Example sentences of "[noun pl] [unc] [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stark events of A Fine Boy for Killing are no more and no less authentic than the events of Showell Styles 's novels or those of O'Brian and Forester . |
| 2 | While most of his contemporaries in the conservation world sit behind desks or on committees , Watson and friends race ‘ kamikaze ’ inflatable dinghies in front of Soviet and Japanese whalers ' harpoons or handcuff themselves to the seal hunters ' vessels . |
| 3 | If any member wishes to see a copy of the R.H.A. plans or the branches ' report or would like to be involved in any way please contact myself of Lynn Inglis . |
| 4 | The criminal law sees only some types of property deprivation as robbery or theft ; it excludes , for example , the separation of consumers and part of their money that follows manufacturers ' malpractices or advertisers ' misrepresentations ; it excludes shareholders losing their money because managers behaved in ways which they thought would be to the advantage of shareholders even though the only tangible benefits accrued to the managers ( Hopkins 1980b ) ; it excludes the extra tax citizens , in this or other countries , have to pay because : ( i ) corporations and the very wealthy are able to employ financial experts at discovering legal loopholes through which money can be safely transported to tax havens ; ( ii ) Defence Department officials have been bribed to order more expensive weaponry systems or missiles in ‘ excess ’ of those ‘ needed ’ ; ( iii ) multinational drug companies charge our National Health Services prices which are estimated to be at least , £50 millions in excess of alternative supplies . |
| 5 | For example , there is no need to reset hard copy since the typesetting department can download text straight from a clients ' word-processing or desk top publishing discs . |
| 6 | Subsection ( 7 ) deals with cases where a deposit has been made out of a clients ' account or the like . |
| 7 | Organisers failing to give notice or not complying with conditions risk arrest , conviction , possible 3 months ' sentence or , 400 fine . |
| 8 | By contrast , a person who organises a procession or a meeting and knowingly fails to comply with the conditions imposed commits an offence punishable with three months ' imprisonment or a level three fine . |
| 9 | In Scotland , the penalty for a summary offence is three months ' imprisonment or a fine , but not both . |
| 10 | In June 1989 the government refused to grant the fundamentalist Islamic Nahdah movement ( Mouvement de la renaissance ) legal recognition as a political party , on the grounds that by law founders and leaders of parties must not have been convicted of offences warranting more than three months ' imprisonment or six months ' suspended sentence ; 15 Nahdah leaders , although at liberty , still had current convictions dating from September 1987 ( see p. 36633 ) . |
| 11 | For reasons which are not stated the legislature in 1988 made it essential for a successor to live in the dwelling house during the period of six months but did not amend the Act of 1985 so as to impose either a six months ' period or residence in a particular dwelling house in the case of a council house . |
| 12 | 6 Individual voters are rational and informed ; they have an appreciation of their own best interests ; and so they give the parties programatic support and vote according to the parties ' past or prospective action in office in the light of their own knowledge and interests . |
| 13 | When not in conflict with the parties ' agreement or with the CMI Rules , the Uniform Rules of Conduct for the Interchange of Trade Data by Teletransmission ( UNCID ) also govern the parties ' conduct . |
| 14 | It does not include such items of expenditure as income tax payments , life insurance premiums , doctors ' and dentists ' fees or trade union subscriptions : it can not , therefore , be regarded as a ‘ cost of living ’ index . |
| 15 | The environment is not just about animals ' rights or aesthetics . |
| 16 | Tiger moths can also take their defence strategy a stage further , screaming out in ultrasound , which may jam the bats ' sonar or warn of their foul taste . |
| 17 | Write to : Autocar & Motor Readers ' Letters or fax . |
| 18 | Scant consideration was given to getting the authors ' names or initials , or even their book titles , correct ! ) : |
| 19 | Strong enough to lift up to 200lbs , this six stacked rust resistant magnet has an overall gripping area of 8.25cm square and will collect dressmakers ' pins or DIY nails just like magic . |
| 20 | It is possible that the two women are one and the same , or that there is a serial killer on the prowl , but as none of Barbs 's friends or neighbours give a damn where she is , her continuing absence occasions little comment . |
| 21 | Because he does not know other countries ' systems or customs , he has a certain narrowness of thinking , which we Europeans do not have , of course . |
| 22 | In the firm 's New Issues Statistics — July-September 1992 , it sees three main areas the majority of flotation candidates will come from : MBO companies seeking an exit for their investors , funds to repay debt and the flexibility to raise equity finance to fund further growth ; the demerger of listed companies ' subsidiaries or divisions where it is apparent that the parts will be valued higher than the whole ; and the traditional private companies which have hitherto provided the bulk of flotations . |
| 23 | Some controversy arose over whether the adjective " voluntary " in the Spanish text of the agreement ( desmovilización y repatriación voluntaria ) applied to the contras ' demobilization or to their repatriation . |
| 24 | The order may give directions on : auditing , the revision of the directors ' report or any summary financial statement , steps to be taken to bring the order to the notice of persons likely to rely on the original accounts , and on such other matters as the court thinks fit . |
| 25 | date accounts issued — later dates of directors ' report or auditor 's report ; and |
| 26 | Rovers ' make or break tie |
| 27 | It was not possible to know from the data available whether this was the defendants ' choice or magistrates declining to try them . |
| 28 | Acts done to forward or protect the defendants ' trade or business interests are clearly justified , but it is not essential that the interest promoted be a material one . |
| 29 | The ultimate in the clean break philosophy was the shipping of thousands of deprived children to Canada and Australia , ‘ not all of them orphans and not always with their parents ' knowledge or consent ’ . |
| 30 | The state forces children to be educated for a given period , if necessary against the parents ' wishes or indifference . |