Example sentences of "or [adj] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This discussion is then broadened into an analysis of contingency or situational factors which will have both a general and a specific impact on individual company purchasing . |
| 2 | Or is dance going to be overloaded and the choreographic design lost in a mass of stage materials , such as too-heavy costumes , an overdose of stage effects and machinery or over-powerful sets which dwarf the dancers . |
| 3 | The main strength of the theory is that it directs attention to the entrepreneurial or innovative personalities who seem to be so important in the developmental process , but even here the theory does tend to ignore the inconsistencies and contradictions that are inherent in explanations based on individual characteristics . |
| 4 | With differing or conflicting values they would often be pulling in different directions and pursuing incompatible goals . |
| 5 | Second , it would be relatively free of risk to the American or allied airmen who would carry it out . |
| 6 | There may be critical differences in schemas between different divisions or hierarchical levels which create conflict or resistance to change . |
| 7 | But even by his standards , Catholic Christianity is one of the ‘ important social or political forces which are part of world history ’ . |
| 8 | This might involve the granting of concessions to the subordinate classes or political forms which allow a real degree of choice , in order to maintain an overall world view which preserves capitalism by distorting beliefs , values , common sense assumptions and popular culture . |
| 9 | Christians have regarded the Messiah as non-political — a wholly spiritual figure who posed no challenge to temporal authority , who had no secular or political aspirations himself , who beckoned his followers to a kingdom ‘ not of this world ’ . |
| 10 | Country or Political Risks which include difficulties and delays in transferring money from the buyer 's country ; action of the buyer 's government which prevents performance of the contract ; political or economic events which prevent or delay payment ; and failure or refusal to fulfil any terms of the contract by a public sector buyer . |
| 11 | He was a man with a limited grasp of wider economic or political implications who had set his face against wage restrictions , or even any notion of a social contract . |
| 12 | ( not lost or stolen cheques which are free ) £5 |
| 13 | But in any event , in the way shown above , this concentration on squeezing the largest possible instalment payments into the confines of a weekly budget based on weekly pay-packets leaves the deep pitfall that people then have no leeway to cope with unexpected or higher-than-usual expenses which crop up 12m . |
| 14 | The first was that the interpretation of the BAG constituted a more favourable provision within Article 7 of the Directive , which provides that Member States may ‘ apply or introduce laws , regulations or administrative provisions which are more favourable to employees . ’ |
| 15 | When this happens , it is vital that the conflict be resolved and that broken or strained relationships which may have given rise to the problem be repaired . |
| 16 | The housekeeper , French by origin and known as Madame , was one of those fair Nordic or Norman types whose hair and complexion were of a uniformity to suggest that she had been dipped in custard . |
| 17 | Seven or eight miles I should think . |
| 18 | For seven or eight years he was down at the ground every day . |
| 19 | For seven or eight years I had been aware of a growing numbness , first in the muscles of my right leg and later in those of my left , for which no doctor or specialist could find any adequate explanation . |
| 20 | Sometimes he would lay out in a row the seven or eight letters from the seven or eight men who he would most like to meet and talk to when he got to heaven . |
| 21 | Yeah she 'd been in there about seven or eight months I think . |
| 22 | And er then we erm we , we , we went on the wards for about two or three hours a day and we just s sort of did what we were told , took out drinks and , and that sort of thing , and mouthwashes , and after er we 'd been there for about six or eight weeks we were allowed to wash patients , if , if they could n't wash themselves . |
| 23 | Now he , he had about he about seven or eight kids I think , he must have done , yeah . |
| 24 | When applied to particular urban or rural situations it will reveal the dynamics which , while attracting some into the fellowship of the churches , are at the same time excluding others . |
| 25 | The new idea — ‘ the maladjusted child ’ — described a child who had social or emotional inhibitions which blocked ‘ normal development ’ . |
| 26 | This can be achieved in a variety of ways — non-verbal communications such as gestures of understanding and approval or facial expressions which mirror the expressed emotions of the counsellee , and reassuring touches of support and encouragement . |
| 27 | With no might duty neighbourhood police usually avoid loitering youths , drunks , and other might people , something which at least one complained about , leaving these categories to the section or reserve police who possess in less proportion the skills required for effective community policing . |
| 28 | ( In European countries with industry-wide or regional agreements it is not uncommon for a union to represent less than a majority of workers within any given enterprise . ) |
| 29 | The Service hopes , however , that it will soon be able to recruit local or regional facilitators who would visit and guide the students throughout the course . |
| 30 | It also attracts many from the middle or professional classes who have a commitment to social and economic justice . |