Example sentences of "[prep] or [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We studied cases in which the patient had a fatal aggravation of liver disease during or less than two months after interferon alfa treatment . |
| 2 | If the speaker 's main intention was to communicate information about temporal order , she would be more likely to use a temporal connective such as before , after or then than to use a causal connective . |
| 3 | However , it is also an area where great failures can occur , despite or perhaps because of the presence of such people . |
| 4 | Despite or maybe because of his frequent outbursts he was a good teacher and got results . |
| 5 | But even with or maybe because of the structure put in place so far ( UX No 418 ) , its still getting that taste of an old-boys network up yonder and wonders where the key visionary , operations , financial analysis and strategy talent is going to come from , or when DEC 's youngbloods are going to get their chance . |
| 6 | The second set of amendments , which entered into force on April 29 , 1990 , stated that all cargo doors had to be closed and locked before or immediately after the vessel left its berth , and that ships ' masters had to check trim and stability before departure . |
| 7 | What would be easier would be a simple board with everybody 's name and you just sort of erm put it across to in or out as you are coming up . |
| 8 | When she first begins to talk , she uses two different types of speech : egocentric speech , a kind of monologue , when she chatters on without bothering to know whom she is speaking to or even whether they are listening ; and socialized speech , a sign of growing maturity and decentring , when she tries to carry on a conversation , reacting to what the other person says . |
| 9 | If the results are similar to or better than those predicted theoretically , the transformation is satisfactory . |
| 10 | A reasonable guide will be if it produces results near to or better than those predicted by equation ( 6.3 ) . |
| 11 | The SAVE trial enrolled 2231 patients who had suffered myocardial infarction , had ejection fractions equal to or less than 40% , and had no symptoms of heart failure . |
| 12 | The SOLVD prevention study included 4220 patients , nearly 80% of whom had history of myocardial infarction , with ejection fractions equal to or less than 35% . |
| 13 | Though many issues remain to be resolved , data from the SOLVD prevention and SAVE trials provide compelling evidence that patients recovering from myocardial infarction with asymptomatic left ventricular systolic dysfunction ( ejection fraction equal to or less than 40% ) benefit from long term administration of an angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor . |
| 14 | Let's rewrite that slightly differently and just say l over L open brackets into D T P L over D L minus T P over L , alright , what 's that in economic terms , well that 's simply , right , marginal product of labour in the brackets , right , minus the average product of labour , okay , so if if the marginal product of labour here is greater than the average product right , the righthand side is going to be positive right , therefore , average product is going to be positive okay , the marginal product is greater than the average product ah change the slope of the average product curve is going to be er positive therefore average product itself is positive and rising let's write that down as the marginal product of labour is greater than the average product of labour that implies changing slope of the er average product curve right , is positive implying that average product is positive itself and rising Okay , if the marginal product of labour , right , is less than the average product right , that implies the slope of the average product curve is positive therefore the average product itself , right , is positive and falling sorry right , so we can rewrite that somewhat succinctly , using the following D A P L over D L , right , is greater than equal to or less than zero if D T P L over D L , right , is greater than , equal to , less than right T P L over L the average product . |
| 15 | If we consider the ten poorest students at Christmas ( i.e. those with marks equal to or less than 40 ) we find an average increase in marks from 33.6 to 43.6 . |