Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 PLH/LIP complex ( pulmonary lymphoid hyperplasia and/or lymphoid interstitial pneumonia ) in a child < 13 years of age .
2 For example , they seem to survive on a few hours ' sleep ; they will report waking and getting up early ( often to the annoyance of their families ) ; sporting activities include frenetic games ( squash ) and/or strenuous single person sports ( running , swimming ) .
3 If the pattern of use and disuse of the cemeteries also reflects settlement movement one would be drawn to conclude that either population levels fluctuated frequently and/or that shifting settlement was common .
4 Second , development of alternative or engineered plasminogen activators with increased thrombolytic potency and/or specific thrombolytic activity to enhance coronary thrombolysis .
5 Expert systems readily respond to business volatility being used for off-line , expert decision support ( EDS ) and/or on-line intelligent process control ( IPC ) , ( Fig. 2 ) .
6 The opportunity class teachers I knew either had some extra training and/or some special quality or flair .
7 First let us exclude all cases where we are concerned with something which actually is , or is taken to be , a bull or cow or calf in a real or imagined external world , when the use is plainly ascriptive .
8 As the Prime Minister said , only the British and Danish Parliaments have considered European monetary union , as it is now defined , or European political union .
9 The introduction of new technology is only one aspect of problem solving in marginal areas and the desirable overall policy package may be to a substantial degree indivisible since changing one part may affect one or all of the other parts at a local , regional , national or European Economic Community ( EEC ) level .
10 Such is the efficacy of propaganda for the global capitalist system that it is rarely capitalism itself that is targetted in such cases , but the symbols of American or European national power .
11 Among the output sockets on the back of the unit ( MIDI in , thru and out , one for the MPM 4E footswitch , a set of effects loop sockets with +4dB or -20dB level switch , plus similarly attenuable left/right master outputs ) are a pair of outs for the built-in speaker emulator .
12 It is usually women who have left work , or moved from full time to part time employment , to care for a sick or frail elderly relative .
13 In both circumstances the deaf minority have to struggle to participate in community life if their contributions do not sound like English and if their failure to understand the interlanguage interpretation is put down to their poor general knowledge or low mental ability .
14 Include details of properties , revaluations , significant property holdings held at cost , and plant and machinery at nil or low net book value .
15 The delay in implementing an inquiry into Nye Bevan Lodge in Southwark from 1985–7 demonstrated the institutional resistance to recognising that standards of care could degenerate where physical and mental infirmity were accompanied by social powerlessness , whether as resident , or low paid care assistant .
16 For example , inflammatory conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease or rheumatoid arthritis may lead to a spuriously high ferritin or low total iron binding capacity even in the presence of iron deficiency .
17 A general inverted-U function has been described which suggests that memory may be best for intermediate levels of subjective risk , being impaired in cases of either unusually high or low subjective risk .
18 For large bulky groups or low molecular weight species these materials are often low melting point solids or even paramagnetic liquids , at room temperature .
19 This was determined by preforming NCp7:DNA complexes , centrifuging the reactions and analyzing whether the complexes remained in solution ( simple or low molecular weight complexes ) or if they were present in a pellet ( high molecular weight complexes ) .
20 Another criticism is that public expenditure cuts , rather than helping to control unemployment ( by cutting inflation in a monetarist model ) , have either caused or exaggerated current unemployment ( see Ch. 20 ) .
21 Seaside holidays are always popular and whether you want a family caravan or friendly small guesthouse or hotel you 'll find it on Somerset 's forty miles of varied coast .
22 or conquered outer space .
23 Housed stock must have constant access to a well-drained or dry well-bedded area .
24 This family is characterised externally by thickened skin covering the disk and arms which conceals the reduced or fragmented plates of scales ; rudimentary and inconspicuous radial shields ; the jaws usually as broad as long or longer than broad armed with simple spine-like or broad scale-like rugose papillae ; the second oral tentacle pore may arise within the mouth slit as in Ophiomyxa , or more superficially and nearly outside the mouth slip as in Ophioscolex and Ophiophrixus ; oral area usually covered with skin which may obscure the underlying plates ; the arm spines erect laterally placed , covered with thickened skin .
25 Their reasons for study are various and include simple personal interest and skill acquisition in connection with present or possible future employment .
26 We telephoned all patients who stated that actual or possible inflammatory bowel disease was present in one or more family members and obtained the names and dates of birth of the affected family members .
27 MUSICMAN Stingray bass , natural , pre-Ernie Ball , £525 , or possible part-exchange Precision plus cash .
28 [ 32 P ] -5'-endlabelled or non-radioactive duplex DNA , prepared as described above , was mixed with 10 µg Dcm or Dcm/Cys177Ser protein in DCM reaction buffer .
29 They carried on into the marquee , where eight ten-foot-long buffet tables decorated with pale pink and white angelicas held dozens of silver tureens , filled to capacity with imported smoked salmon , lobster , and finely sliced fillet of beef in aspic .
30 Use underlay under woven carpet , or jute-backed tufted carpet .
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