Example sentences of "with [adj] or [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shareholders with high tax rates will be attracted to firms paying low dividends , while shareholders with low or zero tax rates will be attracted to firms paying high dividends . |
| 2 | Whether your choice is traditional sailing with Moody or motor sailing with Eclipse you are guaranteed an unrivalled after sales service . |
| 3 | As with any border , plants with evergreen or evergrey leaves make it more interesting in winter , so consider this backbone first , and include such plants as sweet bay , southernwood and rosemary . |
| 4 | My research indicates a variety of routes to class , trade union and gender consciousness and the probability of interaction between several factors : hardships experienced in a working-class childhood ; changes in household structure , such as taking over the ‘ man 's ’ role of breadwinner ; becoming involved in industrial action ; developing a new awareness of how social life is organised through contact with political or trade union ideologies ; and just growing older and having more time free from actual and ideological family constraints . |
| 5 | No woman with emotional or relationship primary problems was sectioned . |
| 6 | Six patients were receiving treatment with oral or enema steroids , or both and two had recently finished treatment with steroids . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , it seems worth pointing out that gross gastric retention of solids can usually be confirmed quite easily by gastroscopy after a six hour fast , while the key gastric emptying study , with liquid or liquid like test meal , is applicable in postoperative patients with vomiting and epigastric pain after meals to confirm that there is no mechanical obstruction , and to warn that a further simple gastric drainage procedure may do more harm than good . |
| 8 | The department offers a wide variety of degrees : honours in Fine Art in which half the student 's time is devoted to practical art ; honours in the History of Art which studies the subject as an academic discipline like English Literature or History , involving no practical work but stressing the relationship between the study of the arts and their practice ; and a variety of joint degrees such as those with French or Italian . |
| 9 | You can choose between a vast selection of bars , all with English or English speaking staff , and take your pick out of the 6 or 7 nightclubs that raise the roof until the small hours . |
| 10 | 3M has launched a hazardous spill response kit for use with bench-top or floor spills . |
| 11 | They concluded that people with high or borderline high ( above 200 ) cholesterol levels who reduce them will benefit more than people whose levels are within the desirable range . |
| 12 | Amateurs are allowed to compete in these events , too , and while I was trying hard to push for more birdies , the amateurs would be content with 2 or 3-under-par . |
| 13 | When you ‘ look ’ with sound you may discern things not visible with light or electron beams ; it is even possible to look inside a piece of material , whether a living cell , a printed circuit or a block of metal . |
| 14 | Use ‘ faggot-stitch ’ to join them together ( see diagram for stitch detail ) or , if you want to make a really hefty decoration for a thick sweater , you could join it with buttonholed or blanket stitched bars . |
| 15 | In Suffolk , most villas had footings of stone or flint , with timer-framed or clay lump walls . |
| 16 | So if we are eating , for instance , a slice of calorie-crammed quiche surrounded by salad vegetable concoctions oozing with oily or mayonnaisey dressings we are still eating a salad , are n't we , so that ca n't be very fattening , can it ? |
| 17 | Our sledges were long and sleek , with pine-resined or PTFE runners and compartments of wood and nylon for our kit . |
| 18 | These caring visits could be by neighbours , friends or relatives , whose visits could be to check that the sufferer was all right , to give emotional support , or to provide help with personal or household tasks . |
| 19 | The essential point here is that the producer must show that the defect was the inevitable result of compulsory compliance with domestic or Community law . |
| 20 | It belongs to the family Cyprinidae and like all species of this type of fish it is equipped with pharyngeal or throat teeth , and has no adipose fin . |
| 21 | Black mixed with white or cream is the new neo-colour for fabrics ; neutral colours , too , are defined for success . |
| 22 | a person commits an offence if , for payment or not , he knowingly exposes or delivers to another person who has not consented to receive it any item which , on the ground that matter contained or embodied in it — ( a ) is concerned with human or animal sexuality , or ( b ) depicts violence or cruelty , or ( c ) is gruesome or disgusting , may , if taken as a whole , be expected to outrage the majority of persons who are likely , having regard to all relevant circumstances , to read , see or hear it . |
| 23 | Of particular interest are patients ' abilities to wash , dress and toilet themselves , to carry out tasks in the kitchen and in dealing with electric or gas appliances , mobility and social integration . |
| 24 | If we describe ourselves as advocates of animal rights , therefore , it is quite different from saying that we rest our case with anti-cruelty or pro-welfare . |
| 25 | Any so-called ‘ dirt ’ you may see on a piece of cotton wool after rubbing your skin with astringent or lotion may just be the remnants of make-up or skin cells , which are flaking off all the time . |
| 26 | But if the female is able to cope with all or part of this added maternal burden she can , of course , contribute even more spectacularly to the feline population explosion . |
| 27 | This moment of pausing before acting has nothing to do with freezing or suppression . |
| 28 | Copper phenanthroline reaction on the lac UV5 lower strand with wild-type or mutant RNA polymerases in the absence and in the presence of CRP . |
| 29 | ( While the Factory Acts did not usually greatly affect book-printing , it sometimes happened with legal or government work that compositors had to work longer hours than normal to meet deadlines . ) |
| 30 | Comprehension is involved when we look at video and so the techniques for developing and checking comprehension with audio or print are equally valid for video . |