Example sentences of "[noun] or [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other cases the plotter hardware is physically located some distance from the user ; for example , the user may be in a different building or even at a subsidiary office in another town . |
| 2 | Greater and lesser frequency existed in about equal proportions , but nearly twice as many of this married population had intercourse only once a week , or less often , than had intercourse three times or more in a week . |
| 3 | One of the results of an active media relations service is likely to be requests for spokesmen for radio and television programmes , and special events and launches could lead to live coverage or even to a programme being made on the subject . |
| 4 | Suitable for use in garages or anywhere with a lot of grime ! |
| 5 | Each pair handed in before June 13th entitles you to a £20 voucher against any purchases of £60 or more on a new pair form Boots . |
| 6 | In addition to these results , much of the work done on the EMT has concerned the existence or otherwise of a financial illusion . |
| 7 | Whatever its defects , the value of the SGA 1979 lies in its general applicability to all products and consumer transactions as well as in the fact that the consumer 's rights are not dependent on the existence or otherwise of a guarantee . |
| 8 | Business people — no longer prepared to spend five hours or more on a daytime Euston-Glasgow journey — had switched to air , while leisure travellers had been lured away by the bargain-priced coaches . |
| 9 | Inch by inch — then , as loose shale slid frighteningly from under her feet , a sudden foot or more at a time — Sheila made her way perilously down the slope . |
| 10 | It could be through an art-form or simply by a love of nature . |
| 11 | A perfect way to serve them is in a tart of shortcrust pastry , mixed with three or four free-range eggs and plenty of sugar , and baked for half an hour or so in a medium-hot oven . |
| 12 | At first they spent their Saturdays and an occasional evening with a group of friends : shopping , at parties , going to the cinema or occasionally to a disco . |
| 13 | Tipping can add £40 or more to a 10-day cruise , but some cruise lines have abolished the custom . |
| 14 | Colours can be used as a complement to fonts or even as a substitute ( e.g. a user might choose to display the Emphasized context in a brighter colour rather than in a different font ) . |
| 15 | The function is retained as relationships , existing in the intersection between domains that specify the geometric requirements , either directly by rules or indirectly through a controlling set of programs . |
| 16 | This process is beyond definition as some wild animal , writhing in a fiery abyss , spitting out its ugly secretions or even as a ‘ fount of pure delight ’ . |
| 17 | Now you hear it said that we are going to live with stable currencies or even with a single currency for Europe ; that recovery will be slow ; that inflation will stay down while interest rates stay up — poison for precious metals . |
| 18 | Then they must find £20,000 or so for a cab . |
| 19 | He knew that he was going to have to give himself one night 's sleep at least , one night when he would n't be bent into the back of a freezing car or upright on a chair . |
| 20 | Given the alternative of storage internally in the mind or externally in a file ( paper-based or computer-based ) external records are much superior for literal reproductions at least in western societies ( there is anecdotal evidence concerning illiterate traders in other cultures who seem to have remarkable memories for detailed facts and numbers connected with their personal business ) . |
| 21 | 15 words or less to a sentence . |
| 22 | Auditors certified the amount of the net deficit of a company under the terms of an agreement for the sale and purchase of that company , but stated that they were unable to determine the adequacy or otherwise of a provision made by the directors in respect of potential legal claims against the company . |
| 23 | A protest can extend from a lone voice on a box at a street corner to a riot or even to a civil war . |
| 24 | In fact Porter really offers just two possible competitive strategies ( i.e. be a cost leader or differentiate your product ) which can be applied over either a broad range of products in an industry or just in a special niche . |
| 25 | ‘ Any expenses incurred by the local authority under this section , together with interest from the date when a demand for the expenses is served until payment , may … be recovered by them , by action or summarily as a civil debt , from the person having control of the house … |
| 26 | In the early years about 50% of aircrew going through the course were National Servicemen who would only serve some three months or so on a squadron before their commitment was ended . |
| 27 | On the desirability or otherwise of a comprehensive list of what should be done at each level , the best way to proceed is for there to be a presumption , effectively , that matters are best dealt with at national level unless it can be shown that that is better done at Community level . |
| 28 | You can adapt the menus for eating away from home , i.e. at work or even in a restaurant . |
| 29 | If , therefore , it is not clear whether a restriction applies to any transfer or only to a transfer to , say , a non-member , or to any type of disposition or only to a sale the narrower construction will be adopted . |
| 30 | The display ground is referred to as a lek , which , depending on the species , may be located in the centre of a large open meadow or deep in a tropical rain forest . |