Example sentences of "the [noun] or [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When grown in normal aquarium gravel , the plant should be nourished by placing clay granules or balls of sun-dried clay , at the base or around the roots . |
| 2 | He explained away the list of things that Waddell had seen in the Ross 's house as having been published at the trial or in the newspapers , which was not the case . |
| 3 | Family size is shrinking as mothers no longer need large numbers of children to work either down the mines or in the factories ( the machine would take anybody to work for it at first ) or to ensure that a few would survive ; high infant mortality rates are now becoming a thing of the past . |
| 4 | In the open sea , Joseph Ritter — always there beneath the text or in the shadows of Boswell 's narrative — mystifyingly lost Johnson 's spurs overboard . |
| 5 | The landlord may sue if he can prove that actual harm has been caused to the reversion or in the circumstances illustrated in the next case . |
| 6 | ‘ failed to accord precedence to a foot passenger on the carriageway ’ This point means that the offending driver did not stop at or before the ‘ give-way ’ line , where provided , which is one metre from the limits of the crossing or at the limits to accord precedence . |
| 7 | There was a picture of the terrace on which meals were taken ‘ except during thunderstorms ’ and several of the garden , but none of the kitchen or of the children 's accommodation . |
| 8 | Moving from gardening to a musical metaphor , the poetic , sensuous qualities of her paintings suggest they could be experienced , like percussion instruments , through vibrations on the skin or in the bones . |
| 9 | Thus , there may appear to be a urethritis when the main problem is in fact an infection in the bladder or in the kidneys , or , more locally , in the prostate gland . |
| 10 | This decision might have been regarded as one asserting the value of individual choice , but the Court put it on a rather different basis , saying that ‘ the implementation of the rights conferred on the employees by the Directive could not be dependent on the consent either of the transferor or of the transferee or of the employees themselves , wit |
| 11 | Six men had bled to death there in the snow or in the arms of friends and relatives as they carried them home . |
| 12 | No pouches about the mouth or under the eyes . |
| 13 | A few coarse hairs may grow round the nipples or between the breasts . |
| 14 | ‘ Anything unclaimed left lying around the club or in the porters ’ cubbyhole . |
| 15 | Some select vantage points in the town , others in the hills up to Monte , some on the harbour or in the gardens and parks . |
| 16 | Once or twice I caught the N.C.O. staring at me with an expression of hate and disgust but he never maintained it when I stared back , and would look suddenly out of the window or at the papers in the portfolio he was carrying . |
| 17 | If challenged he would say that he was testing the echo — a favourite pastime for Lake Tourists whether inside the fells or on the Lakes themselves . |
| 18 | During the duty period the solicitor has to be available all the time to provide advice over the telephone or at the police station , and receives a standby payment , up to half of which is deducted if advice is provided up to that level of work . |
| 19 | He is responsible for presenting to the council and its committees all matters of business which are brought to his notice , either from members of the public , members of the council or from the officers themselves , and of recording the decisions , either by way of minutes of the committees or of reports of the committees which are subsequently presented to the council . |
| 20 | The great majority of its members were more attracted to this than to the abuse from the Communists or to the dissensions of the ILP . |
| 21 | As far as validation of the courses is concerned , this is being undertaken either by the CNAA or by the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester . |
| 22 | ‘ I am a different person when I am at work on the Geest or on the heath or in the dunes . |
| 23 | Would there be a lunatic at the nets or in the stands ? |
| 24 | Either up the mountains or around the lakes , the views are superb . |
| 25 | Until now he has managed to push bills through the National Assembly , even though his Socialists are in a minority there , by making little deals with the conservatives or with the Communists . |
| 26 | Get there early — at least one hour before you expect to see the badgers — and do n't walk over the sett or across the entrances . |
| 27 | Possibly the test is , ‘ Can it be inferred from the facts of the particular case that the occupier had such control over the licensee or over the circumstances which made his act possible that he ought to have prevented it ? |
| 28 | The dolphins create their sounds in the larynx or in the passages leading to their blowhole . |
| 29 | No previous knowledge of literature is required either by the teacher or by the students . |
| 30 | If we do not do this , we shall not find out very much about the social functions of variation in the community or about the sources and motivations of change , and our results will therefore be superficial . |