Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) Subsection ( 1 ) applies to the following civil proceedings in the High Court , namely — ( a ) proceedings for infringement of rights pertaining to any intellectual property or for passing off ; ( b ) proceedings brought to obtain disclosure of information relating to any infringement of such rights or to any passing off ; and ( c ) proceedings brought to prevent any apprehended infringement of such rights or any apprehended passing off . |
| 2 | Stainless steel should be used for critical risk areas or for handling very hot liquids . |
| 3 | Use gel for sculptured , spiky or slicked back styles , or for crisping up fringes and pieces . |
| 4 | Nothing so unfits a woman for producing good work , or for living usefully . |
| 5 | Hope these will come in useful ; I got 2 of as many as I could , so you could have one for handling and one for display — or for pinning up to show both sides . |
| 6 | Questions relating to an offence may not be put to a person after he has been charged with that offence , or informed that he may be prosecuted for it , unless they are necessary for the purpose of preventing or minimising harm or loss to some other person or to the public or for clearing up an ambiguity in a previous answer or statement , or where it is in the interests of justice that the person should have put to him and have an opportunity to comment on information concerning the offence which has come to light since he was charged or informed that he might be prosecuted . |
| 7 | Because it means you can always criticize the individual , for either not having done the job well enough or for having not done it quite the way you thought it ought to be done . |
| 8 | This classification applies to devices used to deliver or control chemicals either at the point of use or for making up accurate solutions to be applied elsewhere . |
| 9 | As an executive with a long-term career plan to protect , you may have sound reasons for leaving before a dismissal occurs or for departing on mutually agreed terms . |
| 10 | Any lexicographer may obtain entry text for read only or for proofing regardless of ownership or the status of the on-loan flag . |
| 11 | A café curtain is an ideal way of giving privacy if you are overlooked , or for blocking out an unwanted view , as this type of curtain covers the lower half of the window permanently , leaving the top half uncovered . |
| 12 | Phonics involves making the appropriate noises for particular symbols : it is , by definition , about reading aloud , or about finding out what a word is by saying it . |
| 13 | But with regular visiting , or through living together , grandparents could become important and sometimes crucial figures in childhood . |
| 14 | It is not yet clear whether this feat was accomplished through inflight refuelling — there were reports that Iraq had received the Antonev fuel-carrier from the USSR — or through refuelling halfway down the Gulf , as the victims appeared to suspect . |
| 15 | Its major aim , as will appear , is to demonstrate that the crucial medical-legal decision is not switching off a ventilator , but rather , switching it on , either initially or after having once turned it off . |
| 16 | inform about society , thus continuing the induction of pupils which they are already experiencing into the tradition which is theirs by virtue either of birth or of taking up residence in a country . |
| 17 | Most gliders are very reluctant to stall in the slip ( try it some time ) , but if the recovery is made at a low speed , or the pilot forgets to ease forwards to prevent the nose rising during the recovery , there is a very real danger of stalling or of flying rather slowly as the glider encounters the wind gradient . |
| 18 | The public library uniquely affords the expression of all minority views , gives all of them the opportunity of acceptance , or of withering away . |
| 19 | Everyone — whether self-employed or working for an employer — has the choice of continuing as they are or of switching instead to a personal pension . |
| 20 | ‘ I have no intention of wiping out the WPBSA or of setting up an alternative governing body , ’ Hearn said . |
| 21 | But a sequential approach runs the risk of entering some markets too late to catch the wave of fashion or of meeting already entrenched opposition from the more fleet of foot . |
| 22 | ‘ He does n't approve of satisfying one 's curiosity or of seeking out the notorious . |
| 23 | There was no question of his ever returning to the office , or of carrying on the firm . |
| 24 | Or of finding out . ’ |
| 25 | If it is crystal clear and I am convicted of being in my dotage or of going on at half-cock then I shall ask British Telecom to accept my apologies wince at the thought of my next bill , and keep my nose clean . |
| 26 | She was hardly aware of the car pulling up outside the house , or of going up to her bedroom , claiming that she was too exhausted to relax on the beach and enjoy the remainder of the sunshine . |
| 27 | In their defence the party leadership could argue that they had been hampered by the lack of a parliamentary majority ; the choice had been hanging on by the skin of one 's teeth or of giving up and holding an election in the face of adverse opinion polls . |
| 28 | It is in danger either of making knowledge impossible or of walking straight into one of our sceptical arguments . |
| 29 | When acting for a buyer of vacant land who intends to build on it , or for a buyer of a recently erected house , a hidden danger has recently been highlighted — the possibility that the foundations may be at risk of subsidence or of sliding either through infilling of the site , or a dangerous geological stratum . |
| 30 | It can be seen that the committee continues to recognise the difference between obtaining possession by a trick ( that is , ‘ by deception ’ in its new wide sense ) and obtaining ownership by false pretences ( again , ‘ by deception ’ ) but the committee intended , and it seems that Parliament has adopted the same approach in section 15 , that , for the purpose of finding the accused guilty , it would cease to matter whether the victim was deceived into transferring ownership or into handing over possession . |