Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] or [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Such problems can arise either from structures becoming inappropriate or from poor and insensitive implementation of appropriate ones . |
| 2 | ( iv ) The following terms , used alone or in combination , will be deemed to indicate that a person is a solicitor holding a current practising certificate , unless it is made clear that the person is not so qualified : |
| 3 | ( v ) The following terms , used alone or in combination , will be deemed to indicate that a person is not a solicitor holding a current practising certificate , unless a contrary indication appears : |
| 4 | For at least eight hours each week , students were expected to work alone or in pairs on experiments in the laboratory , with some supervision by staff and postgraduates . |
| 5 | Whole networks of macrophages stimulate lymphocytes to control other lymphocytes which stimulate macrophages ; special factors attract other cells , including pus cells , into the area ; and proteins called complement are also produced that can act alone or with antibody to make bacteria much more easily absorbed . |
| 6 | You will probably not succeed in being word-perfect , and there is danger in reciting a memorised speech either of appearing unnatural or of forgetting a complete section or even coming to a dead halt . |
| 7 | ‘ Reb 's gettin' careless or in a hurry . |
| 8 | Any persons who saw anyone on that train looking agitated or with traces of blood , we 'd like to hear from them . |
| 9 | To draw a figure looking relaxed or with movement in it you 've go to be able to draw the nude very well . ’ |
| 10 | For many men the most important grieving they do is over the loss of their work when made redundant or on retirement . |
| 11 | Now , ’ she added with a complete change of subject that left Ellie feeling bewildered , ‘ you must n't feel awkward or in the way , because we 're delighted to have you to stay . |
| 12 | Strays range alone or in small groups of two to four members and prefer to live in and around villages and small towns . |
| 13 | The General Household Survey for example defines the family today as ‘ a married couple living alone or with their children , or a lone parent with his or her children , in each case the children being never married ’ . |
| 14 | It seems likely that the trend towards the establishment of separate households will continue , and this will result in more older people living alone or with their spouses . |
| 15 | There is nothing wrong in living alone or in hoping that one day you will share your life or , in the case of those who are divorced or bereaved , share your life again . |
| 16 | By ‘ best ’ results here it is meant that the correct word occurs first or near the top of the ordered list of allowable strings . |
| 17 | A few S-100 protein + , comparatively large elements ( deemed not to be nerve fibres ) were seen scattered or as small clusters in the villous lamina propria ( Fig 1A ) . |
| 18 | Whenever possible , all your equipment should be ‘ marked ’ with either die stamping or by arc-welding your postcode to the chassis or some other part of the equipment . |
| 19 | Where a registered foreign lawyer who would , apart from this rule , be required to pay an annual contribution or special levy , claims , and the Council agrees , that he or she is so covered in respect of dishonesty or failure to account , whether by a compensation fund other than the Solicitors ' Compensation Fund , or by an indemnity fund other than the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund , or by compulsory insurance , that there is a substantial reduction in the risk to the Solicitors ' Compensation Fund in respect of his or her practice in comparison with the risk presented by a solicitor practising in a like manner , the Council may reduce that annual contribution or special levy to such amount as the Council thinks fit or to zero . |
| 20 | The most important choice facing today 's buyer is n't whether to buy direct or from a dealer , but whether it 's worth paying extra for really good quality support and service . |
| 21 | Many of the masters who lead the trips , and therefore either travel free or at a reduced rate , are surprised that so many parents can still afford further-flung expeditions . |
| 22 | In a patient presenting late or after a particularly large overdose recognition of the onset of liver failure is crucial . |
| 23 | Five years after the fire , his work now nearing its end , he is at the centre of a specialist team of restorers replacing the recarving swags and pendants which had adorned the King 's Bedchamber and adjoining rooms since the time of Charles II and which now lie boxed or in pieces on shelves and benches at the South East corner of the palace . |
| 24 | On no occasion did Pointer seem bemused or in doubt but led us on , disregarding the ankle-deep snow and the sudden flurries and falls from over-hanging branches . |
| 25 | I want to ask the Minister why his two Back-Bench colleagues from Wolverhampton did not nominate the schools which they would wish to see closed or from which they would like to have surplus places taken away . |
| 26 | ‘ In case they get lost or into the wrong hands ? |
| 27 | Women earn less than men , have lower hourly rates of pay even in the same occupation , are more likely to be employed part-time or in homeworking , and are more vulnerable to unemployment . |
| 28 | In Damage , from Josephine Hart 's novel , he gets more or less everything wrong from the word go . |
| 29 | Malcolm Muggeridge about Mrs Marilyn Carr , a candidate in a Croydon by-election who was standing on a ‘ pro-life programme ’ ; against abortion and the medical termination of babies born deformed or with Down 's Syndrome . |
| 30 | Babies are born deformed or with leukaemia . |