Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can hold the jar under your armpit or between your legs . ’ |
| 2 | As another example of his skill at miniaturisation , he displays his portable 15-cm ( 6-inch ) reflecting telescope , which weighs a mere two-thirds of a kilogram and can fold flat to go in his jacket pocket or between his clothes in a suitcase . |
| 3 | He recognizes this , and indicates the contradiction that must exist between a man 's ideals and his practice , or between his beliefs and his actions . |
| 4 | Though in theory taking life was contrary to the tenets of Buddhism , it was considered more shocking to kill animals for other persons , or for their hides , than to kill for a meal . |
| 5 | Buy it for yourself or for your kids , it 's challenging and secretly educating ! |
| 6 | ’ I spend most of my time working so most of my money goes in the bank for a rainy day or for my children 's education . |
| 7 | The listeners tuned in to the German wavelengths because they found Joyce amusing unintentionally or for his anecdotes , or else because they wished to hear both sides of the argument , or even because they did not trust their own authorities to tell them the whole truth . |
| 8 | At the beginning of the century , Dudo of St Quentin produced the argument that , since the homage of Duke Rollo of Normandy in 911 had been purely in gratitude for his baptism , it did not mean , either for himself or for his successors , that Normandy was a fief . |
| 9 | It could hardly be healthy for him or for his children . |
| 10 | Yet even peasants , bounded through their lives mostly by their immediate vicinity , could sometimes travel further afield , whether pursuing a legal claim , like the Mitry group , or about their lords ' business , like the men of St-Germain-des- Prés who owned transport-services between Anjou and the Paris neighbourhood . |
| 11 | The guilt that girls feel about eating , being fat , or about their bodies in general , and in particular their guilt about what they think of as their ‘ vanity ’ if they are obsessed with their bodies , came up over and over again . |
| 12 | Now , perhaps because I 've had a baby , friends talk to me about sex , or about their relationships with their boyfriends , where before they would n't . |
| 13 | Each of the group members presents one of the units , and takes it in turn to entertain their fellow travellers by talking about their interests in life or about their travels . |
| 14 | If , as a result , he rejects the statement , then it will not satisfy us if he tells us all about his feelings of doubt or about his feelings of conviction as to his perceptions . |
| 15 | Many left bequests to educational establishments ‘ to the maintenance of Christ 's holy gospel ’ ; others gave financial support , either during their lifetimes or through their wills , for the endowment of lectureships or the payment of stipends to preachers . |
| 16 | Common safeguards If companies in Europe are to deal across national boundaries , it is important that investors , customers and creditors are able to deal with confidence with enterprises from other member states , whether directly , or through their subsidiaries and agencies . |
| 17 | All public services are paid for by individual citizens , either directly or through their taxes . |
| 18 | How many had been beggared while the war between the royal cousins had swept across their fields or through their towns , while the barons who should have protected them looked only to their own gain , shifting loyalties so often that the ordinary common man found himself constantly besieged and attacked by both sides ? |
| 19 | ‘ It is tiny , only about two inches , and very narrow , and it parasitises larger fish by entering through their gill openings , or through their cloacas . |
| 20 | Either in his own right , or through his links with other lords , Gloucester dominated the entire north east and the north-western counties of Cumberland and Westmorland . |
| 21 | Either in his own right , or through his links with other lords , Gloucester dominated the entire north east and the north-western counties of Cumberland and Westmorland . |
| 22 | Always in your mind 's eye see yourself as you stretch either upwards or towards your sides , ‘ growing ’ at least two inches out of the hip . |
| 23 | A party is regarded as acquiring control if it has the possibility of exercising " decisive influence " on another party in particular by ownership or the right to use all or part of the assets of the other party , or rights which confer decisive influence on the composition , voting or decisions of the other party 's board of directors or of its shareholders ' meetings . |
| 24 | 14.2 [ Where the Purchaser is a natural person ] [ and if and to the extent that s 2(1) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 applies to the Order , ] nothing in these terms and conditions shall operate or be construed to operate so as to exclude or restrict the liability of the Seller for death or personal injury caused [ to the Purchaser ] by reason of the negligence of the Seller or of its servants , employees or agents . |
| 25 | ( ii ) In redrafting their work they should be encouraged to think of the first draft as tentative so that they are prepared to rethink their whole approach in the light of their own critical appraisal or of their discussions with their peers or teacher . |
| 26 | There are little data on the nutrition of abyssal ophiuroids ( Litvinova & Sokolova 1971 , Litvinova , 1980 ) or of their predators or parasites . |
| 27 | ( b ) We accept responsibility for death , bodily injury or illness caused to your or others named on your booking form by the negligent act or omission of our employees , agents , suppliers or sub-contractors or of their employees or agent acting within the course or scope of their employment ( other than that of air , sea and land carriers performing any domestic internal or international carriage whatsoever where we limit our liability to that provided for by the relevant international conventions in respect of such carriage ) . |
| 28 | Four episodes seem to have attracted the attention of the artists — or of their patrons . |
| 29 | But no serious systematic analysis has ever been made of the recruits , or of their careers as policemen . |
| 30 | A sizable minority , however , had experienced some degree of negative discrimination as a result either of work structures or of their colleagues ' attitudes and lack of understanding . |