Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun pl] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried , though perhaps without much success , to restrict the use of chrism to bishops , and , making a further distinction between royal and episcopal consecration , he ordered that kings , like emperors , were to be anointed only on the arms or shoulders and hands , not on the head . |
| 2 | No demand , however , was made on us by the gate-keeper , the authorities being so liberal as not to charge persons for walking either on the roads or footpaths . |
| 3 | The aim of all these procedures is to ensure that no patient arrives home without the drugs or equipment needed or is left without adequate care and support . |
| 4 | Postbasic certificate and statemented ( the latter are generally shorter ) courses are validated by the boards and a list of current courses and training establishments can be obtained by writing directly to the boards or to a delegated careers advice service . |
| 5 | We speak casually of the interests or goals of the working class , for example . |
| 6 | Thus , a marked copy of the court order or an abstract thereof marked as examined against the original should be lodged either within the deeds or at HM Land Registry in the circumstances of Precedents 40 to 43 . |
| 7 | For many , investment business activity carries with it the very real threat of punitive action , whether arising from failure to comply properly with the regulations or , worse still , from committing the criminal offence of conducting investment business without being authorised at all . |
| 8 | Sedate , sober men , that in the day time comported themselves in all seriousness and dignity , relaxed their staidness then and joined deliriously in the quadrilles or the waltz . |
| 9 | Experienced teams are constantly moving back and forth , speeding up by pulling hard on the lines or conversely running forward to slow the kites . |
| 10 | The delicious pork and goose rillettes and rillons of Western France are also close relations of English potted meats — in other words cooked and shredded or pounded meat packed into pots after cooking , as opposed to the pâtés and terrines which are made from raw ingredients cooked directly in the pots or the crust in which they are to be stored and served . |
| 11 | There is no reason why the clause should not set out the detail of the procedure , such as time limits by which representations have to be made , and whether representations are to be exchanged simultaneously between the parties or served consecutively like pleadings . |
| 12 | Follow the production of milk from the sheep , either grazing contentedly in the fields or relaxing in their sheds , through the milking parlour , to the finished products of yogurt and ice-cream in the Farm Shop . |
| 13 | Again this is no coincidence , because life began either in the oceans or in water-affected environments . |
| 14 | These were highly prized and burnt only by the priests or priestesses during magical rites , worship of the gods or for healing purposes . |
| 15 | Rural girl children worked full-time in the fields or as servants by the age of 15 . |
| 16 | Hyaenas , having spent the day skulking aimlessly in the thickets or strolling in a leisurely way across open ground , now become transformed into determined hunters . |
| 17 | Thus , for example , an account of some episode of social conflict is constructed in which the discrete personalities of the protagonists are regarded as irrelevant to the outcome , and they are treated simply as the bearers or supports of certain political ideologies or economic forces . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ The politics of selective condemnation will mean little to the victims or the families of the victims of the IRA operation . |
| 19 | The proposal also indicated an intention to devote one corner of the library to a display area , in which departments or faculties would be able to mount exhibitions related directly to the topics or themes of project-work . |
| 20 | You should then trace the design on to a sheet of tracing paper , either tracing directly from the flowers or first covering them with a sheet of glass before beginning your tracing . |
| 21 | Instructions for the use of Tables is always given either in the Tables or in the main schedules where the Tables are to be applied . |
| 22 | Third , he exercised jurisdiction over the pagenses ( the " men of the pagus " or county ) : replicating the assemblies of the realm at local level were the county assemblies which were supposed to be held three times every year , and met either in the civitates or elsewhere in the county . |
| 23 | If any reader of Amicus would like a copy of the new book it can be obtained either from the publishers or from Clifford at 38 Hocombe Drive , Chandlers Ford , Hants , SO5 1QE . |
| 24 | Bob Johnston , chief inspector with the Department of Economic Development 's Trading Standards Branch , said : ‘ The Order allows for the selling price to be indicated on the goods themselves , a ticket or notice close to the goods or grouped together with other prices on a list close to the goods to which it refers . |
| 25 | But normally either the land was eventually to be divided equally between the children or , more typically where land was scarcer , the land itself would go to a single son and provision be made for the other children in cash — very often advanced earlier in life , on marriage or to set up in a trade . |