Example sentences of "or [noun] [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no corporation tax or income tax to absorb a proportion of its profits , and the Company contributed to the king 's revenue partly by paying customs duties on imports brought into the country , and partly by making nominally voluntary contributions to the exchequer . |
| 2 | Uncashed cheques can be cancelled , but not without your bank or building society making a hefty charge — make sure you 're not paying more in charges than you 'd lose if your cheque was cashed ! |
| 3 | Still less do we want to know if the production of the book or research paper represented a learning experience for the academic concerned . |
| 4 | We have only to think of Margaret Thatcher 's parliamentary delivery or interview behaviour to find a woman using characteristically male speech styles . |
| 5 | A life policy insurance or encyclopaedia salesperson makes a sale , and probably never meets the customer again . |
| 6 | Each nucleus of an egg or sperm cell has a unique genetic constitution , but the nuclei of the many millions of body cells of an individual all have the same or similar genetic constitution . |
| 7 | In terms of legislative proposals , lobbying the assembly is more important in the United States , especially for groups wishing to exercise a negative or veto power to stop a proposal rather than have a new proposal passed . |
| 8 | The product is white but you could mix in a slight trace of pigment or water colour to obtain a better match with the pan itself . |
| 9 | During the war these derelict pits were used for various purposes ; Lee 's or Houlder pit became a bomb and ammunition store for the R.A.F. The top pit of Batchelors was used by the Home Guard as a rifle range , and for other weapon training . |
| 10 | The ‘ need ’ theorists ' concept of self-actualization or self fulfilment has a long history ( Jung , Adler , Goldstein , Rogers ) yet remains one of the fuzziest and least developed in psychology . |
| 11 | For example a curriculum leader in a small primary school leads a small group to scrutinise a selection of pupils ' work from different year groups to examine progression and continuity and their relation to the National Curriculum a department in a secondary school reviews its curricular provision ; assesses the implications of the National Curriculum for that subject ; analyses policies and practice on pupil assessment ; analyses examination/test results ; reviews pupils ' written work to check on progression and continuity a team considers relations with parents and the wider community the head , a deputy or a senior teacher leads a working party on topics such as cross-curricular issues , curriculum provision as a whole , pupil attendance , school documentation the staff development or INSET co-ordinator leads a working party to review staff development , INSET provision and dissemination , teacher appraisal , care of probationer teachers ( DES 1989e:8 ) . |
| 12 | In some selling situations , the salesperson or sales team have a degree of discretion with regard to the terms of the sale . |
| 13 | The affidavit must verify that the defendant falls within the categories in Ord 29 , r11(2) and the amount of the damages to which the application relates and contain enough information to enable the master or district judge to reach a preliminary valuation of the claim ( because he has got to order a part of it to be paid to the plaintiff ) . |
| 14 | One of the schools that phoned up , Scotts Avenue or Scotts Park wear a really nice uniform , saw a little girl when I was out today . |
| 15 | Indeed a surety is often a professional acting for reward , e.g. a bank or insurance company giving a bond . |
| 16 | A 12,000 mile return trip to the States , plus another 1,500 miles or road travel dictated a hectic computing schedule . |
| 17 | If the batsman moves either to the off or leg side to improvise a stroke , they must be able to redirect their line — to follow his movement — even though they are in the very act of delivering the ball . |
| 18 | The University has placed firm emphasis on the development of an intellectually challenging and vocationally attractive postgraduate programme which provides students with the opportunity to gain a postgraduate certificate , postgraduate diploma , or masters degree following a taught course , or the degree of MPhil or DPhil by research . |
| 19 | Although Decimax 's current ad shows these switches to be of the keypad variety , our unit used membrane types ; each push of the switch on the plus or minus end gives a corresponding level change ( indicated by the LEDs ) on that particular frequency . |
| 20 | Does your flat , conservatory , or utility room have a skylight to the roof ? |
| 21 | If a hardware or software vendor wants a licence , it can go to OSF or USL and strike a deal . |
| 22 | Rhubarb with either mint or lemon balm makes a tart , savoury jelly to serve with lamb . |
| 23 | The use of marked language is a familiar enough device of modern television comedy or stage farce to raise a laugh , be that in the mild form of so-called " family entertainment " — words like knickers , pratt , plonker , etc. — or in the form of more marked terms used in later night viewing on the supposedly more serious channels . |