Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] a [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could be asked to view the site where a particular incident occurred although the expense of leaving the courtroom is unlikely to be justified where a photograph or a detailed description would suffice . |
| 2 | Or , better still , maybe we should question the present shibboleth that a bath or a shower a day is necessary for hygiene . |
| 3 | This seeks to establish that a minister or local authority has acted beyond its powers . |
| 4 | Rather , pluralist approaches stress the need to establish that a group or individual consciously wanted a particular policy outcome and took successful measures to secure it . |
| 5 | The errant owner is quickly reminded if a meal or a walk is overdue . |
| 6 | Is it not possible for the media to get some kind of award organised , say if a newspaper or TV station succeeds in not showing Mr Bell for several years , weeks or even days ? |
| 7 | I do not know whether a man or a woman |
| 8 | I do n't know whether a reflector or a , an umbrella was used , but it does need something , er , some form of lighting which is a little less harsh . |
| 9 | And but any anyway we got er , I 've probably tell you this before , the Co- op allowed everybody to have er credit until it was over and there was a n there was a a preacher wh who er and I do n't know whether a Baptist or a Wesleyan Preacher , I think he was a Wesleyan , he was a Welshman and his name was . |
| 10 | There is a further clause in the 1950 law that permitted Manor to confirm that a man or woman was not an absentee if that person left his place of residence ‘ for fear that the enemies of Israel might cause him harm or otherwise than by reason or for fear of military operations , . |
| 11 | A : ah a book that had been written or a piece of music that had been written or a painting or a — |
| 12 | It is important also to remember that a post or pension given to a member could be a reward for past services as well as a means of securing future ones . |
| 13 | " I 'll just give that a minute or two , " he said , and left the room . |
| 14 | We have seen that a gas or vapour does not have a definite volume or shape . |
| 15 | Talk of style normally occurs when a writer or speaker is perceived as having done something special , to have put a certain amount of time and effort into the formulation of their message . |
| 16 | This form is to be completed if a group or number of groups wish to have a status report on the entries they are presently working on . |
| 17 | 5.9.5 On a permitted assignment to a private limited company and if the Landlord shall reasonably so require to procure that a guarantor or guarantors reasonably acceptable to the Landlord enter into direct covenants with the Landlord in the form of the Guarantor 's covenant contained in this Lease with " the Assignee " substituted for " the Tenant " There are various matters to be considered in connection with a permitted underlease ( not the least of which being as to whether the tenant should be allowed to underlet part or parts of the premises as well as to whole ) , eg : ( 1 ) In respect of any permitted underlease it is better to remove reference to the landlord 's approval of the rent reserved by it , and if possible ( particularly in a falling market ) to remove reference to the rent being no less than the passing rent under the lease , although the landlord will normally object to this on the basis that a low underlease rent could be used as a comparable on any subsequent rent review under the lease . |
| 18 | Miss Logan lost count of the times their luggage was detained , or they were told that a buyurulda or special permit would be necessary in addition to the tezkare they had already procured ; but Miss Fergusson , with assistance from a dragoman whose own brief display of independent thought had been snuffed out early on , harried , demanded and succeeded . |
| 19 | A Coventry survey of the registered disabled showed that a half or more experienced difficulty with hills , ramps , steps and crowds , a third with crossing roads , a fifth with uneven or narrow pavements , and a tenth with kerbs . |
| 20 | Similarly , where a clause in a written agreement states that exclusive possession is not granted to the occupier , the clause will not be taken into account in deciding whether a licence or a tenancy is created ( Family Housing Association v Jones [ 1990 ] 1 WLR 779 ) . |
| 21 | Paragraph 610 of the Bar code provides , first : ’ Counsel must not make statements or ask questions which are merely scandalous or intended or calculated only to vilify insult or annoy either a witness or some other person ; counsel must if possible avoid the naming in open Court of third parties whose characters would thereby be impugned ; counsel must not suggest that a witness or other person is guilty of crime , fraud or misconduct or attribute to another person the crime or conduct of which his lay client is accused ’ |
| 22 | Although I had ‘ backed up ’ on a floppy disc from the computer I lost both floppy and hard disc record on Friday ( yes 13th ) and it was all my address list — twenty pages this size of single line entries and with just a double space between As and Bs and Cs and Ds etc. ; I could have wept but had instead to laugh — only thing to do and a mistake or combination of same that I shall NOT make again . |
| 23 | A useful method of impromptu drilling when a phrase or sentence is causing difficulty , for example in long conditional sentences . |
| 24 | ( 4 ) Subsection ( 3 ) above does not apply where a society or associated body is authorised by the scheme to relieve itself of its obligation to take the steps it is directed to take or pay the compensation awarded by the society 's undertaking an obligation to give the requisite publicity for the reasons for not doing so and the society undertakes that obligation . |
| 25 | The emphasis on medium , form and aesthetic grammar would suggest that , whatever their ‘ content ’ or ‘ effect ’ , they are somehow different ; at the simplest level , saying that a history or sociology book is badly written is different from saying that a novel is badly written . |
| 26 | Nigel gave Margaret Dulally several other books by people he hated as well , while his editor was away , saying that a line or two on each would be enough . |
| 27 | provided that a member or a beneficial owner of a share shall only be required to reimburse the Society to the extent that the Society has been unable to recover the amount of the grant from the recognised body or the officer or employee committing the act or default or the personal representative , trustee in bankruptcy or liquidator or any such person . |
| 28 | You will also need a plumbline to ensure that a frame or end panel is vertical ; this is more accurate and easier to see than using a spirit level . |
| 29 | Note that a judge or district judge may sue or be sued in accordance with the rules set out below , but if the court in which the action would be commenced is a court of which he is judge or district judge , then the action may be commenced in the nearest court or most convenient one of which he is not the judge or district judge ( Ord 4 , r 7 ) . |
| 30 | ‘ Did you have any reason , Mr Quinn , to believe that a person or persons unknown might have attempted to interfere in the ransom exchange , to the effect of endangering the safety of Simon Cormack ? ’ |