Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 We also accept responsibility for the negligent acts and/or omissions not only of our own employees or agents but also of our suppliers and sub-contractors and their servants or agents ( provided of course that any such negligent act or omission is within the scope of or in the course of their employment ) in respect of claims arising as a result of death , bodily injury or illness caused to the person who signed the booking form and/or any other person named on the booking form .
2 He was no respecter of persons or institutions or ideas just because they were vested with a brief authority , and nothing gave him more pleasure than to prick the bubble of pretension .
3 5.9.5 On a permitted assignment to a private limited company and if the Landlord shall reasonably so require to procure that a guarantor or guarantors reasonably acceptable to the Landlord enter into direct covenants with the Landlord in the form of the Guarantor 's covenant contained in this Lease with " the Assignee " substituted for " the Tenant " There are various matters to be considered in connection with a permitted underlease ( not the least of which being as to whether the tenant should be allowed to underlet part or parts of the premises as well as to whole ) , eg : ( 1 ) In respect of any permitted underlease it is better to remove reference to the landlord 's approval of the rent reserved by it , and if possible ( particularly in a falling market ) to remove reference to the rent being no less than the passing rent under the lease , although the landlord will normally object to this on the basis that a low underlease rent could be used as a comparable on any subsequent rent review under the lease .
4 The landlord will frequently require a guarantor or guarantors for an assignee and while the tenant may wish to have absolute control as to whether this is reasonable , the fact is that as the tenant will have a continuing liability throughout the lease , it is in the tenant 's best interests for the assignee to supply a guarantor or guarantors wherever there may be some doubt as to the quality of the assignee 's financial covenant .
5 No such nightlife or streetlights here in August 1773 ; moments in Boswell 's Life fix a fleeting glimpse : ‘ When he walked , it was like the struggling gait of one in fetters ’ — even in Aberdeen ?
6 And at times or places where our actions are likely to be misinterpreted the intensity of this indicative behaviour increases .
7 The pupil can : 5a compare or order objects when physically juxtaposed ; 5b compare or order objects or quantities when measurements are given ; 5c compare or order objects when measurements must be made .
8 Similarly , a child might be taught the names of objects or colours when a generalised reinforcement — for example , ‘ That 's right ! ’ — consistently follows an utterance which names an object or the colour of an object .
9 Hering stated that a cure should proceed : from above , downwards — from the head or upper regions of the body down towards the feet ; from within , out — from the internal organs out to the joints or skin ; from more important to less important organs — from the liver , heart or lungs out to the joints or skin ; from the present backwards in time — going back into the patient 's medical history .
10 Next we look at how our proposals compared with other projects or studies already carried out .
11 Oriental examples have heads of lions or eagles rather than griffins ; and while the sirens on Greek pieces are purely eastern in style , the griffins , often of superb quality , have a distinctive character of their own : Greek .
12 ‘ As far as I know he did n't have enemies or friends either , but I did n't know him very well . ’
13 Net inflows or outflows clearly determine the liquidity position of the banking system on a day to day basis .
14 Be careful to ensure that all the original deeds , or examined copies or abstracts thereof , will be handed over , or yourself be very thorough in examining the title , because the Registry normally requires all copies or abstracts to be marked as examined against the original ( including photocopies ) .
15 He had been shooting since he was about five years old ; there were few clubs or competitions around at the time but the Scorton was one of the leading ones .
16 In relation to running-down cases or cases where liability is admitted automatic discovery is limited to disclosure by the plaintiff of any documents relating to special damages .
17 In the county courts discovery in personal injury cases remains mutual but in running-down cases or cases where liability is admitted , discovery is limited to documents relating to the amount of damages , and so in practice the defendant , unless the employer , is unlikely to have any documents to disclose .
18 It is probable that the owl was after beetles or insects rather than live rabbits .
19 The Commission , as it deems necessary … shall adopt … regulations to require specific policies or procedures reasonably designed to prevent misuse in violation of this title … of material non-public information .
20 ’ … told me , ’ said Tessa 's voice hours or minutes later , ‘ that they 've borrowed a lot of money from the bank to do some conversion work in their flat . ’
21 It could have been hours or minutes later that Isabel found herself staring into a dark pit .
22 Whether I was asleep or not , a few hours or minutes later I am undoubtedly awake .
23 It was possible that he would be detained and interned for the duration of the war which now seemed only hours or days away .
24 It is , however , impossible to separate out processes acting at different scales and over different periods : a single volcanic eruption lasting hours or days sometimes leads to dust and gas being ejected into the atmosphere over a period of months and this in turn may lead to global climatic fluctuations over years or decades .
25 There are now available drugs which , injected prior to or just after a learning trial , improve retention of the memory ( that is , increase the ‘ savings ’ as defined in Chapter 5 ) in animals tested hours or days subsequently .
26 ‘ A well-paid job , a pretty girl or a desirable residence may each be located only five minutes away and yet be effectively inaccessible because one 's inadequate skills , social talents or incomes effectively place them out of bounds … . ’
27 At Invercargill aerodrome Southland Aero Club welcomes pilots for conventional training and renting , but Chris Thomson , the CFI also flies deer hunters or holidaymakers out to remote Stewart Island ( NZ 's uttermost southern extremity ) or onto beach landing strips in the solitude of Fiordland 's most inaccessible mountain territory .
28 This may be an injection or , as is increasingly common , a number of tablets or capsules all to be taken at the same time .
29 After training sessions , keep any literature or handouts together with the forms so that you build up your own references to guide you .
30 Never having seen firearms or horses before , the Aztecs regarded these things not only as supernatural , but as confirmation of Cortés 's divine status — of his identity as an avatar of their supreme god , Quetzalcoatl .
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