Example sentences of "[noun sg] or [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every inhabited building or interior tells a different story , of how life is or was : ‘ The joyous shot at how things ought to belong fallen wide ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ The operation or termination of the account of a member borrowing on a class 1 or class 2 advance and the grant or refusal to grant a borrowing member of that description other or further class 1 , or as the case may be , class 2 advances secured on the same or different land or other facilities normally available to borrowing members of his description . |
| 3 | ‘ The ombudsman shall … investigate any complaint received by him from an individual if [ 1 ] … the complaint relates to action taken in the United Kingdom by a building society … [ 2 ] in relation to … the grant or refusal to grant a borrowing member … other or further … advances secured on the same or different land provided that the grounds of complaint [ are ] that [ 3 ] the action complained of constitutes in relation to the complainant : — ( a ) in the case of a participating society , a breach of its obligations under the Act , its rules or any other contract or … ( b ) unfair treatment or ( c ) maladministration . |
| 4 | The next question is whether such action is taken in relation to the grant or refusal to grant a further loan . |
| 5 | Not only does a story or novel provide a safe distance from the experience but it also enables far deeper knowledge of people than is common in real life . |
| 6 | The reduced appendages each consist of a limb-base or coxite bearing a distal stylus which is sometimes regarded as the vestige of the shaft of a typical walking limb but which may conceivable be a " coxal epipodite " homologous with the coxal styles of Symphylan or Machilid legs . |
| 7 | The same management and work force face the challenges of the current position , but there is nothing to suggest that they lack the collective will , expertise or enterprise to negotiate a very successful future for themselves and their industry . |
| 8 | ( b ) Not many of us have the necessary expertise or inclination to do a good job . |
| 9 | Duodenoscopes are more difficult to clean thoroughly than gastroscopes because of the bridging elevator channel and , as they are often used less frequently , their incomplete disinfection or drying allows a greater time for organisms to proliferate . |
| 10 | Similarly , one ought to have money to write a cheque or property to write a will ( both features connected with social status ) . |
| 11 | Furthermore , many absences from services in the post-Reformation period were occasioned not by apathy or reluctance to forgo a morning 's work or relaxation , but rather by ill-health or family commitments ; when William Kirke of Stow-cum-Quy in Cambridgeshire , for example , was hauled before the church courts for absenteeism , he informed them that at the time his wife had been ‘ lying in childbed and also his children wanted succour ’ . |
| 12 | These three specific types of item that should be shown separately on the face of the p&l account after operating profit and before interest are : profits or losses on the sale or termination of an operation ; costs of a fundamental reorganisation or restructuring having a material effect on the nature and focus of the reporting entity 's operations ; and profits or losses on the disposal of fixed assets ( although not those profits or losses that are in effect no more than marginal adjustments to depreciation previously charged ) . |
| 13 | Workers at all levels face a future which may of necessity or choice embrace a number of quite different careers . |
| 14 | Whilst a single stimulation of the body surface close to the gill or siphon produces a reflex withdrawal , on repeated stimulation the response habituates ; that is , the response to the repeated stimuli steadily diminishes and finally disappears completely for a while . |
| 15 | Consider what context would give the following actions symbolic resonance : using a talking stick or talisman crossing a threshold turning off a radio knocking down a wooden post . |
| 16 | Another sign of attachment is the revival of the art of cameo-cutting , beginning with the commissions bestowed by popes , prelates and connoisseurs at the time of the Renaissance , persisting through the period of bourgeois dominance and continuing into the present age of enfranchisement even to the point at which resort has had to be made to substitute materials like shell or paste to satisfy a greatly enlarged market . |
| 17 | too high a concentration of calcium or magnesium makes a peroxide bleach bath too stable . |
| 18 | Cotton or fine linen can be used as a painting support either by itself stretched onto a wooden frame or stretcher , or it can be glued onto strong card or hardboard to give a good painting surface to oils or acrylics . |
| 19 | There was a tradition in Wales that when club or country wanted a front row forward all they had to do was stand at the pit head and whistle . |
| 20 | He has yet to come to terms with the fact that a popular front of the mind or body means a Labour leader in Number 10 . |
| 21 | Nor was tea or coffee served a dollop of condensed milk for those who wanted it ‘ au lait ’ ! |
| 22 | Because the day unit concentrates on rehabilitation and has a fairly fast turnover none of the eight people who come to talk over tea or coffee has a relative attending the day hospital at the moment . |
| 23 | Odd ones could be died , bleached and died in tea or coffee to make a new matching pair . |
| 24 | ACTIVITY 7 15–20 mins Does your community area , department or ward use a multidisciplinary approach to the delivery of care ? |
| 25 | Similarly the stipend of a parish priest or chaplain formed a charge on the living paid by an incumbent , who was , more often than not , an absentee . |
| 26 | Sometimes an action or object has a meaning in this dimension that is quite arbitrary . |
| 27 | ( 4 ) If the holder of the licence or his employee or agent contravenes a condition attached to an occasional licence , he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 28 | The Creative Weaver can be used on your lap or table to make a variety of articles , including cushion covers , mats , rugs , wall hangings , pictures , belts and scarves . |
| 29 | Use a sharpened trowel or knife to cut a neat flap ( do not remove the plug of earth entirely from the ground ) , extract the object , replace the soil and grass carefully and even you will have difficulty in finding the spot again . |
| 30 | We can now appreciate how accusations of witchcraft or sorcery establish a satisfyingly significant linkage between misfortune and enmity . |