Example sentences of "or [det] [prep] [Wh det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many did so think , and fear ; and saw nothing in the religious experience — or that to which it pointed — of the last decade and a half to cause them to think otherwise . |
| 2 | Senior managers could expect to receive all or some of the following benefits : food on duty , accommodation , a car for business and private use plus running costs , one month ; s annual leave or more with at least one return air ticket to his country of origin for himself and his family , full medical and life cover , and possibly even school fees for his children either in the country of origin or that in which he is based . |
| 3 | It is not easy to find a general definition of the normal meaning of irony , but it usually stands for a process by which the content of a statement is qualified either by the reader 's attribution of a contrary intention to the author , or by the reader 's awareness of factors that are in conflict in one way or another with what is being said . |
| 4 | The lad 's sister had pains of one sort or another for which grandad 's suggested treatment was : ‘ Tha wants to rub her reight weel . ’ |
| 5 | Between the ranks of bared heads ( one or another of which would occasionally turn to take a quick glance of inspection at his own face ) he could just make out the graceful figure of Mrs Wright herself , kneeling on a hassock in front of the table . |
| 6 | Or some of what she 's supposed to be doing |
| 7 | These plants , part or all of which may cause ill effects , can all be found in this country . |
| 8 | The set contains two short videos , one audio cassette , five manuals , several leaflets and posters , some or all of which can be used according to the needs of different groups . |
| 9 | Graded assessment , referred to as " Graduated tests " in the Cockcroft Report , has a number of features associated with it , some or all of which may be found in existing schemes . |
| 10 | The elements which bring language to life in a classroom are gestures , handling and touching things , incidents , pictures , some or all of which may be part of a game or a contest . |
| 11 | Mr Trimble added : ‘ It might be best to proceed , not in an adversarial courtroom manner , but in an inquisitorial procedure with the outcome being a report , part or all of which would be published . ’ |
| 12 | Brown & Levinson point out the importance for social relationships of establishing common ground and agreeing on points of view , and illustrate the lengths to which speakers in different cultures will go to maintain an appearance of agreement , and they remark ‘ agreement may also be stressed by repeating part or all of what the preceding speaker has said ’ ( 1978:117 ) |
| 13 | Before we begin , however , I would like to point out that a great deal of contemporary music has been written which belies much or all of what I have to say . |
| 14 | The pH of a soil , though it sounds mysterious and scientific , is simply the name for the scale which determines the quantities of chemical particles ( hydrogen ions ) contained in the soil solution , more or less of which make the soil acid or alkaline . |
| 15 | Nitroblue tetrazolium reduction by the vascular endothelium and infiltrating mononuclear cells was strongly inhibited in the cultures with nitrogen saturation or those to which 1 mM para-benzoquinone had been added , and reduction by the epithelial cells was partly inhibited in these circumstances ( Fig ( A ) ) . |
| 16 | Poorly consolidated sediments , or those for which porosity information is required , must first be vacuum-imbedded in resin ( see Section 4.5 ) . |
| 17 | Other less homogeneous areas , or those in which issues such as land tenure cut across community solidarity , appear less fruitful seed-beds for cooperative development . |
| 18 | I refer here to cases in which sexual behaviour or play with other children becomes obsessive in nature and frequency — or where it is imposed against the wishes of other children involved ; cases in which masturbation becomes a near-total preoccupation , or is carried out in circumstances which make it an aggressive act or one of attention-seeking ; or those in which the very nature of sexual activity shows that its implications are fully understood regardless of age . |
| 19 | Closed villages were those in which a resident squire owned most or all of the land in the parish , or those in which a very few large farmers maintained an oligarchy over local landownership . |
| 20 | Personal selling is a very expensive activity to maintain , and it may be best suited to relatively concentrated markets , such as in the UK for ceramics or steel manufacture , or those in which buying is carried out on a centralised basis . |
| 21 | Several genera ( plural of genus ) may be grouped together in a family , several families together in a superfamily , and the superfamilies themselves are clustered into classes , two or more of which combine to make the phylum . |
| 22 | A semiconductor product is defined as : an article the purpose , or one of the purposes , of which is the performance of an electronic function and which consists of two or more layers , at least one of which is composed of semiconducting material and in or upon one or more of which is fixed a pattern appertaining to that or another function . |
| 23 | Three quite separate elements may be involved , all or any of which may be present at any one time . |
| 24 | This means that the practitioner recognizes that the patient is not just a physical entity but also has emotional , mental and spiritual aspects — all or any of which may need treatment . |
| 25 | Northern Ireland has an Inter-Board Training Panel and a Library Information Services Council , and a Public Service Training Council , one or both of which were noted by all Northern Ireland respondents . |
| 26 | Most Regions have got all or most of what they requested on their Annual Plans and in subsequent memos . |
| 27 | Flexibility of working due to variety of equipment available , all or most of which can be operated by existing staff |