Example sentences of "or [vb pp] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In September several senior officials were dismissed or reprimanded for poor work in the consumer goods sector . |
| 2 | Ideally the information which is suppressed or grouped for contemporary research should be retained for historical research . |
| 3 | " Capital sum " for these purposes has the same meaning as in s677. ( b ) Associated payments In relation to any capital sum paid to the settlor by a body corporate the expression " associated payment " means : ( i ) any capital sum paid to that body by the trustees of the settlement ; and ( ii ) any other sum paid or asset transferred to that body by those trustees which is not paid or transferred for full consideration in money or money 's worth being a sum paid or asset transferred in the five years ending or beginning with the date on which the capital sum is paid to the settlor ( s678(3) ) . |
| 4 | Sun is so flush with cash that it plans to buy in up to 7.5m of its own shares , 7.5% ; the purchases will be funded from available working capital and the shares will be held in treasury or used for ongoing stock issues for its employee share ownership plans . |
| 5 | Others are smuggled abroad for circuses or tourist entertainments or sold for medical research : there are 1,500 chimps in American labs . |
| 6 | In addition , the inclusion of academics from a broad range of subjects or chosen for particular expertise ( in student learning , for example ) means that a wider range of critical questions are more likely to be explored . |
| 7 | Around 75 per cent of China 's energy comes from coal — either via power stations , or burned for domestic heating . |
| 8 | In the table below ( Table 1 ) , which shows data for the years 1973–79 , the combined number of employees dying from fatal accidents or occupational diseases ( most of which are avoidable if employing corporations obeyed government regulations and designed safe production schedules or paid for hazard-free work environments ) far exceed the number of homicide cases recorded by the police . |
| 9 | Mr Palios advised anyone who had paid deposits or paid for uncompleted work on credit to write to Cork Gully at 6 Minshull Street , Manchester . |