Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] or [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would usually advise mucosectomy for dysplasia or coexisting colorectal cancer , however , as we do in polyposis . |
| 2 | It is a security device for banking or shopping by telephone . |
| 3 | For example : C for card or cracker , S for saviour or stocking and so on . |
| 4 | The other element related to control of the mind where through meditation or chanting the practitioner seeks to free his soul from the bondage of his mind and body and to prepare himself for spiritual enlightenment or true self-realisation — that he is in fact part of the ‘ Impersonal Absolute ’ ( Brahman ) . |
| 5 | I 'm not asking for money or taking anything from you . |
| 6 | He believed that they could so perfectly fit this classification that one of the functions of leys was for ritual or teaching purposes . |
| 7 | To calculate the room occupancy percentage accurately , the number of rooms out of service ( OSS ) for any reason such as maintenance or redecorating must be deducted from the total number of rooms in the hotel . |
| 8 | The full size terminal can store up to 37 Prestel pages in memory for review or printing to hard copy . |
| 9 | The village street was empty , the pump deserted , for all the domestic chores were done by midday and the women were indoors now , assembling greens and bacon for tea or hooking rugs out of old rags . |
| 10 | Several teenagers have died after smoking or drinking the leaves or seeds of the datura shrub , found in woodland . |
| 11 | Most of those aboard the Vlorewere quickly rounded up after scrambling or swimming ashore . |
| 12 | Five to ten minutes of stretching after exercise or attending a yoga class will help promote flexibility . |
| 13 | After overexertion or straining of ligaments and joints when there is considerable swelling , bruising and inflammation around the joint . |
| 14 | Pests overwintering in stubble or soil are foiled by clearing stubble after harvest or letting the land lie fallow . |
| 15 | An immediate difference is that reforms of TNC are directed to curriculum and assessment : there is very little about pedagogy or teaching method . |
| 16 | There is the usual dig at statistical forecasts , a plea to avoid school closures and suggestions for grouping or federating schools . |
| 17 | Most girls lived quite near their work , and normally walked there , either taking a sandwich for lunch or coming home . |
| 18 | for legal services to defend anyone we insure , if proceedings are taken for manslaughter or causing death by reckless driving in connection with any incident which might involve legal liability under this policy . |
| 19 | and for legal services to defend anyone we insure if proceedings are taken for manslaughter or causing death by reckless driving . |
| 20 | and for legal services to defend anyone we insure if proceedings are taken for manslaughter or causing death by reckless driving . |
| 21 | and for legal services to defend anyone we insure if proceedings are taken for manslaughter or causing death by reckless driving . |
| 22 | and for legal services to defend anyone we insure if proceedings are taken for manslaughter or causing death by reckless driving . |
| 23 | Within this strategy the Council should develop and extend appropriate habitat management regimes both directly through ownership or leasing arrangements , but increasingly through a range of ‘ partnership ’ or ‘ agency ’ initiatives . |
| 24 | Fault-tolerant Unix systems builder Sequoia Systems Inc is considering selling itself , filing for bankruptcy or obtaining additional financing in face of its financial woes . |
| 25 | " Retention " connotes a positive act such as concealment or misleading the police : Kanwar [ 1982 ] 2 All ER 528 . |
| 26 | The latter was served by the pursuit of health through drinking or bathing in natural mineral waters at inland spas . |
| 27 | Senior officers may also impose such conditions as a change of route or starting time in the interests of public order . |
| 28 | Reduction in costs of scrap or re-working |
| 29 | An SBU or divisional manager will be motivated to seek appropriate investments if he knows clearly what the generic strategy for his SBU is ( he would presumably have participated in determining it ) , is aware of what is expected of him in terms of building or maintaining competitive strengths , and knows that early-warning indicators will be set up to monitor how his investments are contributing to the improvement or maintenance of those specific strengths . |
| 30 | Some rejected entirely any talk of self-government or treating the Ukrainians as an oppressed people . |