Example sentences of "[noun] or a group [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now and again the walkway became even more narrow as a pavement café spilled its chairs and tables upon it , tempting the strolling shopper to stop for refreshment ; here and there a small crowd gathered around a solitary musician or a group of young teenagers singing , the plates at their feet covered in kroner as a testament to their audience 's approval . |
| 2 | There will also be the option of being audited as an individual centre ( for example , a single college or training organisation ) or as a network ( for example , a group of neighbouring schools or a group of workplaces ) . |
| 3 | Radar can also yield images , but whereas a radio telescope or a group of such telescopes can yield an image of an object in an analogous way to a conventional telescope , a radar pulse from the Earth can not be made narrow enough to select anything other than the whole disc of the planet , except for the Moon where small areas can be examined because of its large angular diameter . |
| 4 | Is it possible for some of us and perhaps representative 's of organisations or a group of us and I know I can talk to the board but I 'm not necessarily speaking for anybody else if I natter to you other than myself . |
| 5 | the acquiror and disposers are each bodies corporate , partnerships , individuals or a group of connected individuals . |
| 6 | It has been used as a collective noun for the action-sequences in which one person or a group of people direct action upon another , for the abstract concept of such types of action , as in the phrase ‘ act of aggression ’ , and for the drive or impulse or intention which animates individual people to interfere with or even physically attack others . |
| 7 | ‘ In such individuals , a person or a group of persons can be identified in a negative manner and become the target of the sum of the subject 's aggressive emotions . ’ |
| 8 | Well I think of evaluation as the process by which a person or a group of people have a fairly careful look at something they 're doing in order to try and decide whether it 's going well or badly , whether there are things in it they might wish to improve , and how valuable they think it is whether they might want to make changes in it in any way . |
| 9 | There are some large four and five bedded rooms available for families or a group of friends . |
| 10 | This will be followed by the display programme and then we are planning a sponsored event which can be as a family team , with Mum , children and husband/grannie/auntie or a group of friends — each team of four plus one must have a ball . |
| 11 | Some people find it easier to give up with a friend or a group at work . |
| 12 | ( c ) General clarification of your thoughts on specific topics and questions ( for a single student or a group of individuals ) |
| 13 | Initially most systems concentrated on reviewing administrative activities and costs but subsequent refinements enabled them also to review programmes ( that is , activities and costs covering a policy objective or a group of related policy objectives ) . |
| 14 | Where a firm or a group of firms acting collectively , accounts for 25 per cent of the market or more , the Director General of Fair Trading can refer the industry to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission for investigation . |
| 15 | Most of the main roads are in good condition , but driving can be very tiring as there are many bends , and most of the roads are built onto the mountainside with deep ravines dropping away below , and you never quite know what 's around the corner — be it a bus straddling the centre of the road to take a corner or a group of children playing football in the road . |
| 16 | choleri , the cholera vacilus and er , an acronym here , ETEC , I would n't worry about taking down the full er , er , it actually stands for e entrotoxigenic ecolytes , it 's a strain or a group of ecolars that are able to produce this effect . |
| 17 | The pre-1974 sub-regional tier , the Hospital Management Committee ( HMC ) , was responsible for running a hospital or a group of hospitals and rarely had specific responsibilities to ensure that the needs of a defined population were met . |
| 18 | We are concerned with the micro being used with a class of children or a group of children . |
| 19 | ‘ Organizational crimes are illegal acts of omission or commission of an individual or a group of individuals in a legitimate formal organization in accordance with the operative goals of the organization which have a serious physical or economic impact on employees , consumers or the general public . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ … the person to whom this report is being issued in the United Kingdom is a single body corporate , a partnership , a single individual or a group of connected individuals ( as defined in Article 5 of The Financial Services Act 1986 ( Investment Advertisements ) ( Exemptions ) ( No 2 ) Order 1988 ) … ’ |
| 21 | First , the company is often owned by a single individual or a group of connected individuals who are advised by the same adviser . |
| 22 | Article 5(2) provides that the FSA , s57 does not apply to an investment advertisement if the invitation is made , or the information is given , by or on behalf of a body corporate , a partnership , a single individual or a group of connected individuals for the purposes of or with a view to the acquisition or disposal of shares in a company ( including a private company ) other than an open-ended investment company between parties each of whom is a body corporate , a partnership , a single individual or a group of connected individuals . |
| 23 | Article 5(2) provides that the FSA , s57 does not apply to an investment advertisement if the invitation is made , or the information is given , by or on behalf of a body corporate , a partnership , a single individual or a group of connected individuals for the purposes of or with a view to the acquisition or disposal of shares in a company ( including a private company ) other than an open-ended investment company between parties each of whom is a body corporate , a partnership , a single individual or a group of connected individuals . |
| 24 | Fighting , stealing , homicide and rape were usually either individual initiatives or a group of friends on the rampage . |
| 25 | ‘ There is nothing to beat backing a company or a group of individuals which succeeds . ’ |
| 26 | Take a school class or a group from your voluntary organisation to see how the local media work . |