Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] or " in BNC.

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1 But … well , I have n't got the right shoes on or anything . ’
2 It has also been claimed that they acted as Rome 's representatives in areas devoid of large towns or cities , or military garrisons , but this hardly equates with the known distribution of most of the British-based officials in or near auxiliary forts .
3 Wonderful views of both , and of the Pentlands in the south and of Fife and the Firth of Forth in the north , can be seen from the many hills upon or around which Edinburgh drapes itself .
4 Under the overseas person exemption , many types of investment business which are actually carried on in the UK ( albeit from a non-UK office ) , are in effect treated as carried on outside the UK for the purposes of the FSA ( and so do not require authorisation under the FSA ) if the firm does not have a UK office from which it carries on investment business and : ( 1 ) The firm deals with or through , or arranges transactions with , an FSA-authorised person , such as a UK stockbroker , or an exempted person , such as a listed money market institution , acting within the terms of its exemption ( para 26 of Sched 1 ) ; this applies even if that person is an affiliate ; ( 2 ) the firm did not solicit the business in contravention of the FSA 's restrictions on the issue of investment advertisements and cold calling ( para 27 of Sched 1 ) .
5 Several of the legislative changes during or around the 1960s are viewed by them as being ‘ permissive ’ and as therefore sanctioning many of the forms of behaviour to which they object .
6 Whether the incumbent managers like or dislike the offer made by a bidder is only one side of the story .
7 It will be based on fifty in-depth life story interviews with a random sample taken from the British Household Panel Study , which would enable the possibility of a later follow-up study of the same interviewees at or after retirement .
8 The choice of treatment may be skewed towards that which can be paid for , rather than that which may be in the best interests of or preferred by the patient .
9 the 363 students in or about to start work were being employed by 192 different employing organisations ( see Appendix A ) ;
10 The 363 students in or about to start work at the end of the IT Advanced Course ( 58 per cent ) were working for 192 different employing organisations ( see Appendix A ) .
11 An extensive network of carrying services was also provided from the 19 inns in or near the market place .
12 The Down 's Syndrome Association desperately need volunteers to give up a few hours before or after work on Thursday June 24 to help them collect donations at mainline stations .
13 Where a firm deals with or for a customer it must take all reasonable steps to deal on the terms which are the best available for the customer in the circumstances .
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