Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Incorporated practices are already permitted ( subject to local law requirements ) if their business is carried on only wholly outside England and Wales so long as all directors and shareholders are properly qualified lawyers ( ie barristers or solicitors or locally qualified advocates etc ) and the practice complies with the Overseas Practice Rules ( see above ) . |
| 2 | Most people today live in towns or cities and hence rarely buy food which is ‘ fresh from the farm ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ We ’ are French , or Swedes , or Germans or even members of politically defined sub-units like Lombards , but distinguished from the invading ‘ them ’ by being the ‘ real ’ Frenchmen or Germans or Brits , as defined ( usually ) by putative descent or long residence . |
| 4 | I would hope that the peer review system used by the EC is of sufficient quality to recognise research worthy of support irrespective of whether it originates from individuals or groups and then support it if funds are available . |
| 5 | The illustrations from My ABC are also available in 13 separate sheets intended to be coloured in by individuals or groups and then hung up as a mural to decorate the walls of the classroom . |
| 6 | Of the trees , only seven are known to be dispersed by monkeys or birds as well . |
| 7 | This is not a matter of party politics or personalities or policies or even principles . |
| 8 | In these days of dwindling research funds and increased competition , what better way of disposing of rivals than by characterising papers or proposals as so much chaff ? |
| 9 | In the afternoon we arrived at the truly beautiful island of Mayero which has no boutiques or roads and only a few hundred inhabitants . |
| 10 | This had not been so with the earliest stages as drawn in The German Ideology or Formen because even here Marx talks of ‘ slavery being inherent in the family ’ and the universality of class relations . |
| 11 | On that ground alone they should be on their guard against accepting any of the glib answers that have so far been put forward either by theologians or philosophers or biologists or even fellow anthropologists . |
| 12 | It is a characteristic of a task requiring vigilance that it can span a long time , minutes or hours or even a whole work-shift . |
| 13 | Make sure that stockings or tights as well as shoes are not too tight . |
| 14 | Perhaps the most potent weapons used in Bosnia are mortars ; they can be fired from the grounds of hospitals or schools and quickly moved about . |
| 15 | Demographic techniques are also of some use in ecological surveillance where there is interest in the breeding stability of a colony of birds or animals or where concern exists over culling programmes or the depletion of fish stocks . |
| 16 | They attend many conferences on user education in the capacity of chairmen or speakers or frequently as exhibitors of user education teaching material . |
| 17 | The metropolitan areas ( both GLC and MCCs ) consisted of strong boroughs or districts and relatively weak strategic authorities when looked at in terms of the services provided . |
| 18 | People are influenced not just by political parties or candidates but also by national , regional and local considerations . |
| 19 | This detects any approaching heat source such as people or cars and automatically turns on , welcoming friends and deterring intruders . |
| 20 | What I did not expect to find — and what I did find — was a strong Roman impact on the intellectual relations between Greeks and Jews or Celts or Iranians as soon as Roman power began to be felt outside Italy in the second century B.C. The influence of Rome on the minds of those who came into contact with it was quick and strong . |
| 21 | 13.3 Except as otherwise provided in this Clause , makes no other representations or warranties and expressly excludes the same whether implied , statutory or otherwise , especially as to quality or fitness of the Licensed Software for any particular purpose . |
| 22 | Then the judge must do his best for the community as a whole , frankly and honestly , not pretending to " discover " some law beneath the surface of statutes or precedents that only he can see . |
| 23 | The general rule is that a battery is committed where a person touches or strikes another , grabs hold of their sleeve or lapels and so on , without implied or express permission . |
| 24 | Assigns acquire their meaning through association with other signs or words and so are more complicated than signs , which derive their meaning from the direct experience of the individual ( Rivers 1964 ) . |
| 25 | Alternatively , he or she may have a self-imposed rule not to drink before a certain time of day or on particular days , weeks or months or even years . |
| 26 | Those who said they would were unmarried or widowers and probably found the combination of housework , farmwork and off-farm work too demanding . |
| 27 | To think that a French woman should be so foolish she said , though I did n't like spiders or earwigs or moths or even snakes . |
| 28 | But at the end of 1989 Mark 2s were still well in evidence ( particularly the air-conditioned types ) and Mark 1 coaches will still be found on occasional reliefs or specials as well as some daily Network SouthEast locomotive-hauled services ( especially out of Paddington ) for some time to come . |
| 29 | In nineteenth-century Queensland it was claimed that Devons produced as much beef per acre as Herefords or Shorthorns and also produced a good proportion of lean meat to fat when crossed with the Shorthorn . |
| 30 | Around the edges of the World spiral ! ed the ancient stairs , where rats and sometimes other creatures bred . |