Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] or [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sunk in biology , she thought , listening for creaks or moans above the ceiling , listening to the soft stirring in her belly , licking her fingers . |
| 2 | Many volunteers acted as models or helped behind the scenes with refreshments and raffle tickets . |
| 3 | fresh leaves in meat casseroles , soups , salads , vegetables , marinades , or eat as spinach ; seeds eve stronger , all meats , bread , game , cheeses ; shredded roots for soups or boiled without skin for a vegetable |
| 4 | For instance , a manufacturer of an exclusive and expensive perfume would not distribute through supermarkets or advertise during peak time television viewing . |
| 5 | According to a report in the Montreal Gazette the statues had been ‘ tampered with ’ in this way on several occasions , and the newspaper felt that they should be raised beyond the reach of pranksters or removed to an inside guarded site . |
| 6 | The result of these tests will determine , for example , depth of foundations or need for special design such as raft construction or piles , problems associated with high water table for both foundations and drainage , need for de-watering , sulphate content of the soil and need to use sulphate-resistant cement . |
| 7 | It is also helpful to record past trends eg growth in membership , the number of coaches or standing in Commonwealth , European or World rankings . |
| 8 | It should be emphasised , however , that a recurrent and persistent pattern of many of these items is a much more accurate diagnostic indicator of addictive ; ease than noticing the smell of alcohol , looking for episodes of unkennels or examining for constriction of the pupils or other signs drug use . |
| 9 | In addition , the inclusion of academics from a broad range of subjects or chosen for particular expertise ( in student learning , for example ) means that a wider range of critical questions are more likely to be explored . |
| 10 | Thus , in a thoroughly typical way , man , who is not endowed with an instinctive love of animals or care for them , achieves the ability to make a success of animal-husbandry as a form of economic life by channelling his otherwise rampant aggressiveness back against himself as a force of conscience which frequently expresses itself in pastoral cultures as a vengeful and recriminating god of the sky . |
| 11 | There are indeed some paradoxical pains — that is , pain that is aggravated by the use of analgesics or relieved by the use of antalgesics . |
| 12 | Instead it agrees with the Government 's view , expressed in its document ‘ Sensible Drinking ’ , that these could penalise the moderate drinker , while problem drinkers would either continue drinking to excess and deprive their families of essentials or switch to cheaper or illicit drinks . |
| 13 | ‘ Before any enactment existed with regard to actions by solicitors for their costs , a solicitor stood in the same position as any other person who has done work for another at his request , and could sue as soon as the work which he was retained to do was finished , without having delivered any signed bill of costs or waiting for any time after the delivery of such a bill . |
| 14 | These fabrics come in various gauges , referred to by the number of holes or threads to 2.5 cm ( 1 ″ ) . |
| 15 | Show the transport manager with one of his fleet of lorries or talking to a driver , the canteen manageress in the kitchen or the sales director at a briefing session . |
| 16 | Held , allowing the appeal ( Lord Lowry dissenting ) , that an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner of goods or consented to by him could amount to an appropriation of the goods within section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 where such authority or consent had been obtained by deception ; and that , accordingly , the defendant had been rightly convicted of theft ( post , pp. 1073F , 1076G–H , 1080C–F , 1081C–D , 1109F , 1111E ) . |
| 17 | The Shredder of Myths or Delay in Glass . |
| 18 | And Goldberg , in the margin : The Shredder of Myths or Delay in Glass . |
| 19 | They could involve matching a variety of situations or uses to a list of products or a list of items using those products ; they could involve putting the benefits of the product in order of merit or they could take the form of a question and answer quiz with specified answers from which to choose . |
| 20 | In Lakatos 's own words , ‘ The positive heuristic consists of a partially articulated set of suggestions or hints on how to change , develop , the ‘ refutable variants ’ of the research programme , how to modify , sophisticate , the ‘ refutable ’ protective belt ’ . |
| 21 | Their behaviour is quite like that of our common shag , but they have a different diving motion , slipping under the water more in the manner of divers or grebes without any of the upward jump of our birds . |
| 22 | If these responsibilities be shirked , valuable and important work will either be held up for want of teachers or fall into the hands of those ill qualified to deal with it … |
| 23 | She was always clutching a fistful of sweets or biting into a between-meals snack of bread and condensed milk or scraping out bowls in which Aunt Margaret had mixed cake . |
| 24 | A central service called the Educational Methods Unit may be called upon by academic teams to provide independent evaluations of courses or to advise upon specified problems . |
| 25 | Other locals , not directly involved with the gangs , but basking in the glory and the protection bought rounds of drinks or waited for a chance to join in the conversation . |
| 26 | the making of grants or advances to bodies other than local authorities , |
| 27 | INTRODUCTION OF CELLS OR LABEL INTO EMBRYOS IN VITRO |
| 28 | INTRODUCTION OF CELLS OR LABEL INTO EMBRYOS IN VIVO |
| 29 | I would call genealogy … a form of history which can account for the constitution of knowledges , discourses , domains of objects etc. , without having to make reference to a subject which is either transcendental in relation to the field of events or runs in its empty sameness throughout the course of history . |
| 30 | He could remember that there was an age for puppets and magic , just as he could remember the time that he 'd spent trying to fan a deck of cards or sitting in front of a mirror trying to get the hard consonants down like a real ventriloquist . |