Example sentences of "or [subord] a [noun sg] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unions in Japan are , with a few exceptions , organized separately by enterprise or where a company has several plants through a federation of plant branches . |
| 2 | Where a court , or another authority or person makes an order for detention of a Member as being of unsound mind , or where a doctor recommends such detention , or where a Member is so detained , that court , authority , person , doctor or the head of the hospital , etc. where the Member is detained , must notify the Speaker . |
| 3 | If a client does not identify a failure on the part of a landlord to make repairs to a rented house as a problem appropriate to a solicitor , or if a solicitor considered such a matter outside his or her field , it would not , under such a definition , be a legal problem . |
| 4 | If there are no goods in the shops ; or if food can only be obtained by rationing ; or if the state siphons off the lion 's share of increased earnings as taxation ; or if an economy seems incapable of growing , then people begin to question the fundamentals on which such a system is built . |
| 5 | Thus we 've never considered it right to hand out cheques on a mere whim , deciding to sponsor a project , or support a charity because it happened to be the flavour of the month , or because a director had some some particular keen interest in it . |
| 6 | One obvious consequence of this is smaller families , which means that there will be fewer potential carers when the present generation of parents reaches old age or when a sibling becomes disabled . |