Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] or [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This in turn means that instead of patronising or colonising the community , existing statutory and voluntary agencies are going to have to live with it as an equal ’ . |
| 2 | Camp authorities are either unaware of this or turn a blind eye . |
| 3 | An application under the Children Act which would have the effect of varying or discharging a direction or order made in wardship proceedings before 14 October 1991 should be made to the High Court even though the wardship itself may have ceased on that date under the transitional provisions ( In Re C ( a Minor ) , CA ( 1991 ) , cited above , see also Appendix 5 ) . |
| 4 | Applications relating to former wards of court in care should be made to the High Court if the order sought may have the effect of varying or discharging an order or direction made in wardship ( In Re C ( a Minor ) , CA ( 1991 ) , The Times , 16 December and see 5(c) below ) . |
| 5 | This also applies to an application for any order which would have the effect of varying or discharging an existing order . |
| 6 | Under the new law electors found guilty of malpractice faced fines of up to 5,000 naira ( US$1=18.45 naira as at Sept. 7 , 1992 ) and two years ' imprisonment , while anyone who was banned from participating in the political process but who was found guilty of supporting or sponsoring a candidate was liable to a 10,000 naira fine and five years ' imprisonment . |
| 7 | Despite the undeniable interest and importance of semantic and statistical studies of language , they appear to have no direct relevance to the problem of determining or characterising the set of grammatical utterances . |
| 8 | Do you think I ought to finish the ship first of all or do the oil painting ? |
| 9 | According to Lush J. , ‘ it is the very essence of a threat that it should be made for the purpose of intimidating or overcoming the will of the person to whom it is addressed . ’ |
| 10 | If it were not to do this , it would be no more than the futility of changing or avoiding the subject . |
| 11 | They 're told that the amount of medicine they take us under their control and I usually suggest they experiment after two or three days with either increasing the amount of the dose e.g. two squirts instead of one or taking the remedy twice a day . |
| 12 | They then count , but they must not say any number that is a multiple of seven or has a seven in it . |
| 13 | The process of expanding or decomposing the model should be carried out by developing a root definition for each sub-system , taking into account that these are subject in turn to ‘ monitoring and control ’ at the new level of definition . |
| 14 | However , the richness as a cultural object of a deteriorated Windows 1.0 disc pack is cold comfort to an archivist or historian preoccupied with preserving or regenerating the operational environment of the product . |
| 15 | Keith Cox says the directors are up at Bolton tonight when they will look at the list of people who have already applied for the job and decide whether to appoint from that or advertise the post |
| 16 | Keith Cox says the directors are up at Bolton tonight when they will look at the list of people who have already applied for the job and decide whether to appoint from that or advertise the post |
| 17 | There were stories of Red Guards who shot those who dared to speak Ukrainian in public or to affirm the rights of Ukrainian nationality . |
| 18 | Mihalj Kertes , Zoran Pjanic and Miroslav Djordevic did not campaign , speak in public or produce a manifesto . |
| 19 | ‘ People have been given every chance to make payment in full or to make an arrangement to pay , but it seems as though there is a hard core who do not want to pay . ’ |
| 20 | It is , however , certain that Molla Fenari was in Karaman at a date much later than Bayezid I 's reign , as will be shown ; and as there is no evidence to suggest a journey before 800/1397 or to support the possibility that he made two journeys to Karaman , it seems justifiable to treat the Taskopruzade story with some caution . |
| 21 | although through speculating about the role of the unobservable ‘ anticipated reactions ’ of one actor to another or considering the values and interests which failed to emerge in the policy making process , it may entertain the possibility of hidden power processes its main weakness may be that it is a description rather than an analysis of power relationships . |
| 22 | The difficulties which most frequently arise concern the financial problems which arise when individual barristers move from one chambers to another or leave the Bar . |
| 23 | Reduction of dose is similarly used for so-called sensitive cases who are immediately over stimulated or prove the remedy during the first days , or hours , of treatment . |
| 24 | Thus if the school head decides to disapply or modify the National Curriculum in respect of a particular child , or to revoke such a direction , a copy of the notice must be sent within three days to at least one parent of the pupil at the registered address . |
| 25 | Finings , a glutinous substance made from the bladder of the sturgeon , is added either at the conditioning stage or when the beer is in cask to fine or clear the beer . |
| 26 | Until the numbers of deaths each month has risen to equal or exceed the number of new diagnoses , the numbers needing care will continue to rise fast , even if the number of new cases reported in official figures is relatively constant or falling . |
| 27 | Place fingertips on the larynx whilst you hum and feel the tingling on your lips , and count up to ten or say a simple phrase in your loudest voice and at the same time concentrate on the feeling on the finger tips . |
| 28 | A police spokesman said : ‘ Anyone who saw either the van or the car can contact the incident room at Coleraine on 44122 or use the confidential free-phone 0800 666999 . ’ |
| 29 | She was always busy with these pages , working out the correct day for planting date trees , for pollinating or foretelling the week when the pods would burst and the golden maidenhair would tumble out into the sun , each hair holding the promise of a cluster of dates . |
| 30 | ‘ He just makes a mockery of those who write players off at 32 or say the Premier League is for young athletes . |