Example sentences of "[adj] or [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether employed as a part-time sales assistant or as a manager , all staff are offered the opportunity to develop their careers within Thresher . |
| 2 | It would be a great help to all our officers in planning future strategies ( and probably of considerable interest to you ) if you could enlist the help of your class members to complete the enclosed survey ( either by photocopying the form and filling in one each or by a show of hands and entering the total numbers ) Please let Pat Palmer have the results at or before the Reunion on 19th November . |
| 3 | The synthesiser can be used either as a melodic or as a chorus instrument . |
| 4 | If things had happened differently he , Lewis , would be living in a house like this or in a flat in central London with a cottage in the country as well . |
| 5 | A tenancy that is something else — that is to say , either periodic or for a term certain but described as a tenancy at will — will inevitably be caught ( ibid per Scarman LJ at 217 ) . |
| 6 | These results confirm the notion that , under the reaction conditions applied , Dcm is methylated by SAM to a significant extent either directly at its active residue Cys 177 or in a reaction requiring Cys 177 for catalysis . |
| 7 | Currently , over 6,000 students worldwide have registered for the Distance Learning MBA , either by dealing with Henley direct or through a Network of Associate Institutions in countries around the world . |
| 8 | For the ordinary user there are two main channels to buy a computer through — either direct or from a dealer . |
| 9 | The most important choice facing today 's buyer is n't whether to buy direct or from a dealer , but whether it 's worth paying extra for really good quality support and service . |
| 10 | The difference with New Historicism is in a refusal to see the incident or localised concern as symbolic or as a metaphor for larger cultural significances . |
| 11 | The most effective lessons are those where the child is given the opportunity , either as an individual or as a member of a small group , to explore and to create something original . |
| 12 | Hold a sponsored-fast — you can do this either as an individual or as a group . |
| 13 | Complaint may be made by an individual or by a body of persons , for example a residents association and should be directed in writing to an M.P . |
| 14 | Tiles can be laid on the diagonal or in a basket weave design to produce handsome effects . |
| 15 | When there has been a contravention of subsection ( 1 ) of section 89 or of any of subsections ( 1 ) to ( 6 ) of section 90 or of a provision to which subsection ( 3 ) of section 89 applies , the company and every officer of it who knowingly authorised or permitted the contravention are jointly and severally liable to compensate any person , to whom an offer should have been made under the subsection or provision , for any loss , damage costs or expenses . |
| 16 | Once you have assured yourself that you are doing your best in this respect , you can go on to look at other possible causes , if you still feel generally unfit or without a zest for life . |
| 17 | ( c ) Connected company A company is connected with the settlement if it falls within TA 1988 , s681(5). ( d ) " Capital sum " The expression " capital sum " has the same meaning as that given in s677 and any question whether a capital sum has been paid to the settlor by a body corporate or to a body corporate by the trustees shall be determined in the same way as any question under that section whether a capital sum has been paid to the settlor by the trustees ( s678(5) ) . |
| 18 | The questions which must be asked are : i Do specialist multi-agency dementia teams provide a model for the planning and provision of domiciliary day and respite care for all or for a proportion of the sufferers in a community ? |
| 19 | ( 2 ) The only interests or charges in or over land which are capable of subsisting or of being conveyed or created at law are — ( a ) An easement , right or privilege in or over land for an interest equivalent to an estate in fee simple absolute in possession or a term of years absolute ; ( b ) A rentcharge in possession issuing out of or charged on land being either perpetual or for a term of years absolute ; ( c ) A charge by way of legal mortgage ; ( d ) … any other similar charge on land which is not created by an instrument ; ( e ) Rights of entry exercisable over or in respect of a legal term of years absolute , or annexed , for any purpose , to a legal rentcharge . |
| 20 | For Wolfenden , these special circumstances were defined as the ‘ provision of sufficient safeguards against exploitation and corruption of others who are especially vulnerable because they are young , weak in body or mind , inexperienced or in a state of special physical , official or economic dependence ’ . |
| 21 | Although pipe cutters are generally more useful for cutting new copper pipe , a hacksaw is useful for waste pipe and for cutting through old pipe — especially if it is tough or against a wall . |
| 22 | Whether you play alone or with a friend , stay alert ! … |
| 23 | Within this oldest group , those living alone or with a spouse alone were considerably less likely to be severely disabled than those living with younger kin or with other elderly people . |
| 24 | They could work privately , alone or with a partner , and could employ members of their own family , but not " wage earners " . |
| 25 | One should visit Italy for the first time either alone or with a lover , she decided . |
| 26 | In 1991 , it claimed to be the biggest supplier of Unix kit to the government , working either alone or as a member of a consortium . |
| 27 | The latter finding arose from an observation by Brown and his colleagues ( 1966 ) that patients discharged to live alone or in a hostel often fared rather better than those who went to live with a spouse or parent . |
| 28 | Shall we be alone or in a crowd ? |
| 29 | One might imagine , perhaps wrongly , that there would have been few craftsmen who either alone or in a group would at any one time have been capable of producing such an item because of the variety of skills required in its production . |
| 30 | Subrules 1a and 1b specify that in monomorphemic monosyllables ( o ) will be realized as a raised and lengthened variant before a voiceless fricative occurring either alone or in a cluster ; alternatively , it will be raised and lengthened before any voiced consonant either alone or in a cluster . |