Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told her that he was going to continue writing to her , nothing deterred by her cold reply or rather lack of a reply . |
| 2 | They are showing there is no substitute for experience and the only disappointment for Tranmere at the moment is the crowd , or rather lack of it . |
| 3 | The future or rather fate of Gloucester rugby club could be decided at Bristol tomorrow … there are two league games to go and the cherry and whites need to win one of them to escape relegation |
| 4 | Bishop of Gibraltar , or rather Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe as he 's called nowadays , ’ supplied the Archdeacon . |
| 5 | As far as he was concerned , homosexuality did not exist north of Hampstead ( or perhaps south of it , either ) and despite the fact that its local manifestation was sitting in front of him he would not be convinced . |
| 6 | But in the context of a consideration of judicial creativity , or perhaps lack of it , the selection of the judiciary and their ‘ politics ’ in the sense used by Professor Griffith seem to be marginal considerations . |
| 7 | Where only part of the works are to be designed by the contractor , the standard form is used with modifications set out in the Contractor 's Designed Portion Supplement to the JCT Standard Form of Building Contract with Quantities , 1980 edition . |
| 8 | This meaning contrasts with that found in sentences such as She ordered me to break down the door , where only part of the movement signified by to is actualized : Here the infinitive can be described as evoking a subsequent potentiality , i.e. an event whose actualization is futurized with respect to that of the main verb . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , his master , all eighteen or so stone of him would loll back on one of the side seats , making no effort to drive . |
| 10 | The flaming Maryland had crashed a mile or so North of Dingli . |
| 11 | A mile or so north of Milford is the little town of Belper . |
| 12 | About four miles or so west of Castelnuovo is the estate of Curina with a 17th century villa and rural outhouses which have been tastefully restored . |
| 13 | He 's lying in poor water , a yard or so depth of poor safety , |
| 14 | Desperation and greed kept them going , so against the odds , they would achieve the prerequisite £4,000 or so worth of business a day , as well as somehow retaining much of their clientele , and in some mysterious way expanding it . |
| 15 | Another dealer would regularly punt out £40,000 or so worth of stock or so on the account to — wait for it — a school dinner lady . |
| 16 | In allowing H Ltd 's contentions that the mezzanine platforms should be eligible for capital allowances , Mr Justice Vinelott said that the issue was whether the platforms passed the ‘ premises test ’ — in other words , whether the platforms were apparatus used for carrying on the trade or merely part of the setting in which the trade of the companies was carried on . |
| 17 | In Shah 's case Lord Scarman said , ‘ All that is necessary is that the purpose of living where one does [ eg , for education , employment , health , family or merely love of the place ] has a sufficient degree of continuity to be properly described as settled ’ . |
| 18 | Example 2:18 Covenant to yield up tenant 's fixtures at the expiry or sooner determination of the tenancy to yield up the demised property including all tenant 's fixtures in good repair and clean and tidy Example 2:19 Covenant to remove tenant 's fixtures if required if so required by the landlord by written notice given not later than three months before the term date to remove ( or pay for the removal of ) all fixtures affixed to the demised property by the tenant or such of them as may be specified in the notice Example 2:20 Covenant by tenant to inquire about removal of fixtures not later than six months before the expiry of the term to inquire in writing of the landlord which ( if any ) tenant 's fixtures the landlord requires the tenant to remove on the termination of the term |
| 19 | It would have been otherwise if he had covenanted to paint in the quarter " preceding the expiry or sooner determination of the said term " . |
| 20 | Any Rough or Not sheet of paper as opposed to an HP surface . |
| 21 | The task difficulty will depend on whether or not knowledge of equivalence of units is required ( Example 103 ) . |
| 22 | And it was , were you shop steward for the whole factory or just part of the factory ? |
| 23 | So with the maths it 's like it 's the difference between four times O H or just sort of O plus four H four O plus H. |
| 24 | Erm I 'm not sure what time yet but erm it 's more likely to be sort of just before lunch or just sort of or maybe just after lunch or round four o'clock I try to keep the younger ones earlier so they 're not you know it 's not |
| 25 | Such studies involve a researcher or a team of researchers in studying a whole community of people , usually in a small town or village , or possibly part of a larger town . |
| 26 | This may involve an expansion of Jaguar 's main Coventry plant , the building of a new greenfield site or possibly utilisation of spare capacity at the Luton and Ellesmere Port factories of GM 's British subsidiary Vauxhall . |
| 27 | Pupils who have done well at Standard Grade and wish to specialise in computing may study for Higher Computing Studies or even Certificate of Sixth Year Studies Computing . |
| 28 | But anecdote suggests that some parents use the physical appearance of the head as their guide — or even firmness of handshake ! |
| 29 | It is a pity that the editors have not provided anything in the way of an introduction , links between contributions , or even subdivision of the papers . |
| 30 | Right , correction , one lady does n't , but those who do go back to the Property Committee and I would say that erm if this were to happen , and the County Council were to make it a permanent site in that particular position , we could lay a charge of gross negligence , or even mis-appropriation of assets . |