Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun sg] or [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , I am directing Leicestershire county council to establish a statutory and legally chaired inquiry whose terms of reference will be to inquire into management responses to complaints or other prima facie evidence of abuse , malpractice or other related matters in Leicestershire children 's homes between 1973 and 1986 ; and any other relevant management and personnel management matters during that period or subsequently . |
| 2 | Conversely , reputable composers became more interested in popular music , the tunes of which they preserved in keyboard or lute arrangements and as themes for instrumental variation or even for Masses . |
| 3 | I thought little about this prospect or indeed , about the opposition , as I was not intending to go the full distance after my exertions in the previous day 's 10K . |
| 4 | But go up to your room and get your bag packed for what you , ready for you 're not going straight to Leanne 's you 're coming back for half hour or so ? |
| 5 | They stayed where they were for another minute or so , although Jack had to practically hold Ho down while they waited . |
| 6 | ‘ Indeed , ’ my father said , and shovelled so much food into his mouth he would n't be able to speak for another minute or so . |
| 7 | I am not due home for another year or so and I hope that by then a little more of the Peruvian culture and faith will have rubbed off on me . |
| 8 | D&B seems to have forgotten that IBM is its largest mainframe customer base and says there are no plans to convert to these systems for another year or so . |
| 9 | D&B seems to have forgotten that IBM is its largest mainframe customer base and says there are no plans to port to these systems for another year or so . |
| 10 | It continues , and will for another day or so at least . |
| 11 | It was on the basis of that syllogism that the connection between schools and parents developed for another decade or more . |
| 12 | He sat still for another half-hour or so , then got up and walked slowly out to the water 's edge . |
| 13 | Normally the others would remain for another hour or so . |
| 14 | Dinner wo n't be ready for another hour or so . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I was n't expecting you for another hour or so . |
| 16 | No doubt he himself would have difficulties : but he thought that the Conservatives , without entering into any general undertaking , would support his Government , which would not embark upon any extravagant legislation ; and in this way the King 's Government might be carried on for another Session or even longer . |
| 17 | ‘ You 've paid in advance for another week or so , right ? ’ |
| 18 | Instead , control your impatience and wait for another week or so before testing the material again . |
| 19 | The terms in which he wrote to various organisations , talking about commercial viability or otherwise , also caused confusion . |
| 20 | The first step is therefore to decide exactly how much you want to spend and then to look at the range of items that can be purchased for this figure or less . |
| 21 | Instead it turns out to be very much concerned with rhetoric , which can hardly be said to be new for this age or even essentially syntactic . |
| 22 | With the spectre of the supermarket pinta a very real threat to the British milkman , Steve Ellis points to his unofficial role as social worker or even home help . |
| 23 | After another mile or so , Ellwood saw them pull off into the gated driveway of a hotel . |
| 24 | You might also use it to reduce your overdraft , to achieve discounts for early payment or simply to enjoy for your personal requirements . |
| 25 | That we will not during the period of 45 consecutive days immediately following the date of this letter enter into discussions with any other person relating to the disposal of our respective interest in the Shares unless you withdraw from negotiations for such purchase or unreasonably delay such negotiations ; and |
| 26 | What he says here it says , There are an investment project , Miss Whittaker , whose size , composition , economic significance and locational requirements make it impossible to locate on an ordinary site , so that 's one one issue , and then he says , Of regional significance or more often national or international significance . |
| 27 | These include competition from the new entertainment media of video and computer games and the widespread practice of private copying or home taping . |
| 28 | It is nevertheless chaotic , as is seen when one considers the duration of each interval or equivalently the number of oscillations within it . |
| 29 | Eighteen charges of attempted murder or alternatively causing grievous bodily harm relate to Becky Phillips 's twin sister , Katie and to other children aged between five weeks and six years . |
| 30 | So far I have left open the question of whether Maastricht is likely to prove to have been the high-water mark of European Federalism or merely a bench-mark against which to test future movement towards a Federalist state . |