Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ New Courses ’ comprise combinations of units either developed nationally or locally to create a new course , i.e. one which leads to a qualification which is substantially different from existing provision but which meets a defined local or national need . |
| 2 | Regular record checks will enable courts to identify cases not set down or disposed of within the prescribed period . |
| 3 | All the sites are above the deep wells used for drinking water and are in areas either paved over or not open to public use . |
| 4 | So far as Orientalism in particular and European knowledge of other societies in general have been concerned , historicism meant that one human history uniting humanity either culminated in or was observed from the vantage point of Europe , or the West … |
| 5 | The Allaire report proposed that the province should have autonomy in 22 areas currently controlled wholly or partially by the federal government in Ottawa , and that federal government should be responsible only for defence , foreign policy , customs and some fiscal matters . |
| 6 | In rats , procolipase propeptide ( val-Pro-Asp-Pro-Arg , VPDPR ) specifically inhibits fat intake early in the postprandial period when given peripherally or centrally . |
| 7 | However , rarely are such rationales clearly worked out or attempts made to provide evidence in support of these claims . |
| 8 | The following are the principal cases where that leave would be forthcoming : ( 1 ) relief is sought against any person domiciled in England or Wales ; ( 2 ) an injunction is sought ordering the defendant to do an act or refrain from doing anything ( whether or not damages are also claimed in respect of a failure to do something or for the doing of that thing ) ; ( 3 ) the claim is brought against any person duly served within or out of England and Wales and a person out of England and Wales is a necessary or proper party thereto ; ( 4 ) the claim is founded on any breach or alleged breach of any contract wherever made , which : ( a ) according to its terms ought to be performed in England and Wales , or ( b ) is by its terms , or by implication , governed by English law , or ( c ) contains a term to the effect that a court in England or Wales shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine any action in respect of the contract ; ( 5 ) the claim is founded on a tort and the damage was sustained or resulted from an act committed , within England and Wales ; ( 6 ) the whole subject-matter of the proceedings is land ( with or without rent or profits ) or the perpetuation of testimony relating to land ; ( 7 ) the claim is brought to construe , rectify , set aside or enforce an act , deed , will , contract , obligation or liability affecting land ; ( 8 ) the claim is made for a debt secured on immovable property or is made to assert , declare or determine proprietary or possessory rights , or rights of security , in or over movable property , or to obtain authority to dispose of movable property ; ( 9 ) the claim is brought to execute the trusts of a written instrument , being trusts that ought to be executed according to English law and of which the person to be served with the originating process is a trustee , or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is brought ; ( 10 ) the claim is made for the administration of the estate of a person who died domiciled in England or Wales or for any relief or remedy which might be obtained when such a claim is made ; ( 11 ) the claim is brought in a probate action within the meaning of Ord 41 ; ( 12 ) the claim is brought to enforce any judgment or arbitral award ; ( 13 ) the claim is brought against a defendant not domiciled in Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of a claim by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue for or in relation to any of the duties of taxes which have been , or are for the time being , placed under their care and management ; ( 14 ) the claim is brought in respect of contributions under the Social Security Act 1975 ; ( 15 ) the claim is made for a sum to which the Directive of the Council of the European Communities dated 15 March 1976 No 76/308/EEC applies , and service is to be effected in a country which is a member of the European Economic Community . |
| 9 | ‘ Conveyance ’ means any conveyance construed or adapted for the carriage of a person or persons whether by land , water or air , except that it does not include a conveyance constructed or adapted for use only under the control of a person not carried in or on it , and ‘ drive ’ shall be construed accordingly . |
| 10 | As the essence of this offence is stealing a ride , handcarts and pedestrian controlled vehicles etc. are not conveyances as they are designed for use only under the control of a person not carried in or on it . |
| 11 | ( b ) We considered whether the causal theory of knowledge either rested on or made available a causal theory of justification . |
| 12 | During the years 11 to 16 pupils will be exposed increasingly to works not written specifically or exclusively for their age group . |
| 13 | Other studies too have described how mothers regularly cut down or miss out on meals in order to provide a better diet for their children . |
| 14 | — the spelling of English was more or less fixed several hundred years ago ; but the pronunciation keeps changing , so that even where a letter once corresponded more or less to a sound , now it may not ; |
| 15 | The prostaglandins also set off or cut down or stop specific enzyme reactions within the cells , thus allowing the body to react to the environmental stresses and insults and so keep itself intact . |
| 16 | When I was young in the Sixties , children either turned up or they did n't . ’ |
| 17 | Most vehicles have a chassis/frame number either stamped on or fixed to the body shell with a plate . |
| 18 | Philip Larkin spent his last years as a university librarian at Hull , where he administered but did not teach ; John Wain resigned a lectureship at Reading to live in Oxford , where he spent five years as a professor of poetry ; Iris Murdoch , though willingly leaving an Oxford teaching post in her middle years , has lived there , or near it , married to a professor ; and David Lodge and Malcolm Bradbury either retired early or went part-time . |
| 19 | John Reith 's part , both in his capacity as the company 's managing director and as the director general of the corporation , in the creation of this ideal model of public service broadcasting , has been amply documented and he was undoubtedly able to exploit such thinking in a way not equalled elsewhere or since . |
| 20 | ‘ An inquiry whether anything and if so what is due to the first defendant for any and what costs charges and expenses properly incurred under or in respect of the said mortgage debentures and mortgages including the costs of this action . |
| 21 | And yet in all three cases the CSM either acted tardily or not at all . |
| 22 | When other Orcs began to learn about metal working from the Chaos Dwarfs , a few tribes either missed out or deliberately turned their back on these new ways . |
| 23 | Similar findings were observed with prostacyclin either applied locally or given systemically in the coronary artery of dog ( Aiken et al , 1979 ) . |