Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] or the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether it is hiring the local scout hut for rehearsals or the huge expenses of a worldwide tour , someone has to count the cost . |
| 2 | The objects or concepts referred to are known as signs or the signified , while the words ( written or spoken ) are called signifiers . |
| 3 | There was always a furtive seediness behind the communist slogans and the red flags like the hard currency prostitutes in the hotels for foreigners or the backhanders required to get a table in a restaurant . |
| 4 | Ideal for schools or the individual wishing to learn various languages . |
| 5 | These words were used specifically of Whitman 's writing about lilacs or the mocking-bird , and revealing that at such moments his theories and beliefs dropped away like needless pretexts . |
| 6 | Items for which you will no longer have to pay include : your travelling costs to work , bought lunches , special clothes ; plus all the out-of-pocket incidentals such as drinks with colleagues , trade magazines and collections for presents or the Christmas party . |
| 7 | This is what most owners say when confronted by cherished furnishings , door frames or personal items , such as books or the remote control for the TV , that have been torn to shreds by beloved Rover in their absence , or nearly as distressing the evidence of his lack of toilet control . |
| 8 | They 're not after looking after consumers or the workforce , this trade union should start considering how to go about re-nationalizing the public utility energy companies within this country . |
| 9 | Nor does the industry have to worry about imports or the world market . |
| 10 | They would highlight certain characteristics of human beings , such as emotions or the capacity to make moral choices , as characteristics that they wish to value above all others . |
| 11 | The raising of taxes or the dispensing of laws without the assent of Parliament was declared to be illegal . |
| 12 | ( 8 ) In proceedings to enforce a liability arising by virtue of subsection ( 3 ) above , it shall be a defence for the defendant to prove that he believed , and had reasonable cause to believe — ( a ) that the residential occupier had ceased to reside in the premises in question at the time when he was deprived of occupation as mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) above or , as the case may be , when the attempt was made or the acts were done as a result of which he gave up his occupation of those premises ; or ( b ) that , where the liability would otherwise arise by virtue only of the doing of acts or the withdrawal or withholding of services , he had reasonable grounds for doing the acts or withdrawing or withholding the services in question . |
| 13 | Rice flails , which could not be taken into football matches , were used in street battles , as also were edges of razor blades taped to the inside of fingers or the instep of boots . |
| 14 | Attention must be given to ways in which pressure groups secure or resist policies through their power to take actions that directly affect either the success of policies or the stability of the political system . |
| 15 | At Plymouth County Court , Judge Cox said that South West Water was allowed to discharge effluent into the water , but its legal discharge consent made no mention of phosphates or the detergents which cause foaming , technically called surfactants . |
| 16 | Cloud-cover problems will diminish the number of useful images from the 20–22 per year that are theoretically possible , but even so the monitoring of surface phenomena that change during the year ( such as agricultural crops and natural vegetation ) or which change over the years ( for example the extent of the built-up areas of cities or the extent of forest cover ) is possible . |
| 17 | One could then find out what else was available on emigration , or on Cornish tin-miners , or on southern Wisconsin , or the nineteenth century , or any permutation of two or more in relation to other topics , such as the design of houses or the techniques of mining , or at another level of student understanding , or another format entirely . |
| 18 | It is a philosophical commonplace that we can not learn very much about human language from the singing of birds or the dancing of bees . |
| 19 | Pensions : Tax relief will be available for people making their own pension arrangements independently of employers or the state . |
| 20 | A decree published by the High Committee of State ( HCE ) on Aug. 15 gave the authorities additional powers to order the suspension or closure of any enterprise the activities of which " endanger public order , public security , the normal functioning of institutions or the higher interests of the country " . |
| 21 | As a result , CPRW 's branches are actively involved in influencing the objectives and performance of the County and District planning system , and regularly express their views on the orientation of plans or the merits of individual applications . |
| 22 | Not that he should listen , he hastened to add , to all the sermons of clergymen or the arguments of ‘ bigoted , genteel prudes ’ . |
| 23 | In another case Mansfield spelt out the advantages of certainty , that merchants could then depend upon rules , ‘ easily learned and easily retained ’ , rather than upon ‘ subtleties and niceties ’ or ‘ upon speculative refinements from the law of nations or the Roman jus post liminii ’ . |
| 24 | Sitting there he would often hear strange sounds echoing around him ; the shifting of books or the faint creaking of shelves . |
| 25 | ‘ Quite apart from the liability imposed upon the owner of animals or the person having control of them by reason of knowledge of their propensities , there is the ordinary duty of a person to take care either that his animal or his chattel is not put to such a use as is likely to injure his neighbour — the ordinary duty to take care in the cases put upon negligence . ’ |
| 26 | It is rare for a police officer to witness such an event , therefore in most cases the evidence of passers-by or the driver of the other vehicle involved will have to be relied upon . |
| 27 | The brilliant orange of gazanias or the taller Tithonia rotundifolia both look effective with silvery foliage . |
| 28 | There is no mention of U-boats or the Luftwaffe . |
| 29 | The total time lost by system users as a result of errors or the need to correct errors should not exceed twelve and a half hours taken over a three month rolling average ( i.e. 98% accuracy of processing ) . |
| 30 | It was made clear , furthermore , that the Society did not regard the houses of businessmen or the ‘ newly rich ’ as ‘ distinguished ’ , and in my opinion this piece of out-dated thinking crucially undermined any serious authority the Society may have achieved to arbitrate on standards in our profession . |