Example sentences of "[prep] or [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 VOR holding on a DME fix towards or away from a VOR is flown as a normal VOR hold .
2 In the ASE system of nomenclature , the oxidation number of an element in an oxoanion is sometimes used instead of or together with a prefix of suffix .
3 A Bowser portable tank and pump for pumping petrol either into or out of a car .
4 In the jargon of finance an annuity is just a regular flow of cash into or out of an account .
5 He is plagued by demons which go back to his childhood and his torment intensifies as a train hurtles him away from or maybe towards a crime .
6 There are now available drugs which , injected prior to or just after a learning trial , improve retention of the memory ( that is , increase the ‘ savings ’ as defined in Chapter 5 ) in animals tested hours or days subsequently .
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