Example sentences of "are [vb pp] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | In muscles receiving delayed innervation , or muscles innervated at aberrant synaptic sites , both receptor clustering and receptor synthesis are delayed or redirected , consistent with the new pattern of innervation . |
| 2 | Living on income support is for many a very negative experience — the intrusive questioning about income and about personal relationships ; the difficulties of queuing with young children ; the problems when benefits are delayed or lost ; the lack of control over income as more and more direct deductions are made — all these and more contribute to the difficulties of bringing up children alone on a low income . |
| 3 | 10.1 If either you or we are delayed or prevented from performing our obligations under this order , by circumstances beyond the reasonable control of either of us , ( including without limitation any form of government intervention , strikes and lock-outs relevant to this order , breakdown of plant or delays by sub-contractors concerned ) such performance shall be suspended , and if it can not be completed within a reasonable time after the due date as specified in this order , this order may be cancelled by either party . |
| 4 | The specific social relations of such privilege are of course derived from the social order as a whole ; it is there that the patron 's powers and resources are enrolled or protected ; in the crudest terms , he is doing what he wishes with his own . |
| 5 | WATER STORAGE : - In which the stems are swollen or the leaves are fleshy , i.e. succulents , e.g. cactus , stonecrop ( on dry walls ) , grasswort , saltwort ( saltmarsh ) . |
| 6 | Throughout the main growing season vegetables , fruit and flowers are gathered or cut according to need , often before they are fully ripe . |
| 7 | If the expatriate and family are expected to find their own accommodation , information should be given on the types of properties available for rent , how much these are likely to cost together with information on whether they are furnished or unfurnished . |
| 8 | Then the curvature of geodesic surfaces in space–time around a spherically symmetric mass distribution are calculated or inferred . |
| 9 | And erm the we are given or they h one of the reasons or the purposes behind Confirmation is to give us the strength to use the gifts which God 's al has already given us . |
| 10 | The general safety requirement is encapsulated in s10(2) which provides : ( 2 ) For the purposes of this section consumer goods fail to comply with the general safety requirement if they are nor reasonably safe having regard to all the circumstances , including ( a ) the manner in which , and purposes for which , the goods are being or would be marketed , the get-up of the goods , the use of any mark in relation to the goods and any instructions or warnings which are given or would be given with respect to the keeping , use or consumption of the goods ; ( b ) any standards of safety published by any person either for goods of a description which applies to the goods in question or for matters relating to goods of that description ; and ( c ) the existence of any means by which it would have been reasonable ( taking into account the cost , likelihood and extent of any improvement ) for the goods to have been made safer . |
| 11 | The policies provide cover in respect of the Policyholder 's interest and buyer 's interest when the Policyholder has agreed to sell his house , up until the date on which the contracts are completed or date on which the missives are signed . |
| 12 | As regards board structure , the Proposal suggests that , for all public companies ( PLCs ) , whether or not their shares are listed or otherwise publicly traded , a distinction should be drawn between directors responsible for ‘ supervision ’ on the one hand and ‘ management ’ on the other . |
| 13 | A control contract is subject to shareholder approval by a majority vote ( including any shares held by the dominant undertaking : but , in the case of a company whose shares are listed or publicly traded , the domestic regulatory authority may — as the Stock Exchange presently does — ban an interested shareholder from voting in this type of situation ) ; such a contract may therefore allow predators who have obtained board control of a company to make that company effectively subservient to an external body without the formalities of a takeover . |
| 14 | Takeover offers are also regulated and affected by the SARs ; the Fair Trading Act 1973 ( references to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ) ; European Council Regulation ( EEC ) 4064/89 ( merger control ) ; the Company Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Act 1985 ( which prohibits a person from dealing in securities which are listed or subject to a marketing arrangement at a time when he is in possession of unpublished price-sensitive information ) ; liability for negligent misstatement and for misrepresentation ( both at common law and under the Misrepresentation Act 1967 ) ; and Statements of Standard Accounting Practice 22 and 23 ( accounting for goodwill and for acquisitions and mergers ) . |
| 15 | ‘ It will dramatically affect whether sites are developed or not , ’ he predicts . |
| 16 | Elements of the design are developed or resolved in a series of local activities . |
| 17 | However some would argue that such definitions are misplaced or misleading since there is an important variable missing from these models , the link between motivation and productivity . |
| 18 | Other cable links to peripheral computer equipment are shielded or enclosed in magnetic toroids , The company also encases vital components in earthed metal housings . |
| 19 | However , now that the resources for higher education — both for research and teaching — are limited or declining , more money for one department often means less for another . |
| 20 | It refines policies and initiatives , acts as a sort of ‘ vetting ’ process where unrealistic and/or misguided ideas are amended or ‘ sidelined ’ with the agreement of the staff . |
| 21 | ‘ Channel ’ refers to the medium by which messages are received or transmitted : comprehension of language may take place through auditory ( hearing ) or visual channels ( reading print or signs ) , and production may be mediated via vocal ( speaking ) or motor ( writing or manual signing ) systems . |
| 22 | Within this tendency , the basic ‘ facts ’ or ‘ structure ’ of a given society and/or period are received or are established by general analysis , and their ‘ reflection ’ in actual works is more or less directly traced . |
| 23 | But emotionally , the non-people are hated or at least detested . |
| 24 | They are so basic they seem obvious , yet it 's amazing how often they are broken or ignored . |
| 25 | Treat them gently and make sure none of them are broken or there 'll be trouble . ’ |
| 26 | If not , then it is no business of the police to maintain files , to intercept telephone calls and to examine mail , all of which are part of the government 's business when laws are broken or threatened , and only then , under the very restrictive provisions of the law . |
| 27 | Let us take the last point first , because land use itself , irrespective of how the fields are arranged or under what system they are worked , has interesting implications . |
| 28 | In the stock room there is usually a system of storing goods so that new deliveries are stacked or placed behind older stock . |
| 29 | An alternative in churches where hymn books are given out is to note the empty spaces in the shelves where they are stacked or count those that remain and deduct them from the total . |
| 30 | Furthermore , where either depression or schizophrenia are provoked or triggered by an event , disorder typically follows so rapidly that intervention after the event and before the emergence of disorder is unlikely to be a practical possibility . |