Example sentences of "by [adj] or [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This set of videos , which are available separately , cover some of the fighters or bombers used either by Allied or Axis powers during World War Two . |
| 2 | Groups were created by political or material need , and once created , granted each other quasi-familial status ( complete , for literate societies , with swiftly constructed genealogies ; thus , the descendants of the prophet in Islam have down the ages offered much work for the imagination and ingenuity of the genealogical archivists ) . |
| 3 | Propagation could be achieved from suckers , by budding or pruning ( i.e. cuttings ) . |
| 4 | Identification of the sizing and loading of a specimen by spectrographic or X-ray crystallography merely confirmed what touch and sight had already pronounced . |
| 5 | The effect of such a provision is that the claim in question can not be enforced in any way , either by litigation or indirectly , for instance by set-off or counterclaim . |
| 6 | For example , there are no barriers preventing activity by commercial or investment banks ; indeed the eurobond market is characterised by a wide variety of types of firm and ownership structures ( divisions of a firm , wholly-owned subsidiaries ) . |
| 7 | Quite distinct from this view is the belief that HIV does not cause AIDS at all , but that the immune suppression which leads to AIDS is caused by sexual or drug lifestyle , poor diet or blood transfusions . |
| 8 | The costs of convalescence are normally met in part by individual or Branch contributions and in part by the welfare funds raised by the Association . |
| 9 | The costs of convalescence are normally met in part by individual or Branch contributions , and in part by the welfare funds raised by the Association . |
| 10 | The library staff can serve an educational role in their explanations of the processes of library research , both by displayed expositions and by individual or group instruction . |
| 11 | ( 1 ) A licensing board may , in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act , grant a licence to any person for the sale by retail or supply of alcoholic liquor by that person . |
| 12 | The capitalists hated the idea of the abolition of private property , but they liked to do deals ; the Communist state , by virtue of its total control of an individual economy , was in a position to do business unhindered by ethical or trade union considerations . |
| 13 | Females are often limited further by the necessity to rear offspring by brooding or lactation . |
| 14 | Table II shows the effect of L-NAME on in vitro gall bladder strip contraction induced either by CCK-8 or bethanechol . |
| 15 | Dogs began to bark , triggering a rallying cry , a droning chorus broken occasionally by one or other 's high-pitched howling . |
| 16 | dark smoke caused by industrial or trade burning ( controlled by s.1 of the 1968 Act ) . |
| 17 | It was in a constant state of reoccupation , favoured only by marginal or twilight enterprises indifferent to a fundamentally inhuman environment . |
| 18 | ( a ) Meetings and their conduct Whatever may have been agreed as to the taking of decisions by unanimous or majority vote , as much a matter of good management as of good faith is the need to ensure that all relevant information is given to all the partners before a vote is taken : the requisite majority of partners should not purport to take decisions and act on them behind the backs of the minority unless such has been expressly authorised or the need for immediate action precludes the convening of a partners ' meeting ; and even then there should be no delay before all partners are acquainted with the circumstances and invited to ratify any decision taken in their name . |