Example sentences of "or [noun sg] [noun] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since his theme was that of organising communities according to natural formations , not political boundaries , the task he set course members was an investigation of the Dart Valley , the watershed or catchment area of the river from Dartmoor down to the sea . |
| 2 | Like pluralists , structuralists are aware of the dysfunctional nature of military expenditure for capitalism and devote a considerable amount of time to dismantling any simple economist or reductionist account of the growth of the military-industrial complex . |
| 3 | The needs of applicants who are contemplating legal practice in England and Wales will generally be better met by studying in a university or college south of the border . |
| 4 | The bedrooms have a full or side view of the lake , although in some cases this may be somewhat impeded by the trees . |
| 5 | Here , the property is sold to a development or investment subsidiary of the lender . |
| 6 | Valid entries are L ( for LATEST ) , P ( for PREFERRED ) or issue numbers of the form NN.NNA where N is an integer between 0 and 9 , and A is an alphabetic character . |
| 7 | Every press release should include a quotable , provocative statement from an officer or committee member of the organization involved . |
| 8 | A straight bond is a security that promises to pay a fixed interest or coupon payment every half-year , together with the return of principal or par value of the bond at maturity . |
| 9 | As an exception to this rule , secured or unsecured loans or credits may be granted to a customer by the firm to fund a margin requirement provided that a credit assessment is made of the customer by an employee of the firm who is independent of the trading or marketing functions of the firm ( eg the compliance officer ) , and the maximum amount of the loan or credit to be granted has been notified to the customer and , in respect of a private customer , has been set out in writing and agreed by the customer in accordance with Rule 5 – 27 ( customer borrowing ) . |
| 10 | Souvenirs of the wedding may include photographs of the speakers delivering speeches , the guests standing around the happy couple with glasses raised , typed copies of the speech to go in the wedding album , or video recordings of the occasion . |
| 11 | New sequences are rapidly being developed — for example , images can now be obtained in which the fat or water component of the tissue is suppressed independently and MRI angiography also shows great promise . |
| 12 | So-called ‘ personal ’ doors , positioned in the side or back wall of the garage , are useful if you want to use your garage as a workshop or utility room , and are essential if your garage blocks access to the side of the house . |
| 13 | In practice it is more common to find the words or behaviour part of the offence being breached rather than the distributing or displaying part . |
| 14 | To this day Lewis had a picture in his mind of how his son had looked walking into the dining room ( or dining area of the living room really ) wearing jeans of course , jeans with ragged hems , and a collarless tunic garment , tie-dyed with coloured inks . |
| 15 | In my paper , it is shown that the electron in lowest energy or ground state of the hydrogen atom indeed does continually radiate its energy away as predicted by classical theory , but it also absorbs energy from the ever-present sea of zero-point energy in which the atom is immersed , and an assumed equilibrium between these two processes leads to the correct values for the parameters known to define the ground-state orbit . |
| 16 | A visit or television viewing of the House of Commons is recommended to anyone wanting to watch all these ploys and many more in action . |
| 17 | The principal focus of debate was a proposal to ban all forms of mining or mineral exploitation of the continent as part of its declaration as an environmental " world park " , reserved for responsible tourism and research . |
| 18 | The Appeal Court heard or reheard aspects of the case an unprecedented five times , three times on referral back by the Home Secretary . |
| 19 | As the records are processed in a sequence that can not be predetermined , we are faced with the problem that we know the key or control number of the record but have no indication of its location in storage . |
| 20 | If the Proprietor republishes the Work the use of the names Oxford , Oxford University Press or any logo or get-up which may suggest the name or trade marks of the Publisher must be removed . |
| 21 | I would add that if all the member states made the registration of their fishing vessels subject to residence or domicile requirements of the type laid down in the United Kingdom Act , nationals of other member states established in the United Kingdom would not even be able to carry on any fishing activity under any flag , because they would not be entitled to fly the flag of any member state . |
| 22 | The question now seems to be : will Government policy be changed or will implementation of the closure plan merely be delayed or modified ? |
| 23 | Layer between the upper and the outside , usually containing the cushioning or stability features of the shoe . |
| 24 | In system jargon , the working world is one sub-system within a complete set of sub-systems which make up the total environment or life space of the individual . |
| 25 | You now try to connect these two perceptions , by saying that ( a ) the rhyme scheme causes the cheerfulness ; or ( b ) there is a relationship between the rhyme scheme and the cheerfulness , but it is one of correlation ; or ( c ) the regular rhyme scheme is connected with the cheerfulness because they are both caused by something else ( such as the genre or subject matter of the poem , perhaps ) ; or ( d ) there is in your view no relationship between the rhyme scheme and the feeling , and they coincide without there being a causal or correlative relation between them . |
| 26 | None of the washed-out white or saffron yellow of the grain- or maize-fed animal here . |
| 27 | Although in every case the judge must balance the commercial or property rights of the plaintiff in controlling the information against the value of the defendant 's right of free speech , for many judges brought up in a world which accords pre-eminent value to rights of property , this may seem like balancing hard cash against hot air . |
| 28 | The cast-iron bridge carrying the main road over the River Ouzel or Lovat south of the town dates from 18 10 , and is an interesting example of early iron bridge construction . |
| 29 | Even more culpably , not all LEAs , it seems , informed social services or health authorities of the outcome of their procedures for statements . |
| 30 | Most of mining has taken place on greenfield sites , and the quality of restoration and aftercare rarely compensates for the loss of visual appeal or wildlife habitat of the land sacrificed for so- called cheap energy . |