Example sentences of "[adv] before or [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Gilbert , it appears , died shortly before or during Gilbert 's visit to Australia . |
| 2 | Never apply a depilatory cream to inflamed or broken skin , or shortly before or after using soap , deodorant or a perfumed product . |
| 3 | We therefore interpret magnetizations of high unblocking temperature and high to moderate coercivity found in undeformed parts of the granitic intrusions ( Tsm and Ttp ) as having been acquired just before or during mylonitization of structurally higher rocks . |
| 4 | A kiai harnesses the body 's energy and allows it to escape by an aggressive exhalation of breath , either just before or during an attack . |
| 5 | Other features like glottal stops , devoicing , slowing down and speeding up before or after pause , etc. , may also cause pronunciation difficulties and require practice . |
| 6 | ‘ So , sometime before or during the course of Thursday evening , a ceremonial sword is taken from its place in the Infantry chapel , sharpened and applied to the head of a priest . |
| 7 | ‘ A person is guilty of robbery if he steals , and immediately before or at the time of doing so , and in order to do so , he uses force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force . |
| 8 | By s.8(1) of the Theft Act 1968 : [ a ] person is guilty of robbery if he steals , and immediately before or at the time of doing so , and in order to do so , he uses any force on any person or puts or seeks to put any person in fear of being then and there subjected to force . |
| 9 | The force must be used " immediately before or at the time of " the theft . |
| 10 | You can use it either before or during negotiations . |
| 11 | A Colchester police spokesman said seven people , including some visiting fans and some locals , had been arrested either before or during the game . |
| 12 | Both would have seen all the relevant documents either before or during the course of the trial . |
| 13 | There was no hypertransaminasaemia either before or during the trial . |
| 14 | The terms of a contract are settled either before or at the time of making the contract . |
| 15 | By a notice of appeal dated 7 July 1992 the husband appealed on the ground that a copy of the committal order had not been served on him either before or at the time of the execution of the warrant as required by Ord. 29 , r. 1(5) ( a ) of the County Court Rules 1981 ( as amended ) and that in consequence the order was invalid and/or defective and should be set aside . |
| 16 | ‘ If a committal order is made , the order shall be for the issue of a warrant of committal and , unless the judge otherwise orders — ( a ) a copy of the order shall be served on the person to be committed either before or at the time of the execution of the warrant ; or ( b ) where the warrant has been signed by the judge , the order for issue of the warrant may be served on the person to be committed at any time within 36 hours after the execution of the warrant . |
| 17 | However , on half a dozen occasions or more the negotiating teams on both sides gathered , either before or at dinner , to seek to resolve the detailed problems before the Goodman proposals were ultimately embodied in legislation . |
| 18 | Thirteen patients in group A ( 57% ) and seven in group B ( 18% ) had associated cholecystolithiasis , diagnosed either before or at the time of diagnosis of sclerosing cholangitis ( p=0.002 ) . |
| 19 | Clearly it was not a popular revolution in the sense of an uprising by the masses , although popular discontent was widespread , legitimate and frequently manifest : those involved in the transfer of power did not seek to exploit this discontent for their own purposes , either before or for many years after 1868 . |
| 20 | These individuals are then subjected to differential survival through the operation of a range of mortality factors that eliminate them either before or after reproduction . |
| 21 | No modification is required to the bulkhead so it would be possible to replace either before or after the engine replacement . |
| 22 | According to Wagner 's theory , a period of exposure to the context alone , given either before or after exposure to the target stimulus in that context , should attenuate latent inhibition . |
| 23 | We rested quietly and most comfortably in Sligachan Inn , than which I can not imagine a better retreat in the early summer of late autumn , either before or after the great throng , who , coming from north and south to it in the height of the tourist season , make it a place of stir . |
| 24 | They were sure I could expect a large present from her , either before or after her death . |
| 25 | From this they concluded that a rogue suitcase could have been ‘ sent to Pan Am 103 either before or after the unloading of Air Malta 180 ’ . |
| 26 | My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has made it clear that we have no intention of raising the rate of VAT either before or after the election . |
| 27 | I shall be happy to visit my hon. Friend at Basildon either before or after the general election . |
| 28 | Resting anal pressure in older patients did not differ significantly from that in younger patients either before or after the operation . |
| 29 | Resting and pressure in older patients did not differ significantly from that in younger patients , either before or after operation ( Fig 1 ) . |
| 30 | The maximum squeeze pressure in older patients did not differ significantly from that in younger patients , either before or after operation ( Fig 2 ) . |