Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who comes or goes in these rooms is my business , not yours ! ’ |
| 2 | In this sense the neutralisation of a distinct country or region would be intended to lead to its withdrawal from the contest of interests between the Great Powers , at least in the military sphere , and would require assurances or guarantees from these powers to this effect . |
| 3 | These were highly prized and burnt only by the priests or priestesses during magical rites , worship of the gods or for healing purposes . |
| 4 | The country was divided into shires , themselves composed of units known as hundreds ( or wapentakes in some areas ) . |
| 5 | I want at the end erm , Chairman to give you my views of what is meant by er , an integrated and balanced community because I think that 's that 's quite important , but before I do that , I 'd like to mop up one or two er points right at the end in response to some of the contributions that have been made , and I 'll deal with them , Wincup , Curtis , Brook , er and Thomas , if that 's acceptable er to you , and really as far as Mr Wincup is concerned , he 's quite properly raised the issue of procedural issues about how the Greater York authorities is going to address moving towards er an agreed location , and quite clearly I 've got to reaffirm again that the County Council will want to look at both the greenbelt local plan report and your panel report before er it moves erm er forward or looks at any conclusions it may be moving to in the light of those er in the light of those reports , and quite clearly , as we all know , there are a number of options . |
| 6 | Poverty huddles in corners or squats by pitiful displays of chocolates long past their sellby date . |
| 7 | On top of some were displayed heavy glass bottles of fizzy pop , or coloured postcards , or jig-saws or ragdolls with floppy arms . |
| 8 | The clay mineral assemblage predominantly constitute illite and chlorite ; smectite is absent or occurs in minor quantities as interlayers . |
| 9 | Supervision is by a social worker , who can make certain requirements such as that the supervised person resides in a specified place or participates in specified activities . |
| 10 | Anyone who organizes or participates in these festivals is a traitor to Islam and the Iranian nation , " he declared . |
| 11 | The need to emphasise here the " pluralistic " sense of " relational " arises because not everything that is usually classified under the heading of " relations " involves a pluralist commitment , or allows of pluralist inferences . |
| 12 | The Oxford Dictionary says that the ‘ manager regulates or is in charge ; or succeeds with limited resources or means ’ . |
| 13 | Of the other dimensions , purity , in Bentham 's special sense , means the chance of a pleasure not leading to pains , or a pain not leading to pleasures , while the fecundity is the extent to which a pleasure breeds or leads to other pleasures or a pain to other pains . |
| 14 | More often diagnosis reveals untreatable disease or leads to misplaced attempts at therapy . |
| 15 | The USA would vote against any proposed aid or credits from international institutions to which it was a contributor to the states on the list ( Cuba , Iran , Iraq , North Korea , Libya and Syria ) . |
| 16 | They were rather like the red-bands or trusties in British prisons . |
| 17 | Emergency admissions as a result of road traffic accidents or falls on icy pavements can not be arranged . |
| 18 | In contrast with [ 27 ] , a hearer who is presented with the repetition in [ 25 ] is encouraged to dwell on what he or she knows or imagines about long walks — the physical discomfort perhaps , or , alternatively , the exhilaration derived from the freedom . |
| 19 | Emil , Oliver , Cathy and I went round the tables pouring wine , tea or coffee into glasses or cups on small trays with small movements , and when that was done Zak bounded into the midst of things , vibrating with fresh energy , to get on with the mystery . |
| 20 | They had to wear masks or veils on such occasions to prevent their recognizing each other . |
| 21 | One possibility is that they are blind to the spatial properties of the stimuli and that they can distinguish horizontal from vertical only because the two stripe-patterns activate different classes of motion detectors ; that is , detectors of the vertical motion will be stimulated best when a bee approaches or moves past horizontal stripes , whereas the signature of vertical stripes will be a discharge from detectors of horizontal motion . |
| 22 | 16.53 For external assessment , we recommend that the SAT or SATs at key stages 3 and 4 should sample all the strands . |
| 23 | Samples taken from the edges of ulcer craters in 15 of these patients or scars in six patients contained more extensive gastric metaplasia ( mean extent 19% ) in comparison with specimens from the opposite , macroscopically normal looking wall ( mean extent 10% ) . |
| 24 | The end oxidation product , H 2 SO 4 , forms new sulphate particles or condenses on pre-existing particles . |
| 25 | Manufacturing fewer units than can be sold either reduces revenue because orders are not accepted or makes for late deliveries if they are . |
| 26 | They do not want multiple entries of the same plan but an entry that goes beyond 16 games as a single column plan . |
| 27 | Clearly that goes through many doors throughout the er the constituency , and it is widely read , people look forward to it . |
| 28 | Silicon Graphics Inc 's Mips R4400-based server announcement this week will reportedly also include a new high-end Indigo workstation that goes to 100 SPECmarks and a new graphics subsystem that outperforms the current Reality Engine ( UX Nos 407 , 413 ) . |
| 29 | Quite apart from the bizarre situation of a bought log book and contact lenses , you have got to also measure the style of a fellow that goes to those lengths to do something he wants to do , and wants to do badly . |
| 30 | The professional officers , particularly when organised through a chief officers ' team , as advocated by the Bains Committee , and led by a chief executive officer can provide a formidable obstacle to councillors intent on policy innovation that goes against conventional assumptions . |