Example sentences of "[verb] at the [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | This finding was considered as an ‘ uncomplicated ’ Barrett 's oesophagus. ( e ) Grade IV : presence of a peptic ulcer or stricture of the oesophagus , located at the level or distal to the mucosal junction , always in the presence of a Barrett 's oesophagus . |
| 2 | A continental landmass located at the north or south pole is likely to be ice-covered , and therefore very reflective : a lot of the impinging sunlight will be reflected back out into space . |
| 3 | In the 15 sign languages analysed , the following signs were found for LAUGH , HELP and ( tell a ) LIE , In all 15 sign languages , the sign for LAUGH was located at the mouth or lower cheek ; the hand was either held with index finger extended , or index and thumb extended and moved from side to side . |
| 4 | He buried himself in work , while she filled every hour of the day playing tennis or golf at the Royal Club , or discoing at the Key or the Cheminée with a group of friends . |
| 5 | Public health medicine takes responsibility on behalf of the medical profession for many of the medical functions that can not be discharged at the bedside or in the consulting room . |
| 6 | At home most were never up at this hour , and breakfast was either a meal only to be enjoyed at the weekend or eaten hastily prior to catching the bus to work . |
| 7 | It 's a bit like asking why someone looks at the sky or watches the sunset . ’ |
| 8 | If something happens at the school or to someone associated with it which may reflect badly give facts but no opinions . |
| 9 | In other words , I was trying to establish whether religion had been important enough in the interviewees ' childhood ( at least , as it was now remembered ) for it to be mentioned , without any prompting on my part ; and then , I would try not to prejudge what the interviewees thought was involved in religion , but let them decide what aspect would come out ‘ naturally ’ — whether they would talk about the institutionalised churches , private prayer , a personal relationship with God , a way of looking at the world or the ultimate meaning of their existence . |
| 10 | I think I must be not looking at the list or not reading half the stuff . |
| 11 | There were about 280 asylum seekers ( the majority of them from Romania ) either lodged at the centre or , because of lack of space , camping on the area outside the centre . |
| 12 | While appreciating the sophistication and fluidity of de Gaulle 's conceptions , one can not overlook the extreme reactions they provoked at the time or the extensive and mostly critical academic literature that has grown up around them since then . |
| 13 | In the latter two countries there are markedly decentralised union-management structures and a large proportion of collective agreements are made at the enterprise or workplace levels . |
| 14 | The appointment will be made at the Assistant or Associate Professor level depending on the experience of the candidate . |
| 15 | The appointment will be made at the Assistant or Associate Professor level depending on the experience of the candidate . |
| 16 | The appointment will be made at the Assistant or Associate Professor level depending on the experience os the candidate . |
| 17 | In these circumstances , any instructions to delete that information from the memory record can present a number of problems ; recalling precisely which information derives from the suspect source and tracing dependent inferences made at the time or later . |
| 18 | In the foreground , sea waves break at the temple- or city-gates . |
| 19 | At home I have recently seen an otherwise robust learning till from a reputable toy manufacturer , a sewing box and a tool box , all break at the pivot or hinge . |
| 20 | If you are called upon to plan a programme of independent items , such as those seen at the Reunion or at Area Rallies , consider the following points : — |
| 21 | look at the person or look away |
| 22 | I 'm sure it 's not unusual : you look at the title or the cover and you know all about it . |
| 23 | Next time you see that familiar mushroom cloud rearing up ( hopefully on your T.V. screen , not across the road ) , look at the base or stalk of the mushroom , and you 'll almost certainly see a ring of cloud rolling away horizontally from it . |
| 24 | Forget the cameras and everyone else in the studio and talk to and look at the interviewer or the members of the panel . |
| 25 | The child also needs to learn that food is only offered at the table or in the high-chair . |
| 26 | By these means a court can look at the purpose or function of a rule . |
| 27 | We should look at the length or the term of the new franchise which should perhaps be limited to three or five years . |
| 28 | How did you know that , do you look at the paper or anything ? |
| 29 | And yet we do not consciously look at the doorpost or the armchairs ; we see them and take avoiding action automatically . |
| 30 | You begin at the centre or main idea ( rather than at the top ) and branch out as dictated by the individual ideas and general form of the central theme . |