Example sentences of "or [adv] of [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The White Paper called for a fundamental re-examination of penal methods ‘ based on studies of the causes of crime , or rather of the factors which foster or inhibit crime ’ , supported by reliable assessments of the results achieved by existing methods . |
| 2 | ‘ And dangerous , ’ said Caspar , with a backwards glance to where Goibniu was standing before the fire in thy characteristic pose , thumbs in belt , surrounded by half a dozen or so of the others . |
| 3 | In all the instances concerned in this case , the goods were traced and the thefts had occurred within a day or so of the goods being presented to Stardust Jewellers . |
| 4 | Fifty or so of the females formed a tight cluster , joined hands and walked backwards until they formed the circumference of a large circle . |
| 5 | Only a dozen or so of the creeps in the black nighties , but they 've got heavy weapons . |
| 6 | The bottom five notes or so of the violins can be enriched by adding a bassoon or two in unison . |
| 7 | Whether the confiscation legislation amounts to the forfeiture of the offender 's copyright or merely of the proceeds is not clear but what is clear is that the interplay between the confiscation legislation and the law of copyright requires further examination . |
| 8 | Delay of this sort can also adversely affect the efficient conduct of government business ; but it is largely outside the control of either party or even of the courts themselves . |
| 9 | And quite often those events are completely beyond the control of the child himself , or even of the adults around him . |
| 10 | The point I 'm trying to get at sir is that erm it is none of it is in none of our interests , either the planning authorities or even of the developers , that if we were to erm find a strategic sites policy appropriate for this alteration , it 's in none of our interests that it should be confusing to the public or to the development industry as to how rare a thing this should be and how tightly directed it should be in geographical terms . |
| 11 | He argued that social , political and bureaucratic elites have their own sources of political power which allow them to act relatively autonomously or independently of the requirements of capital . |
| 12 | Both these theories rely on the individuating properties of place , without however offering a satisfactory clarification of the concept of place , or indeed of the origins of the idea of numerical identity . |
| 13 | She reasoned that , if the Shills wished not to be disturbed , it was no business of hers or indeed of the police . |
| 14 | Comments showed that the success or otherwise of the groups often rested on their shoulders . |
| 15 | The others did not find it necessary , in reaching their decision that Reg. v. Guest , Ex parte Anthony and Reg. v. Gore Justices , Ex parte N. ( An Infant ) had been wrongly decided , to pronounce upon the correctness or otherwise of the decisions in Rex v. Sheridan and Rex v. Grant . |
| 16 | However , the committee , which eventually divided on party lines , defined its terms of reference at the outset so narrowly that it effectively ruled out any possibility of discovering the truth or otherwise of the allegations of malpractice that had been made against the police . |
| 17 | Why do the powers that be refuse to supply dental dams on the same basis as condoms are supplied , so that we can make up our own minds as to the suitability or otherwise of the dams ? |
| 18 | This will highlight some of the key issues raised during evaluation which relate to the effectiveness or otherwise of the schools ' attempts to achieve a practical realisation of their project proposals . |
| 19 | Attempting to do research on the interview per se is doomed to failure because the skills of the actors will dominate the success or otherwise of the proceedings . |