Example sentences of "[be] [adv prt] or [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to put them up because the notes are on or below the middle line . |
| 2 | His powerful shooting , sometimes from long range , was spectacular and effective and we do well to remember that Albert played in the days when the leather ball grew heavier and heavier , soaking up any moisture there may have been in or on the pitch and possibly finishing up weighing several pounds . |
| 3 | In a subdued announcement on state television and radio , Mr Alia , who has been in or near the centre of power in Albania for almost 50 years , declared he would officially step down at today 's opening of parliament . |
| 4 | Where cathedrals are in or near large centres of population , perhaps with a significant student presence , their ability to pay realistic salaries is an obvious advantage . |
| 5 | We er have n't er certainly been through or down the road of looking at whether there are sites within our district that that could accommodate that , that exercise is still to be done . |
| 6 | The foundation stage is then followed by , or merges into , a more specific stage which provides a more specialized education or training , which may be on or off the job , or a mixture of both . |
| 7 | Payment of salaries and pensions was 221,600 million roubles in arrears , and half the population was said to be on or below the monthly minimum consumption level ( set in June at 2,150 roubles ) , as prices for goods and service rose faster than wages and food production fell by 23 per cent . |
| 8 | Thus , the first payment should be on or after the date on which the Deed of Covenant is signed . |
| 9 | The date on the audit report should be the date on which the auditors sign the report , which should be on or after the date of board approval . |
| 10 | If the amount outstanding on your credit or store cards seem always to creep up rather than down ; if you put off paying the electricity bills because you have other commitments to meet ; if you are seriously thinking of accepting the offer of a ‘ consolidation ’ loan which is secured on your house to mop up all your existing credit agreements and transform them into a once a month payment , then you could be on or near the danger line . |
| 11 | If the amount outstanding on your credit or store cards seem always to creep up rather than down ; if you put off paying the electricity bills because you have other commitments to meet ; if you are seriously thinking of accepting the offer of a ‘ consolidation ’ loan which is secured on your house to mop up all your existing credit agreements and transform them into a once a month payment , then you could be on or near the danger line . |
| 12 | Under current US law , the government must set a legal limit , called a tolerance , for the amount of pesticide residue that can be in or on a food . |
| 13 | However , since the whiteout point is where a blank pixel is first seen , this must be in or at the beginning of the flooding region . |
| 14 | 6 all the Landlord 's fixtures and fittings and fixtures of every kind which shall from time to time be in or upon the Premises ( whether originally fixed or fastened to or upon the Premises or otherwise ) except any such fixtures installed by the Tenant that can be removed from the Premises without defacing the Premises |
| 15 | As most of the molecules will be in or near the ground state before ionization , is rarely negative , but may be positive or zero , depending on whether the ion is vibrationally excited or not . |
| 16 | The early evening rush hour slowed my return to Stuart Street but I was still the first home to No. 9 , and even Lisabeth seemed to be out or at least locked in her cage . |
| 17 | The causal theory of perception relates the object and contents of perception in two directions : there is an afferent limb connecting the object with the nervous system in which perception is generated ; and an efferent limb in virtue of which the neural events ‘ reach out to ’ or ‘ are about or of ’ the object . |
| 18 | Most of the towns were on or near the coast and they exploited their site advantages , capitalizing on their access to sea routes and on the fertile soils of their hinterlands . |
| 19 | The Latinos were used to flying their drug cargoes and knew that there was always the risk of someone , if only by accident , being on or near the airstrip . |
| 20 | The 88open offshoot will come into being in or around May , provided it does n't get itself bought outright before that happens . |
| 21 | The 88open offshoot will come into being in or around May , providing it does n't get itself bought outright before that happens . |
| 22 | For example , of all the spare-time activities reported by affluent workers and their wives in the few days before being interviewed 62 per cent were in or about the home itself . |
| 23 | The 20mm and 40mm quick-firing guns here were in or on concrete emplacements , and although the crew of the outer guns were knocked out for a time the Germans got this battery firing again , and the searchlight on the Mole 's tip was never put out . |
| 24 | Conversely , any child whose weight is on or over the ninety-seventh centile is seriously overweight . |
| 25 | Any child whose weight is on or below the third centile ( i.e. only three in every hundred children will be this weight at this age ) is very seriously underweight . |
| 26 | Yet the 1986 figures from the Department of Health and Social Security suggest that almost 9 million , a sixth of the total British population are living on a wage which is on or below the SB poverty line . |
| 27 | Under section I of the P. & C.E. Act the police can stop and search : ( a ) any person or vehicle ; ( b ) anything which is in or on a vehicle ; for stolen or prohibited articles ; and may detain a person or vehicle in order to conduct such a search . |
| 28 | where the injured party is in or on a vehicle by the Insurer of such vehicle |
| 29 | Liability while the vehicle is in or on that part of an aerodrome , airport , airfield or military base provided for : |
| 30 | Liability while the vehicle is in or on that part of an aerodrome , airport , airfield or military base provided for : |