Example sentences of "[conj] [adv prt] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What does it profit us to list the number of times a mother rubs her baby 's back when we really want to know if she did it with affection or out of nervousness ? |
| 2 | In most shows ‘ hands-on ’ technology tends to be a token feature ; either over-subscribed or out of order . |
| 3 | All those who appear on the Register must , by law , notify the Community Charges Registration Officer about any change regarding their entry within 21 days of the change occurring , this includes moving in or out of Birmingham . |
| 4 | Great literature is only partly the reflection of a particular year or generation : it is also a timeless thing , which can never become old-fashioned or out of date , or depend for its importance upon historical considerations . |
| 5 | Even when a discharge is discovered , it is sometimes very difficult to establish where the other end of the pipe is : town plans or the other records which comprise the organizational memory are often incomplete or out of date , while physically tracing the effluent can involve the time-consuming and hazardous task of lifting manholes in the middle of city streets while filling sample buckets , proceeding by trial and error to narrow down the possible sources of pollution . |
| 6 | The following are the principal cases where that leave would be forthcoming : ( 1 ) relief is sought against any person domiciled in England or Wales ; ( 2 ) an injunction is sought ordering the defendant to do an act or refrain from doing anything ( whether or not damages are also claimed in respect of a failure to do something or for the doing of that thing ) ; ( 3 ) the claim is brought against any person duly served within or out of England and Wales and a person out of England and Wales is a necessary or proper party thereto ; ( 4 ) the claim is founded on any breach or alleged breach of any contract wherever made , which : ( a ) according to its terms ought to be performed in England and Wales , or ( b ) is by its terms , or by implication , governed by English law , or ( c ) contains a term to the effect that a court in England or Wales shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action in respect of the contract ; ( 5 ) the claim is founded on a tort and the damage was sustained or resulted from an act committed , within England and Wales ; ( 6 ) the whole subject-matter of the proceedings is land ( with or without rent or profits ) or the perpetuation of testimony relating to land ; ( 7 ) the claim is brought to construe , rectify , set aside or enforce an act , deed , will , contract , obligation or liability affecting land ; ( 8 ) the claim is made for a debt secured on immovable property or is made to assert , declare or determine proprietary or possessory rights , or rights of security , in or over movable property , or to obtain authority to dispose of movable property ; ( 9 ) the claim is brought to execute the trusts of a written instrument , being trusts that ought to be executed according to English law and of which the person to be served with the originating process is a trustee , or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is brought ; ( 10 ) the claim is made for the administration of the estate of a person who died domiciled in England or Wales or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is made ; ( 11 ) the claim is brought in a probate action within the meaning of Ord 41 ; ( 12 ) the claim is brought to enforce any judgment or arbitral award ; ( 13 ) the claim is brought against a defendant not domiciled in Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of a claim by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for or in relation to any of the duties of taxes which have been , or are for the time being , placed under their care and management ; ( 14 ) the claim is brought in respect of contributions under the Social Security Act 1975 ; ( 15 ) the claim is made for a sum to which the Directive of the Council of the European Communities dated 15 March 1976 No 76/308/EEC applies , and service is to be effected in a country which is a member of the European Economic Community . |
| 7 | It is , in fact , an amphibian , which can live in or out of water . |
| 8 | talking about experiences in or out of school , eg a school trip , a family outing , a television programme seen ; |
| 9 | That the governing body might record the names of those whose work in or out of school is particularly noteworthy . |
| 10 | A non-competitive literacy test ( in Sesotho ) is recommended to be taken at the end of the first cycle or any time thereafter prior to the final examination since mastery of literacy skills is seen as the first priority in primary school education in Lesotho — ‘ if learners are to profit from further opportunities for education in or out of school . ’ |
| 11 | After a project is completed , children can pass on their finished product to its intended audience , which may be classmates , or children younger or older than themselves , or even adults in or out of school , and can then evaluate the audience 's reaction . |
| 12 | We can offer a one-carrier service into or out of Europe or through the EC to the rest of the world . |
| 13 | If on the other hand he wept on account of worldly things , or out of wrath because an enemy prevailed over him , or envy of another man because he possessed such abundance whilst he himself possessed none , then his prayer is docked , defective and void . ’ |
| 14 | He pointed out that in many countries of Eastern Europe , Communists had been forced into coalition or out of government . |
| 15 | Arrangements for reorganisation , in or out of court , sound like a formality ; a fixed outside factor of doing business . |
| 16 | In America , whether in or out of court , the managers who led the firm into the ditch often remain at the controls while it is pulled out . |
| 17 | The grain may be in a pocket , hidden inside a box , or out of sight above the horse on a bird table . |
| 18 | The blonde woman was always elegantly dressed and absolutely immaculate , even when she came off the beach , her hair neatly pinned up in a French pleat or out of sight under a chic floppy straw hat . |
| 19 | More difficult illusions require the subject to hallucinate objects or people into or out of existence with his eyes open . |
| 20 | I never know whether the death wish is a wish to get out of activity or out of existence . |
| 21 | A family may have a low income in work because of low pay , or out of work from social security benefits . |
| 22 | It has taken present-day governments some time to understand that a universal benefit is a bulwark against the disincentive effects of a largely means-tested system , and that , given that the benefit is paid irrespective of whether the household head is in or out of work but is nevertheless deducted from supplementary benefit , it helps maintain a difference between income in paid work and income on the dole . |
| 23 | They cut benefits to pensioners , the severely disabled , widows , the unemployed , those with industrial injuries and families with children , in or out of work . |
| 24 | Any time Thresher staff have a problem in or out of work , they can call an outside consultancy , focus . |
| 25 | In the first outbreak it was estimated that no more than one per cent of the entire rabbit population survived , and these few were either immune or out of contact with other rabbits . |
| 26 | This is an area of personal relationships which is private , into which law does not venture , whether for the instrumental reasons suggested above , or out of concern for its reputation for purity . |
| 27 | The various departments ’ relations with Parliament , with outside bodies and professions are all governed by the same consideration that the minister is in charge and that he can be attacked ( in or out of Parliament ) for anything that happens or fails to happen in his department . |
| 28 | There is no evidence that the judges at any time protested to Her Majesty 's government in or out of Parliament against the proposals to involve them directly and indirectly in the administration of the act of 1971 . |
| 29 | Mounted men in ones and twos appeared suddenly from the cover of trees , or out of folds in the ground . |
| 30 | Or do you just screw it up , stuff it in the box up in the attic or out of way , out of sight until next September October November time when you want to fetch it out again ? |