Example sentences of "or [adv] in [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Behind , or perhaps in front of , all the ideals and theories there was a sound technical base which , under Bernard 's tutelage , was also entering a phase of significant growth . |
| 2 | The ability to mark discrimination points is lost since ambiguity of word boundaries in connected speech , together with multiple choices of phoneme labels , means that a variable number of paths through the tree will be pursued more or less in parallel at any particular point in processing . |
| 3 | It is in the nature of sea cliffs to remain largely hidden from view until you are more or less in contact with them , but for much of this side of Stennis this is not the case , for the gully descends to a non-tidal terrace descending beneath the cliff . |
| 4 | Grasses have a tendency to ‘ winter burn ’ more or less in proportion to the amount of herbage standing in a field at the onset of frosty weather . |
| 5 | Having found the key to changes in terms of the need to manage the politics of reproduction more effectively , she tends ( in theory , at least , since her own empirical analysis is rather more flexible ) to follow the perceived logic through , so that the conclusion is that local government is being reorganized more or less in line with changes in the organization of major capitalist enterprises . |
| 6 | In the last decade , as we have seen , conventional retail credit has kept more or less in line with changes in the volume of consumer spending ; there may even have been a slight decline . |
| 7 | You may be maintaining your profits more or less in line with inflation , and hence giving a spurious impression of growth . |
| 8 | M46 and M47 are close together , more or less in line with Beta Canis Majoris and Sirius ; they are not spectacular , but are easy to locate . |
| 9 | This is going to be more or less in line with what erm you told me on the phone anyway is n't it ? |
| 10 | Rising spending on consumer goods in turn allowed the industries producing them to grow more or less in line with those producing means of production . |
| 11 | She was quite mature in her answers , and as you will see from Document A , sir , the Visitor got the impression — we have to rely on their experience in this sort of judgement — ; that she was more or less in command of the situation and had gained poise and experience from it and that a second traumatic removal from what in fact was a secure home for her would at this stage do more harm than good , especially as the relationship between the girl and her father was not good . |
| 12 | It is clear that there was a steady expansion of the words used for trusts , from the basic four expressions used in the first century to the ten or so in use by the end of the third century . |
| 13 | It 'd be nice to have 5 or so in hand with Scum only 13 points ahead , we win em all and take the league from under their noses . |
| 14 | ‘ They say the king 's left Welshpool with a small escort ahead of the army , ’ volunteered a boy a yard or so in front of them , turning an excited face . |
| 15 | Malpass had made it across the street , about eighty feet or so in front of Armstrong . |
| 16 | This means that the court can not take account of the various breaches actually committed , for which the defendant is seeking protection under the clause , to decide if the clause is reasonable or not , either generally , or separately in relation to each breach . |
| 17 | If the capital market is imperfect such that the lending rate exceeds the borrowing rate , the results of the arbitrage argument may vary , depending on whether cash is being moved forwards in time at the lending rate , or backwards in time at the borrowing rate . |
| 18 | The theory also claims that while some languages ( e.g. Russian and Arabic ) have stress-timed rhythm similar to that of English , others ( such as French , Telugu and Yoruba ) have a different rhythmical structure called syllable-timed rhythm ; in these languages , all syllables , whether stressed or unstressed , tend to occur at regular time-intervals and the time between stressed syllables will be shorter or longer in proportion to the number of unstressed syllables . |
| 19 | John Major does seem to be somebody who — it 's very difficult to tell whether this is intrinsically , or just in comparison with Margaret Thatcher — is rather colourless . |
| 20 | You rinse the media , and add one bag per 55 gallons to your filter ( or directly in path of water flow as it says on the packet ) remembering to replace it every 3 to 6 months . |
| 21 | Whether mechanical disintegration is regarded as acting alone or always or usually in conjunction with some chemical weathering , the fact remains that it appears to play a large part in desert weathering and is responsible for the predominance of angular broken waste material in deserts . |
| 22 | We can only hope that the message was garbled in transmission , or possibly in translation from the Italian — a much more difficult language than many seem prepared to believe . |
| 23 | One could then find out what else was available on emigration , or on Cornish tin-miners , or on southern Wisconsin , or the nineteenth century , or any permutation of two or more in relation to other topics , such as the design of houses or the techniques of mining , or at another level of student understanding , or another format entirely . |
| 24 | The scheme does not apply to claims for an amount greater than £1,500 per person or £7,500 per Booking Form or to claims which are solely or mainly in respect of physical injury or illness . |
| 25 | Neither does it apply to claims which are solely or mainly in respect of physical injury or illness or the consequences of such injury or illness . |
| 26 | It does not apply to claims which are solely or mainly in respect of physical injury or illness or the consequences of such injury or illness . |
| 27 | Neither does it apply to claims which are solely or mainly in respect of physical injury or illness or the consequences of such injury or illness . |
| 28 | In the absence of an animal , or even in addition to it , it is quite possible that some form of comfort was found at a particular place or sanctuary , and even within the minute span of evolutionary time measured by a single generation , it is possible for such a retreat to have become a very special place for a whole family , or even a tribe . |
| 29 | Where no such warranties are to be given , or even in addition to such warranties , the tenant should consider including the following clause , even if subsequent negotiations with the landlord result in some watering down : |
| 30 | Management does not have the freedom to optimise its own performance in pursuit of a single objective , or even in pursuit of a number of stable and compatible ones … |