by mail or by strolling into the X-rated video stores of urban America . |
| 11 | The land speculator operates in two different ways , either using entrepreneurial initiative , negotiating time and ability but relatively little capital ; or by investing on a long-term basis with the ultimate possibility of substantial capital growth . |
| 12 | It concentrated on the curriculum and organization of Inner London secondary schools and focused on those pupils who were underachieving , took few or no public examinations and showed their dissatisfaction with school by absenting themselves or by behaving in an uncooperative manner ( ILEA 1984 ) . |
| 13 | This may be done by deeming a certain level of turnover during any such period or by reverting to the open market rent . |
| 14 | Other fabrics should be closely woven , firm and colourfast , and must be stiffened either with an aerosol spray applied to both sides of the fabric , or by dipping into a liquid stiffening solution . |
| 15 | These needs are met by obtaining a particular resource or by responding to a particular environmental or bodily stimulus . |