Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] a [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tape-slide productions can be used for both group teaching , as for example , an illustration of a lecture or seminar , or for individual tuition , as in preparation for a course or for repetition . |
| 2 | To this extent , Soviet foreign traders , who came late to the Latin American markets , may be disadvantaged in their competition with capitalist suppliers either because their own authorities prevent them from participating in the bidding for a project or because they can not mobilise the Soviet bureaucracy in time to meet deadlines . |
| 3 | He not only read widely about German government and trade but worked as an apprentice for a week or two each with painters , weavers , dyers and smiths . |
| 4 | ‘ Closure of the USM may prompt a rush of restructuring by USM companies that decide that this is the opportunity for an MBO or a delisting , or even to maximise shareholder value by break-up or sale , but the current recession may not be the ideal timing for any of these options , ’ says PW 's Nigel Crockford . |
| 5 | IBM Corp has been muttering about migrating to RISC technology for the AS/400 processor for a year or so now , and the company is now talking openly about it , saying that the AS/400 will move to a RISC , but not until several criteria are met . |
| 6 | ( 6 ) The members of a licensing board for a district or licensing division of a district shall be elected at the first meeting of the district council held after the ordinary election of that council in 1977 and , in the case of subsequent elections , of those members : ( a ) except in so far as paragraph ( b ) below otherwise provides , at the first meeting of the council held after each Subsequent ordinary election of the council ; and ( b ) where a determination under subsection ( 3 ) above is made ( whether or not at such meeting of the council as is mentioned in paragraph ( a ) above ) , either : ( i ) at the meeting at which the determination is made ; or ( ii ) at the first meeting of the council held after such meeting as is mentioned in sub-paragraph ( i ) above . |
| 7 | In the case of a licensing board for a district or division of a district , the members were to be elected at the first meeting of the district council after its ordinary election in 1977 and thereafter after every ordinary election . |
| 8 | When this has been the case for an hour or so I pick up my tackle and move . |
| 9 | In old age Arthur would still come to the brewery for an hour or two every day and later ride on horseback to his flour mills at Kilmainham . |
| 10 | Until recent years the general rule has been to require the consent of a parent or guardian for an operation or an anaesthetic on a person of under 21 , but increasingly at the present time it is becoming customary to accept the consent of minors aged 16 and over . |
| 11 | Of course many of the less respectable saints remained on the calendar , their only usefulness being the excuse for a holiday or a village carnival . |
| 12 | Any lack of precision or clarity may provide an excuse for a dispute or even litigation : for example , if it is not clear when payment is due , the client 's customer may rely on the uncertainty in the terms to withhold payment until the latest possible date . |
| 13 | She also carefully lectured me on the possibility of me treating a baby as a fashion accessory , or something to use as material for an article or two , or even worse — as the excuse for an article or two being late . |
| 14 | Land-agents are employed to act for the landowner in negotiating compensation for disturbance created by the working space needed for engineering operations , which may sterilize crucial areas of corn or pasture for a season or more . |
| 15 | After some discussion we decided to hold up the cheque for a day or two instead of refusing it , while I made some informal inquiries . |
| 16 | Some of these are essentially historical : the interest developed in part as a reaction or antidote to Chomsky 's treatment of language as an abstract device , or mental ability , dissociable from the uses , users and functions of language ( an abstraction that Chomsky in part drew from the post-Bloomfieldian structuralism that predominated immediately before transformational generative grammar ) . |
| 17 | Often there is no further change for an hour or so . |
| 18 | Davide was disappointed : he 'd hoped to sell the coin for a lira or so . |
| 19 | Some authorities refer to this measure as a unit or a standard drink . |
| 20 | He could well have made a throne for a Medici or a table for the Brighton Pavilion , and he will surely be making pieces in the 1990s that will be starting in their modernity . |
| 21 | This avoided the appearance of lowering rates which had often been at a " customary " level for a generation or more . |
| 22 | ‘ Nothing in this section shall affect the duties or liabilities 3–32 of either seller or buyer as a bailee or custodier of the goods of the other party . ’ |
| 23 | Being pushed for time , it can be tempting for midwives to go for a shortcut solution — one that does n't involve sitting with a mum for an hour or more , as often as necessary , supporting her , encouraging her and increasing her confidence . |
| 24 | I giant-stepped for a mile or two until I came upon a picture that is for ever engraved on the goggles of my mind . |
| 25 | and it worked , and it got over to Australia , it got unpacked and it still worked when it got to Australia , and it went on the stand and it stood on the stand for a week or however long it was . |
| 26 | Summarizing the results of a number of studies , Andrew Tilley and his co-authors have described the effects of shiftwork on sleep as being : ( I ) A one- to two-hour reduction in the duration of the main sleep period for the night shift and a reduction of about one hour for a morning or early shift . |
| 27 | Sometimes she eased the weight that lay on Scarlet 's heart for an hour or two , but the relief never lasted . |
| 28 | Similarly , a child at play may use a stick as an aeroplane or a settee as a car . |
| 29 | ‘ Once upon a time I thought I 'd like to go on a trek through a jungle or rain forest . |
| 30 | He explained that the programme makers had relied on a handful of people whose experience and view of the holiday camp were not representative of the resort as a whole or the experience of the vast majority of holidaymakers . |