Example sentences of "or [adv] [art] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watch this space — or rather the space on the backs of those notes . |
| 2 | It examines all the circumstances to see whether they intended the money to be a deposit or merely a payment on account . |
| 3 | The Treasury and Civil Service Committee ( Second Report , 1987–8 ) recommendation that departmental reports should give information about the costs of major publicity and advertising is to apply for departments who spend £½ million or more a year on paid UK publicity . |
| 4 | We will aim to guarantee everyone out of work for six months or more a place on either a high quality training programme or on a work programme with a strong element of training . |
| 5 | The number of visits was much greater : 11 per cent had 300 or more — almost one a day , 33 per cent between 100 and 300 — two or more a week on average , 19 per cent 50 — 99 , between one and two a week , 4 per cent 20–49 — between one a fortnight and one a week , 14 per cent 10–19 — less than one a fortnight , 12 per cent had less than 10 or less than one a month . |
| 6 | Can there , for instance , be any meaningful communion in the approval situation between a public librarian and a novel , a biography , a book on plumbing , an introduction to thermodynamics , or even a work on library classification ? |
| 7 | Present it to Walter Raleigh , Sitting Bull , Napoleon , Julius Caesar or even the man on the Athens omnibus circa 100 BC and explain to him that this is not the work of God or the Devil but a few clever chaps in a place and time they 've never heard of . |
| 8 | Or maybe the sun on white stucco ( really London was much prettier than one remembered ) or the cheerful scarlet of buses or the continuously satisfying recollection of the terns and the oblivious complacency of pink tie and striped shirt in their sealed air-conditioned office . |
| 9 | Important : This relaxation exercise is most beneficial if practised once or twice a day on an empty stomach , or at least an hour after eating . |
| 10 | This fact can be used to advantage by those who drink alcohol occasionally perhaps only once or twice a week on social occasions , and not every day . |
| 11 | It may have had to be a lavatory or else the bus on the way home . |
| 12 | Thirdly , there needs to be a reasonably clear understanding of which agencies are responsible for what activities , or else the information on which comparison is based will be highly confusing . |