Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For most people , a penny on or off the standard tax rate — that formulation again ! — pales into insignificance compared with their pre-tax income , the inflation rate , the size of their pension and their mortgage interest rate . |
| 2 | She looked as if she could have stepped straight out of an urchin 's game on the street of a Northern Italian village or off the front cover of Vogue . |
| 3 | The Prime Minister dominates the cabinet , its members wait upon a summons ; there is control and prior approval of the agenda from the Prime Minister ; the skilful exploitation of collective responsibility by the Prime Minister can neutralise and isolate a recalcitrant cabinet minority which has no choice but to ‘ shut up or get out ’ ; the Prime Minister has wide access to a network of policy-making cabinet committees , and ‘ deals ’ can be made in inter-departmental committees , cabinet committees , or between the Prime Minister and individual ministers . |
| 4 | The third method for assessing the effects of exposure is one in which the subjects are required to learn a discrimination between pre-exposed stimuli ( or between the pre-exposed stimulus and some other ) . |
| 5 | Holders of one of the qualifications listed below who , in addition , may be required by the centre to undertake , prior to or during the early part of the course , a centre devised programme of bridging studies . |
| 6 | At night , however , or during the long school holidays , she read detective stories , earning the contempt of her father who told her that his answer to the question ‘ Who dun n it ? ’ was invariably ‘ Who cares ? ’ |
| 7 | They have erm in breaking new situations , if there is something big going on , you know , or during the democratic convention or whatever it is , or this Iraq thing , the anchors stay around the studio and then maybe do a replay , so to speak . |
| 8 | Mean arterial pressure was not different between the two groups during the placebo period 98 ( 7 ) mm Hg in enalapril group v 97 ( 9 ) mm Hg in hydrochlorothiazide group ; p=0.9004 ) or during the whole treatment period ( 88 ( 7 ) mm Hg in the enalapril group and 90 ( 7 ) mm Hg in the hydrochlorothiazide group ; p=0.5263 ) ( fig 2 ) . |
| 9 | Was the figure of 40,000 million gallons of flood water to which James Rougvie refers passing Perth in an hour , a day or during the whole period of the flood ? |
| 10 | The croak is produced by rapid fanning of the pectoral fins — a typical action when two male fish meet or during the mating period . |
| 11 | The famed croaking is more likely to be heard in such tanks , as it 's at its most audible when males meet and display as a threat to other intruding males — or during the mating season as the male pursues the female . |
| 12 | Designed for the normal runner who wants a light responsive training shoe , or for the heavier runner who wants a shoe for running marathons , the Concorde has Reebok 's exclusive ‘ Hexalite ’ cushioning system in the heel and forefoot . |
| 13 | But it would probably be a mistake to draw any such sweeping conclusion , either for the short or for the long term . |
| 14 | But he said Labour did not agree that Britain could or should abandon development , either for itself or for the developing world . |
| 15 | Those who got selected either for constituencies , or for the Central Office list when it was established in the 1950s , tended to be those whom old buffers in the party already had a pretty good idea about , because they knew their fathers , their regiments or their schools . |
| 16 | ‘ Ad hoc ’ is a Latin phrase meaning ‘ to that ’ ; in other words these bodies were appointed to devote their activities ‘ to that ’ purpose , or for the specific purpose for which they were appointed . |
| 17 | Or for the total luxury of the Hotel Golden Tulip St. Honore , three nights including flights at an unbelievable £292 . |
| 18 | And we 've written back that we might get money from but can we use it for I E buying chairs and other things or for the general welfare . |
| 19 | The truth is that he only races as a personal challenge , or for the pure enjoyment of running . |
| 20 | All of these further contributed to the post land reform potential o of the law set to maintain and increase its income , or for the Communist Party to tax . |
| 21 | It is important to know what help is forthcoming for you or for the elderly person for whom you are caring . |
| 22 | The purpose of this was to allow the stone to disimpact or for the acute complication to resolve . |
| 23 | It involves the disinterested pursuit of truth , beauty or goodness , even though it is always mixed up with other motivations such as the search for social importance ( knowledge is power ) , or for status and acceptance , or for the comforts of a dream world , or for the individual self-realisation which involves the establishment of a personal identity . |
| 24 | And should the conditions about availability of , or taking of , food be national or for the local Licensing Justices to attach as appropriate when granting the Children 's Certificate ? |
| 25 | For example , something may be written for the wedding of a friend , or for the local organist to play . |
| 26 | In most instances these special schools for visually handicapped pupils are for children of primary school age or for the full school age-range and they have in general terms a regional catchment . |
| 27 | The system can be searched by author , title or pupils 's name , as seen with LIBRAFILE above and overdues can be produced for a pupil , a class or for the whole school . |
| 28 | One of the decisions you have to make is whether to have the entertainer for just an entertainment slot or for the whole party . |
| 29 | The House of Lords , not for the first or for the last time , held that ‘ determination ’ should not be construed as including everything which purported to be a determination but was not , and so the court was not precluded from deciding that the order of the Commission was a nullity . |
| 30 | Current refinements , no doubt with Christmas present buying in mind , include boxed sets of three or more related cassettes from Warners — for example , all three of James Dean 's movies for £29.95 , or for the same price , Marilyn Monroe in The Prince and the Showgirl , The Misfits and ( a bit of a scoop , since it has not been on video before ) Some Like It Hot . |