Example sentences of "or [noun sg] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few would quarrel with the above statement but it is , of course , qualitative and any engineer or scientist needs a much more exact definition of stiffness . |
| 2 | There by the light of an adjoining street lamp he clearly saw the figure of a station master or porter wearing a flat-topped regulation hat apparently waiting for a train . |
| 3 | The competition , sponsored by Fina plc , challenges children to create a picture of their local environment using paint , crayons , collage or photography to provide a visual record of how their neighbourhoods shape up environmentally . |
| 4 | Torque back-up or rise gives a clue to what will happen when an engine , spinning at full ( rated ) or pto speed , meets an increase in load — a boggy patch or hill . |
| 5 | A voice rose from a heap of clothes on the pavement , accompanied by the stench of alcohol-laden breath , a voice begging for a drink or money to buy a drink . |
| 6 | The aim of this study was to measure the overall plasminogen activator activity and concentrations of individual fibrinolytic system mediators in ascites secondary to alcoholic liver disease or malignancy to gain a greater understanding about the aetiology of this condition . |
| 7 | Three of the studies in which she has been involved — that described here , a follow-up of normal young black men , and a follow-up of Vietnam veterans — have supported her contention that deviant behaviour of various types in childhood or adolescence forms a syndrome which tends to continue in about half the cases to adulthood . |
| 8 | Any kind of ranching , logging or building provides a ready-made inroad for the farmers to penetrate the most inaccessible parts . |
| 9 | Example 4:1 Clause preventing landlord from charging VAT in the event that the landlord elects to waive any exemption from value added tax in relation to the demised property or the building of which it forms part , no value added tax shall be added to the rent reserved by this lease Example 4:2 Clause preventing landlord from waiving exemption from VAT ( 1 ) not to elect to waive any exemption from VAT in relation to the demised property or the building of which it forms part ( 2 ) on any assignment of the whole or part of the reversion expectant on this lease , or the grant of any concurrent lease of the whole or part of the property , to procure that the assignee or lessee gives a covenant in the terms of this clause |
| 10 | If the pump or cable develop a fault , the electrical supply is immediately cut off . |
| 11 | I might find a plank in the junk room , or some rope or cable to make a life-line . |
| 12 | The Navy 's costings are the most brittle : cancellation of just one warship or submarine punches a yawning hole in a year 's programme , and slowing down construction increases overheads and hence costs dramatically . |
| 13 | He specialises in songs of self-pity and gloom , with stories of betrayal or parting enlivened a little by an autobiographical track like Mobile Shack , with its story of escape from Birmingham thanks to the arrival of New Wave . |
| 14 | Database support includes Sybase , Oracle , Ingres , Informix or Progress using a DB Link option . |
| 15 | DBase support includes Sybase , Oracle , Ingres , Informix or Progress using a DB Link option . |
| 16 | The Royal Commission on Legal Services found that in 1976 the apprentice in commerce or industry received a considerably greater salary than that paid by private practitioners ; also , the median salary of solicitors in this type of employment was substantially more than in private practice ( £7,584 outside Greater London , as compared with £4,346 in private practice ) . |
| 17 | Institutional labels would suggest not ; it seems to be largely a matter of historical accident whether a university , polytechnic or college has a faculty/school of humanities or one of arts ( or even letters ) . |
| 18 | A Tantric painting or drawing has a spiritual purpose , to assist the user in meditation . |
| 19 | When a substance undergoes a physical or chemical change a corresponding change in enthalpy is observed . |
| 20 | The round or almost oval rootstock or corm produces a plant with narrow , long , almost arrow-shaped leaves , which are green or greenish-red on the upper surface and dull green on the undersides . |
| 21 | Have anxiety , fear , guilt , anger , personal embarrassment or ridicule played a significant part in what you have just been analysing ? |
| 22 | This might be interpreted as an indication that it is not his purpose or intention to present a systematic , coherent and consistent Advaitin account of the concept of Truth or God after the fashion of Śankara , the principal exponent of non-dualism , and that what could be said concerning the metaphysical basis of his thought is that although it purports to be Advaitin it does not preclude the possibility of Dvaita , or Dualist , and Viśi ādvaita , or qualified non-Dualist interpretations of the nature of reality . |
| 23 | The paramount value which Semai place on avoidance of conflict or confrontation precludes a direct response , so a strategy of passive resistance is adopted : the person who is being importuned begins , without responding directly , to turn slowly , almost imperceptibly , around , until the one who is importuning him is speaking to his back . |
| 24 | In a number of cases , however , there may be a tendency to regard it , rather , as a sort of libation to the gods — a project or programme acquiring a certain added respectability by being evaluated , but with no deep-seated resolve on the part of its organisers to make any substantial organisational or financial investment in change ( after all to contemplate fundamental change to a primary programme once it is underway is an exceptionally costly business ) . |
| 25 | And if skills associated with the new technology are specific to a particular occupation rather than to a firm , why should either employer or employee prefer a long-term contract with one employer rather than a consultancy contract for a particular piece of work ? |
| 26 | Secondly we asked , ‘ does your school or department have a staff appraisal scheme ? ’ |
| 27 | ( 4 ) If the holder of the licence or his employee or agent contravenes a condition attached to an occasional licence , he shall be guilty of an offence . |
| 28 | Geographically isolated and heavily policed because of the number of VIPs who live in the constituency , it is not an easy target for the gunman or bomber seeking a swift escape from his latest atrocity . |
| 29 | Although it is direct , there is not enough feel or weight to give a proper impression of how much grip is left . |
| 30 | It would be extremely unattractive to any group of workers or management to enter a serious bid if they had been told by the Scottish Office that the bid was so contemptible that it would not even qualify for assistance if it failed because another bid from within the same management or work force had been judged as superior . |