Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [adj] or [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , logically , any generally available additional provision for deaf or partially blind or disturbed children , and others such as dyslexic children , was not special educational provision . |
| 2 | The most complex occurs where policy implementation depends upon co-operation between separate autonomous organizations , and particularly where responsibility at the periphery is ( a ) delegated to several organizations with separate territories and ( b ) dependent upon co-ordinated action between two or more local organizations . |
| 3 | It is an association of two or more legal persons , in the same way as a company , but the association itself has no legal personality and outsiders deal directly with the members . |
| 4 | This has been done in America , but only at practices with a patient-list of 50,000 or more . |
| 5 | Some old plants which would otherwise have remained profitable as a result of faster or more effective working would have become unprofitable as a result of these productivity gains not being achieved . |
| 6 | Held : A person who negligently starts a fire is liable for injuries suffered by a fireman while attempting to put out the fire , regardless of whether the particular injuries suffered by the fireman were reasonably foreseeable or whether the injuries were suffered as the result of exceptional or merely ordinary risks undertaken by the fireman . |
| 7 | But in fact it is not necessarily the case that if each person votes , or decides , according to what he or she perceives as his or her personal interest or wishes , the outcome is the good of all or even of the majority . |
| 8 | It is the symbolic violence of the teenager on the terraces , which spills over into the odd affray with visiting gangs that is more typical than the premeditated violence of disturbed or habitually aggressive individuals , who see football as a kind of arena for serious assault with little risk of arrest . |
| 9 | Note-successions can be exactly the same ( as in the series ) , but it is their rhythmic configuration which determines whether they form melody of classical or completely non-classical character . |
| 10 | This is a tubular ring with five or more adjustable jets which can provide varying spray patterns . |
| 11 | These amendments postponed the original 1975–6 carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon vehicle emission standards until 1980–1 , and established a relaxed standard for oxides of nitrogen ( the revision readjusted the balance between air quality and fuel economy by raising the emission limit from 0.4 to 1.0 grams per mile ) to take effect in 1981 or even later ( table 8.2 ) . |
| 12 | The reduced number of banks participating in venture capital financing has meant a dramatic reduction in the availability of debt , and gearing levels demanded by the banks who do participate have fallen sharply from 7:1 or 8:1 at the height of the boom to 1:1 or less . |
| 13 | From Figure 8.1 it can be seen that , for all tests with symmetrical distributions of scores ( known technically , and rather confusingly , as ‘ normal distributions ’ ) , any score which differs from the mean by two or more standard deviations will be unusual and therefore worthy of further consideration . |
| 14 | Ophiopristis may be defined as follows : the jaw longer than broad with one or two apical papillae flanked on each side by 4 or more rounded or slightly pointed oral papillae which form a continuous series with 2–4 slightly larger tentacle scales associated with the second oral tentacle pore , these scales may arise on the adoral shields , in some species there may also be papillae on the inner edge of the first ventral arm plate , the adoral shields long and narrow separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields from the first lateral arm plate ; disk covered by small scales each bearing a spinelet ; radial shields covered and inconspicuous ; tentacle pores of the arm not open but armed with one or two leaf-like or scale-like tentacle scales . |
| 15 | But rumour had it these simulations all delivered Armageddon in the form of a total system collapse by 1996 or earlier . |
| 16 | Some 500 applications for Alpha machines are available now , and over 2,000 will be released in the near future by 1,000 or so software developers . |
| 17 | The two styles are — or should be — a conscious response to the question of whether the brief monitoring of many or even all the children in a class is more effective in promoting learning than more sustained interactions with a smaller proportion . |
| 18 | Is it a function of ageing or simply that the mode of communication may become more restrained and that the emotional experiences are as rich as ever ? |
| 19 | Where the purchase of processed or partially processed inputs is outside the direct control of firms there is greater uncertainty about their quality and delivery schedules . |
| 20 | ( A political party finds a surplus as large as this very gratifying , because the votes made available for transfer will , if voters are loyal , go a long way to ensuring the election of one or even two of its less popular candidates . ) |
| 21 | plastic ones which were close to the ceiling , can you , could you give me a bit more of a description of that or perhaps a manufacturer 's name ? |
| 22 | As a proud fancy-dress winner of seven or so . |
| 23 | If code switching is a regular feature of all speech styles in British black English , except perhaps the most formal , then the index of each speaker will actually be based on two distinct , discontinuous stretches of speech ; one which will have a Patois index of 100 or very close , ( i.e. no Patois features , because it is actually not meant to be Patois , but " English " ) and another — the Patois part — which will have a Patois index closer to 0 . |
| 24 | Even the provision of free or almost free housing leaves the farm worker no better off when comparisons are made with workers elsewhere , for the latter often receive benefits — cheap meals , pension funds , medical facilities , etc. — unavailable to farm workers . |
| 25 | Maintained complete palliative response — No global or subgrouping score drops below normal range for two or more successive measurements |
| 26 | Some of the processes lead to progressive dilution , others to physical or biological reconcentration , followed by transfer through various or sometimes interdependent pathways to people ( ICRP-29 , 1979 ) . |
| 27 | Historically , one of the earliest frequency-locking phenomena to be studied in laser physics was the locking of three or more longitudinal modes . |
| 28 | In addition , the increased proportion of small or newly established companies may have boosted the number of liquidations , since both tend to rely heavily on bank finance . |
| 29 | In addition , the Namibian media have not always been prepared to accord members of the public and government officials the right of reply and the rectification of inaccurate or deliberately distorted stories . |
| 30 | In addition , the Namibian media have not always been prepared to accord members of the public and government officials the right of reply and the rectification of inaccurate or deliberately distorted stories . |