Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The black and white approach used in this country , where a company is either wholly in the public sector or wholly in the private sector , is not mirrored on the Continent .
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3 Dentdale is superb walking country : the high ridge walks along Rise Hill and Barbon Fell are amongst the best in the Dales , while lower down , the Dales Way long-distance path follows the river for much of its length into Sedbergh , and some of the wooded gills like Flinter Gill , which arc a typical feature of Dentdale , have footpaths along them leading on to the fells or on to the old packhorse routes .
4 The voices have been heard as far as the race track or right at the other end of the town , depending on which way the wind is blowing .
5 If the RC needle moves left or right in the opposite direction from which the wind is coming , then your drift allowance is too large .
6 The question was often a difficult and delicate one given radically different perceptions of what was necessary or right in the changed circumstances , the different styles of polytechnic directors and their senior staffs , different approaches to organizational development .
7 Bethnal Green has many points of similarity with a village , or rather with a whole series of overlapping and interlocking villages .
8 This is the paradox that the very theory which seeks to unveil these hidden realities underlying human society also comes into direct collision with them , or rather with the repressing forces which safeguard them in the unconscious of each one of us .
9 But as Ted Sandy-man ought to have realised , ‘ you 've got to have grist before you can grind ’ ; machine-masters end up machine-minders , and all for nothing , or rather for an insidious logic of expansion .
10 Erm , right , what I want to do this week , is to go on to the next er , work of Freud 's , that follows after erm , group psychology , or rather to the next two , because I 'm gon na back these two books together for , hi there , , erm gon na back these two books together , because as we 'll see , they , they really deal with the same subject .
11 ‘ The one thing my father likes about me , or rather about the only thing he is n't directly rude about , is my hair ! ’
12 Like Morrissey , Prince feels trapped by his sex , or rather by the cultural assumptions/expectations vested in it .
13 The lesson since Bismarck has been that France can not compete politically , militarily or economically with a united Germany .
14 Therefore , take what occurs around the 29th or thereabouts as a definite sign or signal from the heavens that not only must life go on , but that it also has to get better and better .
15 Erm on the on the twenty third or thereabouts on the twenty third of March of this year I myself got stopped for drink driving .
16 The share price falls below the lowest current exercise price for 4 consecutive trading days or halfway between the lowest exercise price and the next potential series .
17 They considered , inter alia , the arguments in favour of a trial by jury in these cases ; whether there are types of cases which could be dealt with effectively or justly outside the criminal justice system ; and also whether there should be a properly structured system of plea bargaining with proper safeguards .
18 Membership is open to any company that designs , manufactures , sells or supports generally-available products conforming to layer 3 or below of the Open Systems Interconnection model , such as bridges , routers , hubs or adaptor boards .
19 Whether you go to East Anglia to enjoy its individual rural charm , or perhaps to the annual Aldeburgh Festival , you will enjoy a visit to the charming Suffolk towns of Framlingham and Orford , both of which feature a splendid medieval castle .
20 For example , an animal may be injured and it may be under anaesthetic ; now the welfare of an individual which is under anaesthetic because of the injury — because of the damage to it or perhaps of the reduced life-expectancy — is less good than that of an individual which is not injured .
21 Or perhaps as a regular ‘ tune-up ’ for key staff .
22 Therefore , the company are to seek sponsorships and would welcome any enquiries now or perhaps at a later date when the industrial climate improves .
23 Perhaps once in a film , for a special moment , I might show the whole orchestra , or perhaps at the very end , with the lights down .
24 There are far too few illustrations for the size of the volume : ideally a dictionary of this size should contain many more , displayed in either date , alphabetical or country order , or perhaps in a comparative sequence .
25 If that decision is the right one , then the spirit can progress to the next lesson ; if the person gives in to temptation , then the spirit has to be faced with that choice again and again ( either later in that same life or perhaps in a future one ) until the right decision is reached .
26 While the basic aim of a service should be to provide people with ordinary homes of their own , there are many former long-term hospital patients who would not wish to live alone after many years of living in close proximity to other patients ; such people may feel more comfortable living in a three- or four-person flat or house , or perhaps in a sheltered group of flatlets where communal dining rooms and recreational facilities echo the arrangements in ordinary sheltered accommodation for elderly people .
27 If a manager had indifferent or poor leadership qualities his subordinates would still do their job , but they would do it ineffectually or perhaps in a confused manner .
28 My guess would be that they are the same advisers or perhaps from the same coterie of advisers .
29 Previous investigations have demonstrated how provision of emotionally relevant information can influence the way people interpret their own behaviour and in turn whether they respond emotionally or non-emotionally to a given situation .
30 But I 'd dealt more or less with the small firms even to the the extent of collecting dues .
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