Example sentences of "[prep] the [adj] [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is quite possible and not unusual for the transsexual man or woman to marry and have children . |
| 2 | Sometimes a case will be made on the basis of what is known to happen abroad for the actual transfer or importation into a country of particular industrial relations methods or techniques . |
| 3 | If , however , the court order specifies that the lump sum is to be used for the purpose of purchasing a home for the assisted person or her dependants enforcement of the charge can be postponed ( Civil Legal Aid ( General ) Regulations 1989 , reg 96 ) . |
| 4 | Similarly if the property recovered or preserved is to be used as a home for the assisted person or her dependants enforcement of the charge can also be postponed . |
| 5 | Blume 's catalogue is an essential study tool for the committed student or collector of Caro , but its presentation is unavoidably prosaic : one misses the nuance and audacity of Caro if his works are reproduced postage-stamp size , sans colour and victim of dull light . |
| 6 | So , from any of these you can ‘ have a go ’ at windsurfing for the odd day or two while enjoying the good food and good company of the Houseparty . |
| 7 | Dublin has become one of Europe 's music capitals : a hermetically sealed , defiantly rock and roll town , untouched save for the odd house or soul night by the beats per minute hedonism of London , Manchester , Ibiza or New York . |
| 8 | The only way to discover what on earth this means is probably to fork out £60 for the ten-week course or £48 for the eight-week course . |
| 9 | The Bill provides no support for the genuine refugee or assistance with the resettlement of refugees here . |
| 10 | The new President would not , however , be responsible for appointing under-secretaries for the armed services or his own military aides ( and under other legislation was not allowed to remove military commanders ) . |
| 11 | It does not , however , show if there is a significant bias toward the right field for the verbal tasks or if , for example , verbal tasks are just more right in the left visual field . |
| 12 | For example , structural limitation ‘ constitutes a pattern of determination in which some social structure establishes limits within which some other structure or process can vary , and establishes probabilities for the specific structures or processes that are possible within those limits ’ . |
| 13 | But no one else is likely to be bothered by this , since the product is intended for the industrial site or building large enough to have its own substation . |
| 14 | At the computer end , depending on the version , there is a connector for the appropriate socket or edge connector . |
| 15 | Well , a look at the Mizuno brochure will tell you that , when used in conjunction with graphite and boron , it assists in the provision of impact resistance and vibration dampening while increasing stiffness for its pro Series 9.2 , the top of the range racket for the advanced club or professional player and racket which retails for £139 . |
| 16 | In line with this policy , the Eve Report also recommended , shatteringly at the time , that there should be a two-A-level entry standard , and acknowledged that , ‘ in time the normal method of training for the professional examinations or for exempting qualifications will be by way of full time , or sandwich , study . ’ |
| 17 | Send for the above offers or mail order details to : The Bradley Gallery . |
| 18 | ‘ However , if the wrist heals sufficiently I hope to be back in action for the second race or , at the worst , the third . ’ |
| 19 | Well do n't squeeze your nose for the second time or it wo n't come that 's better that 's it . |
| 20 | Brodkey 's prose , stately , handsome , so intensely , so painstakingly devised , is the perfect concomitant of those advertisements for the classic suit or the traditional chair which enhance the magazine 's increasingly implausible air of quilted , buttonbacked ease . |
| 21 | Usually the women kept some money ‘ for their own ’ to buy themselves make-up , tights or clothes , and pay for the occasional trip or night out ( see Pahl , 1989 ) . |
| 22 | But statistics were not at the heart of the thing except for the occasional schoolboy or zealot . |
| 23 | Thus , the appropriate geological information , together with cell dimensions that would accommodate even smaller continental deposits , is necessary for sensitivity experiments for the Late Permian or other critical time slices . |
| 24 | Giving the leading judgment on June 17 , 1993 , Lord Justice Kennedy said that a district health authority was under a positive duty to consult a community health council on any proposals for the substantial development or variation of the district 's health service . |
| 25 | Dana had not appeared for the promised fitting or for the rehearsal , excusing herself at the last minute because Roman had wanted her for alterations to one of the outfits she was to wear . |
| 26 | While still suffering , the negative feeling of fearful projection may result in craving for the addictive substance or behaviour . |
| 27 | His performance in that race will determine whether he remains in America for the Triple Crown or returns to Europe for a crack at the Derby at Epsom on June 3 . |
| 28 | The amount of the deadweight burden is higher the higher is the marginal tax rate and the size of the wedge , but it also depends on supply and demand elasticities for the taxed commodity or activity . |
| 29 | At Hastings and at Southport in 1934 , controversy centred around the issue of " Emergency Powers " , i.e. the granting to a future Labour government of " authority to take over or regulate the financial machine , and to put into force any measures that the situation may require for the immediate control or socialization of industry " . |
| 30 | P. E. ‘ Bucks ’ was the ordinary police talk for the working man or yobbo — the unruly kind of person that hung round street corners . |