Example sentences of "or a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By that time , as Adam said , you would actually have been shocked if the temperature had dropped or a shower of rain fallen . |
| 2 | Play rolling games : if you have n't got a ball , an orange or a roll of tape will do . |
| 3 | When Parliament legislates to remedy what the majority of its members at the time perceive to be a defect or a lacuna in the existing law ( whether it be the written law enacted by existing statutes or the unwritten common law as it has been expounded by the judges in decided cases ) , the role of the judiciary is confined to ascertaining from the words that Parliament has approved as expressing its intention what that intention was , and to giving effect to it . |
| 4 | When Parliament legislates to remedy what the majority of its members at the time perceive to be a defect or a lacuna in the existing law ( whether it be the written law enacted by existing statutes or the unwritten common law as it has been expounded by the judges in decided cases ) , the role or the judiciary is confined to ascertaining from the words that Parliament has approved as expressing its intention what that intention was , and to giving effect to it . |
| 5 | Decide if you are going to have any special sales offers or promotions ( eg selling last season 's Christmas cards at a reduced price , or a promotion on wrapping paper — 10p a sheet or six sheets for 50p ) . |
| 6 | There are few public meetings now and fewer serious discussions in pamphlets , or even books , of a kind that would have made sense to a novelist like Disraeli , or a scholar like Gladstone , to both of whom the idea of a ‘ speech writer ’ or of an advertising agency to identify the issues would have been absurd . |
| 7 | To read Gregory of Tours ' History of the Franks or Bede 's of the English people , or a poem like Beowulf , is to experience a world in which the new and the traditional , in culture and in religion , in law and institutions , are inextricable . |
| 8 | Protective measures included staying indoors during the passage of the radiation cloud ; the removal of the outer leaves and washing of vegetables , and the washing and peeling of fresh fruit ; the ban by Western European countries on the importation of fresh food from areas of Eastern Europe within 1000 km of Chernobyl ; the restriction in consumption of fresh milk and free-range eggs ; the removal of cattle and sheep from open pasture or a ban on their sale ( for example , 2.5 million sheep in parts of north Wales were prohibited temporarily from being moved or slaughtered ; Kerr et al. , 1989 ) ; the taking of prophylactic potassium iodide tablets to saturate the thyroid with iodine so as to minimize the amount of radioactive iodine being taken in ( this measure was adopted most extensively in Poland ) ; the advice not to drink fresh rainwater ; and the warning to the public about possible contamination during outdoor activity . |
| 9 | ‘ Is that a threat , Miss Mills , or a promise of promotion ? ’ |
| 10 | Spent , his lower body still made one last involuntary thrusting movement like a reminder or a promise of more , and then he was withdrawing , moving away from her immediately , levering himself to his feet and standing with his back to her . |
| 11 | All that is necessary is that the defendant should , expressly or impliedly , ask for something in return for his promise , an act or a promise by the offeree . |
| 12 | You 'll have difficulty trying to get hold of a bike or a canoe in the Tatras . |
| 13 | To its cry ‘ Something must be done ’ , the question ‘ What ? ’ usually met silence or a chorus of discordant advice . |
| 14 | Where he had formerly regarded British devaluation or a retreat from East of Suez as totally contrary to American interests , he now believed that the damage to those interests would be tolerable if the British — by their own choice — embarked upon a long-term and systematic attempt to put their economy to rights . |
| 15 | More than just a pastime or a pursuit of Olympic excellence performed by an elite few , the worthy aim of teaching every child to swim 25 metres by the age of 11 will soon be a part of the national curriculum . |
| 16 | But whether the engine in question is a model Newcomen in Glasgow University , or a warp-drive in geostationary orbit over Barnard 's Star Six , the hand on the spanner could hardly be anything but home-grown and very likely , Clyde-built . |
| 17 | The truth was , Froebe 's almost entirely military life had left him unable to cope with anyone who was n't either a bloodthirsty volunteer , or a conscript to be whipped into shape . |
| 18 | The answers will help you decide whether you need say , one vast freezer , or a large one in the garage and a small one in the kitchen , or a microwave plus freezer . |
| 19 | er or a surgery in so |
| 20 | Your physiology book or a text on dietetics will provide all the information you need about these substances , their sources and how they are used by the body . |
| 21 | Sometimes , especially when the sun was low and blinding , I could not tell whether a dark shape was a rock a hundred yards away or a crag at three miles . |
| 22 | The phone rings in the night , you pick it up only to hear heavy breathing , silence or a volley of screamed obscenities . |
| 23 | She explained how they used to steal food , and how hard it was when she came to the Hogans , her first job , to realise she did n't have to take any stray biscuit or a fistful of sugar and put it into her apron . |
| 24 | He clung to the thought as to a talisman , or a reliquary of supernatural power . |
| 25 | Always they were naked , and I was surprised they did n't wear pyjamas or a nightshirt like me . |
| 26 | Every so often there was a little crab corpse or a twist of sand thrown up by a sandworm or a streak of brilliant green weed like the hair of a water nymph and sometimes a smooth small rock and beside it a still , clear , tiny pool with mussels , blue black and pearly . |
| 27 | This node could characterise a reading of a text with a surprise ending or a twist in the tail , which are common occurrences in SF short stories . |
| 28 | In these circumstances , the larger company may dispose of its shares in the market or , possibly , arrange for them to be cancelled either by a reduction of capital or a purchase of own shares . |
| 29 | Gedge would justifiably argue that his songs were neither personal statements about himself or a manifesto on which others should base their lives . |
| 30 | This was followed by a row of cold sweets , including trifles , blancmanges , jellies , or a choice of cheeses or both for some of the younger , still-growing guests ! |