Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun] [verb] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opposite , grim faced , the Iraqi chief of operations , and the commander of Iraq 's third army core , generals who 'd seen forty-one of their divisions destroyed or captured . |
| 2 | The time constraints for decisions to be made are tight , as operators are required to give only six weeks ' notice of their intention to withdraw or change a service . |
| 3 | Gardens which have been carefully designed and closely planted may appear to be unsuitable for additional plantings of herbs , but a herbaceous border , for instance , which needs to be re-dug every few years , with some of its incumbents divided or discarded , can well take some herbal plants , to supply flowers and/or architectural quality . |
| 4 | Partly this is because , where political objectives such as employment are given high priority , enterprise management will be judged on the basis of its ability to maintain or expand the workforce rather than on its financial performance ( e.g. Grassini 1981 : 84 ) . |
| 5 | The Chronicle C text puts the first attacks on Æthelred 's England under 980 , when Thanet and Cheshire were harried , and Southampton ravaged and most of its citizens killed or captured . |
| 6 | Harrow topped the league table with 89 per cent of its pupils reaching or bettering the required standard . |
| 7 | A primal pair or even a single self-created and self-propagating god heads the divine family , all of whose members represent or control natural elements and forces . |
| 8 | But such incidents are wildly exceptional , and based on fanatical misunderstandings of what fiction does or seeks to do . |
| 9 | While there is a great deal of merit in this argument , it over-estimates the importance of what individuals say or write on the shaping of ideology . |
| 10 | These cross-temporal flashes suggest , perhaps , that some things are bound to happen regardless of what people do or choose . |
| 11 | He 'll want proper street lighting instead of our present hit or miss lamps . |
| 12 | However , subject to the Note below , we will pay to our clients the equivalent of such damages as they would be entitled to receive under English law in an English court for any personal injury to the client including illness or death , caused by the negligence , as understood in English law , of the servants or agents of ourselves or of any of our suppliers contracted or sub-contracted by us to provide any part of the arrangements for your holiday as described in this brochure , or excursions as described above , except for air or sea transportation arrangements for which separate conditions apply ( see 8 opposite ) . |