Example sentences of "[noun] or [pos pn] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Remissions for crime , given as part of the justice of the feud when the victims of the crime or their kin had been satisfied , were not in fact a sign of weakness on the part of the crown , forced to acquiesce with an aristocracy resistant to justice , as the author of ‘ L'Etat et puissance ’ had suggested ; they were the crown 's part in a highly effective means of controlling crime , dispute and disorder . |
| 2 | Apart from that , and a brief exchange with Boswell on one of the Macleod family , it was now clear that Johnson found little stimulation on Raasay : ‘ There was not enough of intellectual entertainment for him , after he had satisfied his curiosity , which he did , by asking questions , till he had exhausted the island ’ : does Boswell mean the topic of Raasay or its people ? |
| 3 | It must be clearly stated , however , that few other governments had , since the summer of 1989 , made a point of informing either their national Parliaments or their people about the preparations for the inter-governmental conferences or about their progress . |
| 4 | But that does not mean that either institutions of higher education or their staff are obliged to conduct research . |
| 5 | Should your library use some other system a full description will be available from the librarian or his staff . |
| 6 | Anything specifically addressed to the Library or its staff |
| 7 | The politicians and bureaucrats who run the EC are determined that the Maastricht Treaty is the way forward whatever any individual nation or its people think . |
| 8 | The point is that years of hard work and steady application , the rocks on which Zurich 's prosperity and influence have been built , have not spoiled the city or its people . |
| 9 | Telefonica de Espana SA , with stakes in Chile 's leading telecommunications firms , must discard either its 43.6% stake in Compania de Telefonos CTC or its 20% stake in Entel SA within the next 18 months , the Supreme Court ruled . |
| 10 | Equally we 've tried not to traumatise the public or our staff by cutting back to the governments preferred level all at once . |
| 11 | In his final set-piece speech of the campaign at a Wembley rally , the Prime Minister said : ‘ I set no bounds to my ambitions for this country or its people . |
| 12 | A company is employee controlled if more than half its issued ordinary share capital and voting power is beneficially owned by full-time employees , namely individuals who work for the greater part of their time as employees or directors of the company or its 51% subsidiaries . |
| 13 | We do not seek the destruction of Iraq , its culture or its people . |
| 14 | Or by the women or their kin themselves ? |
| 15 | He is n't able to buy spares for his tanks or his aircraft . |
| 16 | It is important that only competent and recognised organ-builders or their staff undertake tuning and other work on the instrument , and no unauthorised person should be given access to it . |