Example sentences of "or [verb] [prep] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chair , wheelchair or commode onto which the patient is transferring is placed on one side of the carer , sideways on to the bed . |
| 2 | It is the holder of prepared fleece or flax from which the spinner draws out strands . |
| 3 | They will make judgements as to the quality of the work , basing their opinion upon what is actually published , and the author 's reputation may be made or broken by what the critics say . |
| 4 | When the communicative support system with which they have grown up fails to function in the usual way , the effect , arguably , will be to make the children regress or behave in some other aberrant manner — for instance , to stop asking questions or to agree with whatever the adult suggests . |
| 5 | The ‘ stope ’ , or place from which the rock is dug , becomes , at the end of the operation , just a cavity in the rockface , at which point it becomes a ‘ gunnis ’ . |
| 6 | Herluin advanced upon the altar very slowly , as though these few paces , and the climbing of the three steps , must be utilized to the full for prayer , and passionate concentration on this single effort which would make or break for him a dear ambition . |
| 7 | The rub is the general conviction , based on the man 's record , that the same pragmatism , unencumbered by ideology or ethics , that leads him to sign an agreement one day will lead him to renege or cheat on it the next . |
| 8 | ( 5 ) Nothing in this section shall be taken to prejudice any liability or remedy to which a person guilty of an offence thereunder may be subject in civil proceedings . |
| 9 | In the present case , the immediate proceeding in which the order was made was not the cause or matter to which the section refers . |
| 10 | However , a good deal of discretion is left in the hands of the Area Director to determine the merits of the application , having considered ‘ … all questions of fact or law arising out of the action , cause or matter to which the application relates and the circumstances in which it was made . ’ |
| 11 | eh brutal , er brute , er so many er only got a little bit more , eh sort of like you 've got er , I du n no , accent or something or add to it a few words , a few letters I mean , er a more I , a different accent you go to Manchester they said er different accent you go and so different one and to me from the beginning , not now , but from the beginning I was fascinate , I says why do they finish in Italian er ways , or add , you switch and them coins , erm , it still says |
| 12 | In open savannah , gregarious species forage in flocks from colonies or roosts from which the daily dispersal occurs . |
| 13 | These panels are likely to suffer from what has been called ‘ duty ’ listening or viewing in which a person feels he or she ought to , say , watch a television programme because there is a questionnaire for it , even though it is not a programme that person would ordinarily view at all . |
| 14 | The dorsal and lateral margins of the occipital foramen are commonly bordered by a narrow rim or postocciput with which the neck membrane is directly continuous . |
| 15 | In the absence of an express obligation , the landlord will have no duty to keep in repair any pipe or drain through which the tenant discharges soil or water , even if the pipe or drain is retained in the possession of the landlord ( Westminster ( Duke ) v Guild [ 1984 ] 3 All ER 144 ) . |
| 16 | This may cause difficulty where the audience were annoyed or distressed by what the defendant was doing . |
| 17 | With a high sense not only of justice but of dramatic effect he informed the judge that the only courses open to him were ‘ either to resign your post , or inflict on me the severest penalty if you believe that the system and law you are assisting to administer are good for the people ’ . |
| 18 | He never for example suggests that women should be allowed into the inner courts of the temple , or take upon themselves the obligations of prayer laid on men . |
| 19 | A word grammatically related to a word that follows it , especially the noun or pronoun to which a relative pronoun is related . |
| 20 | ( 2 ) Serious litigation or disputes in which the target is involved and which could have a serious effect on the business should be considered . |