Example sentences of "[prep] or [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certain facts need to be considered : ( i ) Repairs — The court can not expressly order a party to pay for or contribute towards the cost of repairs to the house the subject of the court order because its powers are limited to ordering periodical payments and lump sums . |
| 2 | One more story about O : he told me ( it was as if he was trying to explain the oddity of his lovemaking to me , as if he was trying to account for or apologise for the way he 'd treated me , or perhaps to reassure me concerning the effect he 'd had on me , I do n't know ) , in the morning he told me that there was one man , this had been just a couple of years previously , there was one man who had summoned him to his bedside to be counted amongst a farewell gathering of lovers , dear friends and great passions . |
| 3 | It is widely believed both within TDC and by its critics that the relatively high pay levels established by the reforming directors of the 1950s and 1960s led to applications by , and the recruitment of , men who did not know of or subscribe to the old codes . |
| 4 | The number of enquiries which a bureau receives can not be a measure of the value of or need for the service . |
| 5 | The purpose of the semantic net is to give people an overview of or handle on the content of the text . |
| 6 | The signing and completion of this Agreement by the Vendor will not violate any provision of or result in the acceleration of any obligation under or the termination of any such Contract . |
| 7 | Studies of cognition which seek to elucidate the nature or that cultural order which we might impose upon or recognize in the world may well be concerned with the classification of objects , but they generally fail to acknowledge , let alone address , the difference between artefacts such as cutlery which already incorporate categorization in their manufac-turer , and objects such as trees which do not ( e.g. Rosch 1978 : 30–5 ) . |
| 8 | Surprisingly , few researchers have considered the potential influences on memory of the traumatic nature of being involved in or witness to a road accident . |
| 9 | However , the tilting process and inundation that accompanied it were so gradual that most existing forms of wildlife had ample time to escape from or adapt to the changes . |
| 10 | Peggy Mitchell , seated at the rear of the Variety Tent , sighed in sympathy as , one after another , the right card failed to appear from or disappear into the deck . |
| 11 | ‘ The line of authority is the route followed — via every link in the chain — by all communications which start from or go to the ultimate authority . |
| 12 | For the question whether a property is present here can never be different from or lie beyond the question whether we have the best possible evidence that it is present . |
| 13 | How does the fact that the painting was executed directly from the unclothed model alter our understanding of it ; does it add to or detract from the value of the final exhibited work ? |
| 14 | The essential difference here is that an arbitration award is subject to appeal to or review by the High Court . |
| 15 | When government delegates meet every two years to decide which species to add to or delete from the appendices , the scene is set for a battle between non-governmental conservation organisations , such as the World Wildlife Fund , and representatives of the pet industry and the fur trade , with both factions desperately trying to sell their points of view . |
| 16 | Other groups , such as single-parent families , the poor and the disabled , will gravitate to or remain in the cities , partially as a result of the relatively greater availability of rented accommodation . |
| 17 | ( 3 ) The losses against which a recognised body is required to insure under this Rule are all losses arising from claims in respect of civil liability incurred in the practice of the recognised body by the recognised body or by any of its officers or employees or former officers or employees or by any solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is or was a consultant to or associate in the body 's practice or is or was working in the practice as an agent or a locum tenens ; save that a recognised body shall not be required to insure against losses arising from claims of a type excluded , by the indemnity rules applicable from time to time to recognised bodies , from being afforded indemnity by the Solicitors Indemnity Fund . |
| 18 | Often on a business transfer , parties to contracts with the vendor will need to consent to or agree to the contract being assigned or novated to the purchaser . |
| 19 | Clients many never actually buy or order something based on your own designs , however , they will relate to or identify with the intrinsic qualities that your designs and workmanship represent . |
| 20 | ( g ) Usually you will refer to or quote from a particular passage in a book or article ; in this case , note the page number . |
| 21 | If you feel you would like to join in one of the training days , held at present in Horley , Surrey on or come to the Green Park Residential weekend 10.12 Nov. we will be delighted to welcome you , so , please give me a ring . |