Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [adj] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was staying up for four or five days at a time and then crashing for four or five days . |
| 2 | Are you , are we allowing for this or |
| 3 | The new aspect which foreign policy had been acquiring for two or three decades had suddenly grown to startling dimensions . |
| 4 | A bigger difficulty is that the premature announcement of merger talks may tempt other firms into bidding for one or both . |
| 5 | So do you need trimming after that or will it fall into ? |
| 6 | So he was determined to spend as many nights as necessary in the fields , to save his lambs from dying of cold or hunger . |
| 7 | So if we are eating , for instance , a slice of calorie-crammed quiche surrounded by salad vegetable concoctions oozing with oily or mayonnaisey dressings we are still eating a salad , are n't we , so that ca n't be very fattening , can it ? |
| 8 | The most obvious case is where we have a word ending with one or more consonant letters followed by ‘ le ’ ( or , in the case of noun plurals or third person singular verb forms , ‘ les ’ ) . |
| 9 | There are also special requirements for the ventilation of adjoining rooms , such as a lounge with a conservatory built over its only window , and for rooms with windows opening onto closed or open courtyards . |
| 10 | The new coal is expected to be used primarily for blending with higher-sulphur or dirtier types . |
| 11 | Some of the young calves are fattened on the farms but many are reared for a few months and then sold for fattening in central or eastern Britain . |
| 12 | It is not possible to determine the number of such people among the 119 recorded as dying in 1990 or how many would not have taken an overdose had they been aware that paracetamol , if taken in large quantities , often results in a painful and lingering death due to liver failure . |
| 13 | Julie walked quickly , keeping within two or three feet of Donna . |
| 14 | It has been shown that more than one third of all new businesses cease trading within two or three years of start up and the vast majority of those remaining in business are small throughout their economic life . |
| 15 | Do n't keep painting over chipped or worn polish . |
| 16 | For this reason , the preliminary awards , and the general SVQ at level I , are not linked to any particular occupational area , but can include training relating to one or more vocational areas . |
| 17 | Essentially , then , comparative industrial relations is a systematic method of investigation relating to two or more countries which has analytic rather than descriptive implications . |
| 18 | Firstly , although the attempt to establish a coherent set of sentencing principles is commendable , the proportionality principle is seriously compromised by the exceptions relating to violent or sexual offenders . |
| 19 | Information relating to another or which would identify another as its source may not be shown unless that person consents . |
| 20 | The court can give directions relating to medical or psychiatric examination or any other kind of assessment when making an interim order or at any time while an order is in force ( s38(6) ) . |
| 21 | Dysuria and urethral discharge are the main presenting symptoms , appearing anything from one to six weeks after catching the infection , with the majority occurring at two or three weeks . |
| 22 | For bodies consisting of rocky or icy materials the minimum radius is about 1000 km . |
| 23 | The Proprietor at its expense shall supply 1 ’ video masters consisting of all or any combination of the forms of the video sketches as itemized in Schedule I , to the specification of the Publisher and including any front or end matter supplied by the Publisher . |
| 24 | LIFESPAN uses a hierarchy of Options to carry out the required tasks , each option consisting of one or more Pages . |
| 25 | ( ea ) ‘ multi-national partnership ’ means an unincorporated partnership consisting of one or more registered foreign lawyers and one or more solicitors ; |
| 26 | A combination , consisting of two or more elements ( marked A. B.C , etc. ) counts as one obstacle . |
| 27 | In 1986 , 375 teams consisting of two or more contestants ( over 800 people in all ) took part . |
| 28 | This brought together in a simplified form a number of remedies obtainable from a Divisional Court of the Queen 's Bench Division consisting of two or three judges . |
| 29 | Mixtures are substances consisting of two or more pure substances . |
| 30 | These are portfolios consisting of 2 or more options with different expiry and/or exercise dates and rights ; |