Example sentences of "[adv prt] the [adj] [noun] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you wish to get married in a church which is not in either parish , you will have to apply to be put on the electoral roll or take up residence in the parish for the period over which the banns will be read . |
| 2 | He was either out and had n't switched on the answering machine or he was tormenting her by ignoring the telephone . |
| 3 | Free in San Francisco to explore Chinatown , browse in the shops of Fisherman 's Wharf , ride a cable-car up and down the steep streets or visit the grim fortress of Alcatraz . |
| 4 | ‘ Thank God , ’ he muttered , as he started to scramble down the last foot or two to seize the halter shank that dangled so near , and yet just out of his reach . |
| 5 | This is a tricky exercise , but easier if you keep your glove at arm level , shield the bird from the wind with your body , and do n't try to jump down the last foot or two , and so jar the bird . |
| 6 | When old Mother Jacobsen had unlimited time at her disposal and the opportunity to take up the strands from where she had laid them down the previous day or week , she embroidered her stories with meticulous and colourful detail . |
| 7 | These points generally apply equally whether the action is brought in the High Court or county court . |
| 8 | He had called to ask her advice about the small dinner party he intended to give in the next week or so . |
| 9 | We can either go on , or turn back to fill in the secondary material or accompaniment . |
| 10 | There is not the faintest trace of float or wallow over the fastest crests or in the steepest dips ; the body just maintains constant ride height throughout giving a feeling of invincible security . |
| 11 | Everywhere the willow grows and dragonflies hover over the wide ditches or rhymes . |
| 12 | Therefore , it is fair to ask why we are so keen on public transport if all experience over the past decade or so shows a fall in rail and bus passenger services and traffic in rural areas and in cities . |
| 13 | What has been the subject of radical , almost revolutionary , change over the past decade or so has not been the civic culture but the perceptions of that culture . |
| 14 | Serve the salmon on the lentils and sprinkle over the fresh chervil or dill and pink peppercorns . |
| 15 | They may or may not be articulated in formal jargon or ‘ in languages ’ which restrict their currency and mark off the professional status or their practitioners , as in medicine and the law . |
| 16 | The crystallisation of an earlier floating charge does not crystallise a subsequent floating charge since the subsequent chargee may pay off the earlier charge or agree to indemnify the company which continues to carry on business despite the crystallisation of the earlier charge with respect to any liability incurred towards the earlier chargee . |
| 17 | The task of ordering the Church 's worship is too awesome to be left to chance , either in the hope that the person responsible for it will pick up the necessary skills or in the belief that it can be done by anyone . |
| 18 | Where the spectral bands making up the multispectral TM or MSS image are highly correlated then more of the information contained in the multispectral image will be compressed into principal component 1 than would be the case if the intercorrelations among the bands were low . |
| 19 | It is all too easy to take and agree to a request for samples , ring up the appropriate department or dispatch centre and happily assume that it has gone . |
| 20 | There is intense perceived pain in contemplating giving up the mood-altering substance or behaviour and making further major changes in these " pictures " of reality . |
| 21 | Cassiopeia is crossed by the Milky Way , and the five leading stars make up the familiar W or M pattern : Gamma ( 2.2 , though variable ) , Alpha ( also 2.2 , slightly variable ) , Beta ( 2.3 ) , Delta ( 2.7 ) and Epsilon ( 3.4 ) . |
| 22 | Occasionally , they kill soldiers , and blow up the odd bridge or a railway line , but essentially they are an impotent and marginal force currently engaged in peace talks with the military . |
| 23 | Now , as the cold winds blow in New England , our transatlantic chums in Citizens seem to be doing a repeat act , picking up the odd dime or at least two Five Cents , Plymouth Five Cents and Boston Five Cents . |
| 24 | Glide up the Grand Canal or tour the labyrinth of smaller canals for a close-up view of everyday Venetian life . |
| 25 | But there could be more trouble if the king does not open up the political system or do something about the great disparities of wealth . |
| 26 | This is another good reason for working samples before starting the actual garment , you will be able to tell whether you need to pick up the laddered stitches or not and that can make a big difference to the overall tension . |
| 27 | In system jargon , the working world is one sub-system within a complete set of sub-systems which make up the total environment or life space of the individual . |
| 28 | These devices can back up the whole system or only those parts which you specify , and are very fast . |
| 29 | She was having to repeat herself , and even then Lucy was picking up the wrong costume or completely mistaking what had been said . |
| 30 | The only people who had trouble in adjusting to work were those who for some reason deviated from this model — either by going up the social scale or by going down it ( social mobility is more fully discussed by Geoff Payne in this volume ) . |