Example sentences of "or [adv] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He told her that he was going to continue writing to her , nothing deterred by her cold reply or rather lack of a reply . |
| 2 | They are showing there is no substitute for experience and the only disappointment for Tranmere at the moment is the crowd , or rather lack of it . |
| 3 | Erm probates Or rather procedure on death because probate is proving a will , in the Latin if there 's no will it 's letters of administration which is a similar procedure , except that the will speaks from death and therefore your appointment of the executors is effective from death and therefore your appointment of executors is effective from death , they can do certain things even before they 've proven the will Which administrators ca n't do cos they do n't have the power until they 've proved that they 're the people entitled . |
| 4 | The future or rather fate of Gloucester rugby club could be decided at Bristol tomorrow … there are two league games to go and the cherry and whites need to win one of them to escape relegation |
| 5 | Bishop of Gibraltar , or rather Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe as he 's called nowadays , ’ supplied the Archdeacon . |
| 6 | As far as he was concerned , homosexuality did not exist north of Hampstead ( or perhaps south of it , either ) and despite the fact that its local manifestation was sitting in front of him he would not be convinced . |
| 7 | But in the context of a consideration of judicial creativity , or perhaps lack of it , the selection of the judiciary and their ‘ politics ’ in the sense used by Professor Griffith seem to be marginal considerations . |
| 8 | This low incidence of visual handicap means , in effect , that not every local education authority in England and Wales will have a range of appropriate educational placements for the severely visually impaired pupil , and it may be necessary to look for a solution in regional terms , or perhaps attendance at a residential special school may be considered . |
| 9 | No doubt " and emptiness " adds a further precision or perhaps elaboration to the of line A ; that is to say , to the idea of ignorable non-existence is added that of chaotic absence of form . |
| 10 | I was looking for a business venture worthy of my silver , some trade across the Narrow Seas or perhaps commerce with the Baltic . |
| 11 | Meanwhile , his master , all eighteen or so stone of him would loll back on one of the side seats , making no effort to drive . |
| 12 | The flaming Maryland had crashed a mile or so North of Dingli . |
| 13 | A mile or so north of Milford is the little town of Belper . |
| 14 | About four miles or so west of Castelnuovo is the estate of Curina with a 17th century villa and rural outhouses which have been tastefully restored . |
| 15 | He 's lying in poor water , a yard or so depth of poor safety , |
| 16 | Desperation and greed kept them going , so against the odds , they would achieve the prerequisite £4,000 or so worth of business a day , as well as somehow retaining much of their clientele , and in some mysterious way expanding it . |
| 17 | Another dealer would regularly punt out £40,000 or so worth of stock or so on the account to — wait for it — a school dinner lady . |
| 18 | This is a much lower level of use than either Edinburgh or Glasgow , but in view of the standard of service observed on this occasion , it is impossible to say whether this usage figure represents lower demand , or merely laxity in control . |
| 19 | Mass civil disorder , whether it be the result of a real or imagined grievance or merely over-indulgence in alcohol , is not purely a recent phenomenon . |
| 20 | In allowing H Ltd 's contentions that the mezzanine platforms should be eligible for capital allowances , Mr Justice Vinelott said that the issue was whether the platforms passed the ‘ premises test ’ — in other words , whether the platforms were apparatus used for carrying on the trade or merely part of the setting in which the trade of the companies was carried on . |
| 21 | In Shah 's case Lord Scarman said , ‘ All that is necessary is that the purpose of living where one does [ eg , for education , employment , health , family or merely love of the place ] has a sufficient degree of continuity to be properly described as settled ’ . |
| 22 | Example 2:18 Covenant to yield up tenant 's fixtures at the expiry or sooner determination of the tenancy to yield up the demised property including all tenant 's fixtures in good repair and clean and tidy Example 2:19 Covenant to remove tenant 's fixtures if required if so required by the landlord by written notice given not later than three months before the term date to remove ( or pay for the removal of ) all fixtures affixed to the demised property by the tenant or such of them as may be specified in the notice Example 2:20 Covenant by tenant to inquire about removal of fixtures not later than six months before the expiry of the term to inquire in writing of the landlord which ( if any ) tenant 's fixtures the landlord requires the tenant to remove on the termination of the term |
| 23 | It would have been otherwise if he had covenanted to paint in the quarter " preceding the expiry or sooner determination of the said term " . |
| 24 | And it was , were you shop steward for the whole factory or just part of the factory ? |
| 25 | So with the maths it 's like it 's the difference between four times O H or just sort of O plus four H four O plus H. |
| 26 | Erm I 'm not sure what time yet but erm it 's more likely to be sort of just before lunch or just sort of or maybe just after lunch or round four o'clock I try to keep the younger ones earlier so they 're not you know it 's not |
| 27 | In fact , the SDDR , upon which work has progressed well and speedily — it is all part of the relief road system round the city — has started to discharge traffic at a great rate on to the A6 at Oadby , which is seeking to percolate further south on the A6 or further east towards the A47 . |
| 28 | Everything else must either be explicitly held in abeyance or overtly assumed for present purposes ( the ceteris paribus or etcetera clause in science ) . |
| 29 | Such studies involve a researcher or a team of researchers in studying a whole community of people , usually in a small town or village , or possibly part of a larger town . |
| 30 | Where selective logging is at a low density ( 10 stems per ha ) in Pahang , West Malaysia , infant mortality in all primates is greatly increased , perhaps because of injuries due to the female adults having to make greater leaps from crown to crown across gaps or abandonment in the face of human presence or possibly reduction in available food . |