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

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1 The court must not make a bankruptcy order unless it is satisfied that the debt , or one of the debts , in respect of which the petition was presented has not been paid nor secured or compounded for , or is a debt which the debtor has no reasonable prospect of being able to pay when it falls due ( s 271(1) ) .
2 It 's not trotted out in the old history books as one of the conferences , or one of the congresses rather .
3 And that in fact is one of the one of the areas or one of the elements that attracts people to this particular job .
4 Proceedings begun by originating application or petition may be subject to specific enactments or rules , but otherwise they may be commenced in the court for the district in which the respondent or one of the respondents resides or carries on business or in which the subject matter of the application is situated , or if no respondent is named , in the court for the district in which the applicant or petitioner or one of them resides or carries on business ( Ord 4 , r 8 ) .
5 ‘ Well , compared to the leave they get in the big houses I suppose it is ; half a day a month for some of them , and then no leave at all if they 're known to come from the workhouse , or one of the settlements .
6 However , by section 10 of the Employment Act 1988 the immunity is withdrawn where the reason or one of the reasons for which the act is done is the fact or belief that the employer is employing non-union labour .
7 She closed her eyes , and leant precariously against the carved statuette that had once spouted water until Justin or one of the others had shoved something into it .
8 You would be speaking of me or my friend Chatterton or one of the others . ’
9 Some say John the Baptist ; others say Elijah ; and still others , Jeremiah or one of the prophets .
10 Every Sunday , the huge congregation , gathered in the Ulster Hall , heard either Mrs Paisley or one of the ministers read out a message from their leader in prison .
11 I think that what we have to decide today , or one of the things that needs to be decided is , is the new settlement in the longer term a sensible answer given that all the all the various considerations , and that erm arguing about residual numbers , here or there has to be taken in the much longer context , I think that 's what all I would like the to say at the moment on on new settlement erm because of the situation I am in of not being able to er say too much in detail about it , I sha n't be making very many contributions to this particular debate .
12 that is , that is what , that is what exists to do , or one of the things that exists to do as the U K sales company our business is to give the projections for a particular piece of business , and if we see any other similar bits of business around it that 's fine , that 's , that needs to be added to it , but to give our vision of that particular piece of business , feed that into the marketing people in , and say , look , this is the situation if we go this way , this is what we think is going to happen , if we do this , this is going to happen , if we do n't do this , this is what 's going to happen , so that that can be fed into an overall picture , and they will come back , I presume , and say , right , we now have enough information to know that it 's going to be worth =vesting , investing in production of sixteen double O fours in er Peter .
13 ( 6 ) When making an order or when refusing an application , the court , or one of the justices constituting the court by which the decision is made , shall state any findings of fact and the reasons for the court 's decision .
14 And do n't , for heaven 's sake , bump into a table or one of the waitresses … ’
15 At one stage in her career , it had seemed you could n't open up a rock paper or one of the tabloids without seeing her tumbling golden mane and her lazy catlike smile captured by one of the many photographers who seemed to dog her every step .
16 ‘ Why ca n't your Mum or one of the boys go ? ’
17 Sometimes Ken came too , or one of the boys if they were in the mood , but mostly he went by himself , trying to sort himself out .
18 An action may be commenced : ( 1 ) in the court for the district in which the defendant or one of the defendants resides or carries on business ; ( 2 ) in the court for the district in which the cause of action wholly or in part arose or ; ( 3 ) in the case of a default action , in any court ( Ord 4 , r 2(1) ) .
19 The priest asks the catechists or one of the catechists to represent the four of us erm to decide whether we feel you 're ready for Confirmation , which we all have no hesitation in saying yes to with all this particular group .
20 This had been prepared for her by Dolores , or one of the maids .
21 Well , if you go by character it 'll be the husband or one of the Heptonstalls who did it .
22 The other connection that you might want to make to the rising main is one for an instantaneous gas water heater or electric shower , which need mains pressure , or one of the devices which alter the quality of the water — a softener , conditioner or filter , say .
23 A good English-language education was considered a necessity for their male children , some of whom entered government service or one of the professions .
24 Or one of the persons , man or woman , ringing in saying , I 've got trouble at me own , I want me clothes back .
25 That is to say , as a result of sexual intercourse or one of the variants of sexual behaviour , such as fellatio , cunnilingus , or rectal intercourse .
26 Mozart , sometimes for dramatic reasons , sometimes at the request of the designer , Lorenzo Quaglio , or one of the singers , frequently asked for alterations to be made in the text which were often strongly resisted by the librettist .
27 being put on assizes , juries or recognitions , and from being made sheriff , justice of gaol delivery , Steward of the Forest , forester , vendor of the King 's wood , escheator , coroner , verderer , regarder , agister , or one of the knights to elect the grand assize .
28 But if you needed any further proof , go up and watch Jill , who 's only two years old , discover the fun of swinging on a rope , or one of the adults absorbed in making a stick into a tool .
29 Designed for the latitude of a particular place , its most important use was to determine the precise time of day or night from an observation of the altitude of the sun or one of the stars mapped on the rete , but of course by modern standards the result was not very accurate .
30 ‘ Let's see , what was he , the navigator or one of the gunners ? ’
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