Example sentences of "[vb base] or [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | SSAP9 states that net realisable value is the amount at which it is expected that items of stock can be disposed of without creating either profit or loss in the year of sale , i.e. the estimated proceeds of sale less all further costs to completion and less all costs to be incurred in marketing , selling and distributing directly related to the items in question . |
| 2 | Hereford usually crack or collapse in the dying minutes . |
| 3 | Fear or dislike of the police was way down the list , at 6 per cent . |
| 4 | The negative failure to object , or to opt out , may signify one of a whole range of reactions : fear or prudence in the face of power , indifference , paralysis of the will , sullen resignation , sheer hopelessness , a feeling of ignorance , or habits of subservience . |
| 5 | There are some things in this that obviously we can support , the delete or reduction in the contingency pros p provision to a hundred thousand pounds , we 're going to be moving later on to delete even that amount but it 's surprising you were telling us you 've been telling us for years you have to have two hundred thousand pounds in the contingency . |
| 6 | Please fax or phone for the brochure . |
| 7 | A French Pinnacle unit — standalone or subsidiary of the UK outfit — should be up and running soon with three staff . |
| 8 | It may denote ( i ) the external groove or sulcus corresponding to an internal ridge-like inflection of the cuticle which provides mechanical rigidity , or ( ii ) a line of thinner , weaker cuticle along which rupture or bending of the integument can occur at ecdysis , or ( iii ) a narrow , flexible , membranous zone of unsclerotized cuticle , or ( iv ) a linear impression without any obvious mechanical significance . |
| 9 | act or omission of the trader , his employees or agents |
| 10 | ‘ an act not warranted by law or an omission to discharge a legal duty , which act or omission obstructs or causes inconvenience or damage to the public in the exercise of rights common to all His Majesty 's subjects . |
| 11 | The centre core gives ‘ durability ’ — they 'll last a long time and the overwrap improves the ‘ playability ’ or feel or response to the ball . |
| 12 | Civil-law bequests , however , were limited to a very small number of wordings : do lego for the legacy per vindicationem ; damnas esto dare or dato for the legacy per damnationem , and so on . |