Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | The policy of the solicitors ' governing body is encapsulated in Rule 1 of the Solicitors ' Practice Rules 1990 ( and of earlier editions ) : A solicitor shall not directly or indirectly obtain or attempt to obtain instructions for professional work or permit another person to do so on his behalf , or do anything in the course of practising as a solicitor , in any manner which compromises or impairs or is likely to compromise or impair any of the following : ( a ) the solicitor 's independence or integrity ; ( b ) a person 's freedom to instruct a solicitor of his choice ; ( c ) the solicitor 's duty to act in the best interests of the client ; ( d ) the good repute of the solicitor or of the solicitor 's profession ; ( e ) the solicitor 's proper standard of work ; ( f ) the solicitor 's duty to the Court . |
| 2 | These provide a sustained steam of energy during the prolonged physical exertion required for professional cycling or tennis . |
| 3 | They can only succeed with the help either of opportunistic flights of fancy such as inherent value or theos rights , or by otherwise obscuring the differences between creatures like ourselves , who use language , and those that do not . |
| 4 | However , as a matter of principle and good airmanship , at least one full wing-span of clearance should always be left to allow for inadvertent drifting or swinging during landings . |
| 5 | National Greyhound Racing Club chief stipendiary steward Frank Melville refused to name the substances administered to the greyhounds , but added : ‘ They would not have got there through normal food or drink . ’ |
| 6 | Individuals who were expelled for political activity or failure to meet the fees — or simply for poor examination results — were given additional grounds for grievance , while the punishment of an entire college tended to strengthen student esprit de corps . |
| 7 | After the couple 's victory this week Yeo said : ‘ There is no room for political correctness or ideology in fostering . |
| 8 | One of the two remaining ferry boats would be kept as a stand-by vessel and the other would be stripped of its engine and berthed at Canning Dock for possible shopping or leisure purposes . |
| 9 | More complex techniques have been developed for approximate string matching , allowing for possible spelling or recognition errors in the input word ( Hall and Dowling , 1980 ; Kashyap and Oommen , 1984 ) . |
| 10 | The results would not only set the baseline against which the effectiveness of the LURG could be measured , but would also provide fuel for debate , identify educational needs and suggest areas for possible research or development . |
| 11 | And — worse — how did you ever decide what you felt about that person or what she meant to you ? |
| 12 | Anyway — no second replay , no discussion about that goal or the ‘ penalty ’ . |
| 13 | She had n't much stomach for torn flesh or pecked eyes streaming blood . |
| 14 | If a defendant fulfils the requirements for the offence of rape or buggery but failed to achieve penetration , liability for attempted rape or attempted buggery may be possible . |
| 15 | She had spent most of her own childhood trying to persuade her parents to fall in love with each other and known how little they really cared for each other or for her , but until recently she had not realised how little real love there had been in her own marriage . |
| 16 | Comfortable sofas and armchairs should be grouped to allow a semblance of privacy for each couple or party . |
| 17 | Digital map data are available for each 7.5- or 15-minute quadrangle in four data files as described in Section 2.4.2.4 . |
| 18 | The charging structure involves an initial set-up fee of £350 , an annual administration charge of ¼%; of fund ( minimum £100 , maximum £500 ) and an investment transaction charge for each purchase or sale . |
| 19 | Erm for each case or subject , there are two scores . |
| 20 | If you want to share them , put a new condom on them for each user or wash them thoroughly in hot water ( as long as the toy is not electrical ! ) . |
| 21 | One is for the representative not to vote as an individual , but to cast for each position or proposition the number of votes cast for it by those ( s ) he is there to represent . |
| 22 | This means that in an ideal world a new mailing list has to be compiled for each story or piece of information you want to impart to the media . |
| 23 | To aid the overall analysis of the contractor 's programmes it is often appropriate to request at tender detailed programmes for each structure or major work area programmes for shutter , falsework and scaffolding erection and movement resource schedules against work elements , and movement charts for labour and plant . |
| 24 | In a bid to raise funds , the foundation is asking farmers to donate £1 for each animal or pen of animals sold through livestock auctions next week ( starting September 6 ) . |
| 25 | The circumstances which govern this price for any given amount of the commodity vary in character from one problem to another ; but in every case the more of a thing is offered for sale in a market the lower is the price at which it will find purchasers ; or in other words , the demand price for each bushel or yard diminishes with every increase in the amount offered . |
| 26 | The framework set for the business as a whole should usually consist of two sections Part 1 : general guidelines that apply to all sectors Part 2 : specific guidelines for each function or service within each sector . |
| 27 | You have ten marks for each question or each statement , and you allocate the ten somewhere around there . |
| 28 | For the ‘ dogmatic dialectic ’ , as he describes dialectical materialism , the whole question naturally poses no problem , for each person or group simply constitutes a partial moment of an already operative movement of totalization that produces them and then goes beyond them . |
| 29 | Equally , there may be a separate policy for each individual or a master policy , covering everyone in the scheme . |
| 30 | Phillipon refused to say whether the framework assigns nominal dollar amounts for each individual or uses a funding formula . |