Example sentences of "or [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When considering the future of a chronically sick , disabled or frail person it is inevitably the nurse in the family to whom everyone turns . |
| 2 | With differing or conflicting values they would often be pulling in different directions and pursuing incompatible goals . |
| 3 | If you 're a mother or expectant mother you can get free vitamins for yourself while you are pregnant or breast-feeding , and for your children aged under five . |
| 4 | Children may headbang , throw themselves on the floor , kick furniture , scream , and cry but as long as they are safe and are not escalating into aggressive or destructive behaviour they should be quietly ignored . |
| 5 | If your car is stolen or damaged as a result of theft or attempted theft you will have to pay the first £100 of the cost . |
| 6 | If the query is of a complicated or technical nature it is quite acceptable to pass it on to the expert , but is this really necessary for a bar of soap or a DIY fitting ? |
| 7 | Whether it 's a long-term or short-term problem you will find gentle exercise and relaxation through yoga will be beneficial to you mentally and physically , and we always find that a good massage goes a long way to easing tension and making you feel better . |
| 8 | Not the six foot he 'd thought , seven or eight foot we went up and started to pack away again . |
| 9 | Seven or eight miles I should think . |
| 10 | For seven or eight years he was down at the ground every day . |
| 11 | For seven or eight years I had been aware of a growing numbness , first in the muscles of my right leg and later in those of my left , for which no doctor or specialist could find any adequate explanation . |
| 12 | Yeah she 'd been in there about seven or eight months I think . |
| 13 | And er then we erm we , we , we went on the wards for about two or three hours a day and we just s sort of did what we were told , took out drinks and , and that sort of thing , and mouthwashes , and after er we 'd been there for about six or eight weeks we were allowed to wash patients , if , if they could n't wash themselves . |
| 14 | Now he , he had about he about seven or eight kids I think , he must have done , yeah . |
| 15 | When applied to particular urban or rural situations it will reveal the dynamics which , while attracting some into the fellowship of the churches , are at the same time excluding others . |
| 16 | I might add that Filmer 's notion of dominion as originally granted to Adam included both ownership of property and authority over men and here Filmer was trading on erm erm the feudal tradition of erm property erm erm erm dominion erm entails that if you have property rights in a certain tract of territory you also have political authority over the people inhabiting that or that territory you know , think of a straightforward standard lord of the manor and his service you know , he has property rights in the territory , he also has authority over erm the individuals who live off that territory . |
| 17 | Oh , but you see that , that , that does n't always apply , because if I go into the library and I take it with me and I sit by er , that gentleman who keeps handing me the paper or that lady you know |
| 18 | you know if you 're in this area or that area we 'll pick you up and take you home and the phone just does n't stop ringing |
| 19 | ( In European countries with industry-wide or regional agreements it is not uncommon for a union to represent less than a majority of workers within any given enterprise . ) |
| 20 | Hitler 's instruction to curb anti-Polish activity meant that what they could not accomplish by open violence or legalistic chicanery they would have to accomplish by stealth and skulduggery . |
| 21 | Although you may be perfectly entitled to take others to task and even issue a number of ultimatums , you ought to be more concerned with plans designed to give you the kind of personal or professional recognition you seek and deserve . |
| 22 | Also when it refers to financial or economic affairs it is usually only bad news . |
| 23 | If you damage crops or upset animals you are making it more difficult for someone to earn their living . |
| 24 | actually give them any physical or monetary gain it 's pointless . |
| 25 | It made the readers share in the horror it described and thereby so disgusted , shocked and outraged them that instead of tending to encourage anyone to homosexuality , drug-taking or brutal violence it would have precisely the reverse effect . |
| 26 | Please note that we would be most grateful for any handouts or further information you would like to send us . |
| 27 | All that was in essence known to HQ 5 Corps was that the greater number of these people were " Cossacks " or " Russians " making up various units who had found themselves in Austria because to a greater or lesser extent they had been associated with the Germans , and had surrendered to the British in the hope that they might thus avoid falling into the hands of the Communists . |
| 28 | A person is entitled to act for the protection of livestock if either the livestock or the land on which it is belongs to him or to any person under whose express or implied authority he is acting ; and he is deemed to be acting for their protection if and only if , either : |
| 29 | When the find spots are plotted by king or tribal grouping it is reasonable to infer that the area of circulation of their coins , especially when these are of low value , reflects the territory of a king or tribe . |
| 30 | Erm , this is something that I 've spoken with about over a long period and what really has concerned me is that we 've two red signals , both facing the traffic and children and blind people could be crossing thinking the traffic had held up , and when I or detecting we rely on our own engineers maybe going round that way , maybe the police or public reporting it . |