Example sentences of "or at the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sills are often the first to decay , either at the ends , or at the joints with jambs and mullions . |
| 2 | Cast iron superseded lead as the main material used for gutters and downpipes but cast iron systems are now likely to be showing signs of leaking at the joints between lengths of guttering or at the joints in downpipes . |
| 3 | In the past , testing was directed at proteins made by cells or at the structures of cells . |
| 4 | ‘ failed to accord precedence to a foot passenger on the carriageway ’ This point means that the offending driver did not stop at or before the ‘ give-way ’ line , where provided , which is one metre from the limits of the crossing or at the limits to accord precedence . |
| 5 | The telephone has to be manned 24 hours a day , 7 days a week , so when it is my turn on duty ( at night or at the weekends ) , answering the phone occupies much of my time . |
| 6 | They include redness or greasiness at the side of the nose , cracking at the corners of the eyes , or at the corners of the mouth , a sore tongue , recurrent mouth ulcers , and cracking or peeling of the lips . |
| 7 | Once or twice I caught the N.C.O. staring at me with an expression of hate and disgust but he never maintained it when I stared back , and would look suddenly out of the window or at the papers in the portfolio he was carrying . |
| 8 | In their different ways , Neil Bartlett , Clyde Unity Theatre and Square Peg are all heightening our awareness of the history of lesbian and gay lifestyles in Britain — whether it is in the nineteenth-century underworld networks , during 1930s Scotland , or at the Gateways Club . |
| 9 | When she was n't shopping , or receiving calls , or at the dressmakers , Topaz went riding during the day accompanied by Angela and Oswin . |
| 10 | The increased use of personal computers means that files of secret information may be left lying around on a cassette or floppy disc in unlocked offices or at the homes of executives . |
| 11 | Many shops were boarded up , their owners having perished in the war or at the hands of the Komitehs , or been bankrupted by the collapsed economy . |
| 12 | It faced certain doom either at the polls or at the hands of the National Union of Mineworkers . |
| 13 | The hazard of confiscation by Frenchmen of opposing loyalties in times of political turbulence , or at the hands of the English during the occupation of much of northern France between 1417 and 1450 , could also lead to greatly diminished revenues . |
| 14 | During the duty period the solicitor has to be available all the time to provide advice over the telephone or at the police station , and receives a standby payment , up to half of which is deducted if advice is provided up to that level of work . |
| 15 | Look in any Golf Club professional 's shop or at the advertisements in any golfing magazine and you will see everywhere the implication that ‘ professional ’ clubs need to be different from those used by ordinary golfers . |
| 16 | Thus politicians may say whatever they choose in Parliament or at the proceedings of select committees ( see Chapter 9 ) . |
| 17 | A tiny part of her wanted to confront him with what he 'd done ; yet she knew she could n't do it , could n't bear looking into his sea-blue eyes , or at the lips which had kissed her so tenderly the night before , only to laugh with Marianne today as he shared with her the secrets Shannon had confided so trustingly — so blindly ! |
| 18 | ( Since then I have learned that the way it is done is in a body bag , which is much easier to handle , and then transferred to a coffin either in the pick-up vehicle or at the undertakers . ) |
| 19 | The questionnaire on page 35 of this booklet should be completed and handed in at the Sport and Recreation Display on enrolment day or at the Sports ' Centre Reception . |
| 20 | He hoped the Guide would ‘ relieve the traveller from the burthen of those tedious enquiries on the road or at the inns , which generally embarrass and often mislead . ’ |
| 21 | You will need to turn the water off before disconnecting an existing basin. , either at the mains stopcock or at the valves on the pipes leading from the cold water system . |
| 22 | The problem of poverty with which the student is concerned is primarily an industrial one , — and only secondly in its manifestations , — [ found ] in the mill , in the mine or at the docks , — not in casual wards or on the embankment . |
| 23 | The CPAG itself has chosen to define those earning less than 140 per cent of SB as ‘ living in poverty or at the margins of poverty ’ . |
| 24 | Those same elderly men and women , in pastel slacks and tennis shoes , who play the machines on the Fort McDowell reservation could also be losing their money at Turf Paradise , or at the greyhounds down the street . |