Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] are [adv] [vb pp] or " in BNC.
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1 | Euro-dollar demand deposits or accounts are seldom used or available as the balances of such accounts would be volatile and the costs incurred in such a service would reduce the overall efficiency and competitiveness of the euro-dollar market . |
2 | EXCEPT where rocks are heavily cracked or fissured , it usually takes many years for water to find its way down through the soil and the unsaturated zone to the saturated zone of an aquifer . |
3 | It does not necessarily call for an ethical content , so facts are often distorted or falsified for self-interest . |
4 | Information and instructions are often misunderstood or misinterpreted because of illegibility or abbreviation . |
5 | It is essential for the efficiency of a modern financial system to analyse all the securities traded in it , since only then is it possible to determine whether securities are fairly priced or whether they are underpriced or overpriced and hence give rise to profitable trading possibilities . |
6 | When pressed for reasons , they would draw on such ‘ obvious ’ facts as blacks are physically equipped or conditioned better for some sports , or reference was made to the explain-ail theory of ‘ natural ability ’ . |
7 | And the risk is high , as permits are often refused or issued only after three to five years of arduous negotiation . |