Example sentences of "or a group [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people find it easier to give up with a friend or a group at work . |
| 2 | Something else the organizers have to consider is the Princess will never skip a bed in a hospital ward , or a group of people in a room . |
| 3 | They may have felt a degree of excitement as they turned their cameras on a train arriving at a station , waves crashing on the beach , or a group of workers emerging from their daily grind in the factory , but these early pieces of reportage were seen as nothing more than ‘ animated photographs ’ , a further step in the development of photography . |
| 4 | This is a particularly convenient method for large houseplants , or a group of small specimens , providing ample humidity as long as the peat is kept constantly moist . |
| 5 | Fighting , stealing , homicide and rape were usually either individual initiatives or a group of friends on the rampage . |
| 6 | We discreetly discussed who they might be , and finally placed our bets on either a WRVS rambler 's club from Perth , or a group of senior women 's prison officers on an Outward Bound course . |
| 7 | In practice , too many governing bodies are merely ‘ rubber stamps ’ to decisions made by the headteacher and/ or a group of governors with the headteacher in the guise of ‘ subcommittees ’ . |
| 8 | The pre-1974 sub-regional tier , the Hospital Management Committee ( HMC ) , was responsible for running a hospital or a group of hospitals and rarely had specific responsibilities to ensure that the needs of a defined population were met . |
| 9 | Most of the main roads are in good condition , but driving can be very tiring as there are many bends , and most of the roads are built onto the mountainside with deep ravines dropping away below , and you never quite know what 's around the corner — be it a bus straddling the centre of the road to take a corner or a group of children playing football in the road . |
| 10 | ‘ There is nothing to beat backing a company or a group of individuals which succeeds . ’ |
| 11 | Or a group of pot-bellied men have group sex with a middle-aged woman with stretch marks and a cellulite problem ? |
| 12 | ‘ Organizational crimes are illegal acts of omission or commission of an individual or a group of individuals in a legitimate formal organization in accordance with the operative goals of the organization which have a serious physical or economic impact on employees , consumers or the general public . ’ |
| 13 | A simple shop front , for example , can have more impact and visual excitement than a whole townscape , so too a dimly-lit interior , or a group of chimney-stacks . |
| 14 | Is it possible for some of us and perhaps representative 's of organisations or a group of us and I know I can talk to the board but I 'm not necessarily speaking for anybody else if I natter to you other than myself . |
| 15 | There are some large four and five bedded rooms available for families or a group of friends . |
| 16 | It has been used as a collective noun for the action-sequences in which one person or a group of people direct action upon another , for the abstract concept of such types of action , as in the phrase ‘ act of aggression ’ , and for the drive or impulse or intention which animates individual people to interfere with or even physically attack others . |
| 17 | ‘ In such individuals , a person or a group of persons can be identified in a negative manner and become the target of the sum of the subject 's aggressive emotions . ’ |
| 18 | Whatever view is preferred , where a State has entered into a treaty on behalf of an individual , or a group of individuals , it is self-evident that those individuals have an interest in its performance or non-performance . |
| 19 | We are concerned with the micro being used with a class of children or a group of children . |
| 20 | choleri , the cholera vacilus and er , an acronym here , ETEC , I would n't worry about taking down the full er , er , it actually stands for e entrotoxigenic ecolytes , it 's a strain or a group of ecolars that are able to produce this effect . |
| 21 | Coaching in the nets for individuals , or a group of up to six , costs £30 per net per hour , and a half-hour session with the bowling machine costs £21 . |
| 22 | ( c ) General clarification of your thoughts on specific topics and questions ( for a single student or a group of individuals ) |
| 23 | Initially most systems concentrated on reviewing administrative activities and costs but subsequent refinements enabled them also to review programmes ( that is , activities and costs covering a policy objective or a group of related policy objectives ) . |
| 24 | Radar can also yield images , but whereas a radio telescope or a group of such telescopes can yield an image of an object in an analogous way to a conventional telescope , a radar pulse from the Earth can not be made narrow enough to select anything other than the whole disc of the planet , except for the Moon where small areas can be examined because of its large angular diameter . |
| 25 | Or a group of us do on our own . |
| 26 | The first is that which arises in the case of a thinker , or a group of thinkers , who formulate the principles of a new political theory , usually within the framework of some broader social theory . |
| 27 | Now and again the walkway became even more narrow as a pavement café spilled its chairs and tables upon it , tempting the strolling shopper to stop for refreshment ; here and there a small crowd gathered around a solitary musician or a group of young teenagers singing , the plates at their feet covered in kroner as a testament to their audience 's approval . |
| 28 | There will also be the option of being audited as an individual centre ( for example , a single college or training organisation ) or as a network ( for example , a group of neighbouring schools or a group of workplaces ) . |
| 29 | ‘ The shares were divided among three groups of managers — the 50 most senior , some 250 middle managers and the remaining 700 who were running large contracts , or a group of units . |
| 30 | To qualify , you must be a practitioner ( or a group of practitioners ) working in education ( in Scotland ) whose normal job does not include doing research and who does not have the support available to those doing research as part of a degree or diploma . |