Example sentences of "[conj] are [adv] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a corporation created by or in pursuance of an Act of Parliament is subject to the rule that it has only such powers as are expressly conferred , or are necessarily or reasonably incident to the fulfilment of the purposes for which it is established . |
| 2 | If no semantic or pragmatic restrictions are applied during the parsing of the sentence then many parses are suggested that are semantically or pragmatically infeasible . |
| 3 | Transitions between orbitals that are largely or completely localized on a metal center are usually described as d-d ( or , for elements with partly filled f sub-shells , f-f ) transitions . |
| 4 | It should perhaps , like type B hepatitis , be added to the list of diseases that are often or even usually passed on in this way . |
| 5 | They want to read between the lines , to worm their way into the subtext and assumptions behind the presented image , and to discover the practices that are accidentally or deliberately hidden to view . |
| 6 | 7 all Pipes that are in or on and that exclusively serve the Premises and |
| 7 | Moreover , each of these characteristics tends to change rather rapidly over time , as the monetary authorities try to establish controls that are more or less effective . |
| 8 | And recent research has dramatically shown that one way for them to make the break is through the activation of cellular oncogenes — genes that are more or less inactive in normal cells hut seem to be altered or activated in tumour cells ( New Scientist , vol 96 , p418 . |
| 9 | By contrast , for Darwin as a genealogical ( ancestry and descent ) theorist of historical biogeography , resemblances and differences are not traced to developmental advances , but to ramifying migrations and adaptive divergences from common ancestors that are more or less remote from their diverse descendants in time , place and character . |
| 10 | The exertions of all the different kinds of labour that are directly or indirectly involved in making it ; together with the abstinences or rather the waitings required for saving the capital used in making it : all these efforts and sacrifices together will be called the real cost of production of the commodity . |
| 11 | Some radiometer readings became corrupted after writing them down and are wholly or partly lost . |
| 12 | Also , it has proved very difficult to reproduce the events which led to Fleming 's famous observation , and it is clear that many versions of the story which were published 15 or more years later , after penicillin became famous , drew on faded but vivacious memories and are more or less imaginary . |
| 13 | Casein joints set hard in a day or two and are more or less waterproof . |
| 14 | They are situated on practically adjoining hills and are more or less the same distance away from Gubbio . |
| 15 | They know their son , and are more or less resigned to his caprices , but they know his consistencies , too . |
| 16 | I have seen ACE schemes that are doing very good work but are more or less driven out of the place they are in because people did n't like their faces , or for other reasons . |