Example sentences of "or [verb] [noun] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The right hon. Member for Sparkbrook made an important point about the minimum and maximum periods for banning and questioned whether that would help or hinder rehabilitation of an offender . |
| 2 | ( ii ) the organisation or training of a body whose purpose is either ( a ) to usurp the function of the police or the armed forces ; or ( b ) to use or display force in an attempt to achieve a political objective , an offence . |
| 3 | It is very important that a particular report can be found quickly , even after years ; it might be needed to establish some point or to provide evidence in an argument or court case . |
| 4 | A television or press report of an event , for example , will consist of a selection of information and that particular selection will inevitably inform as well as contribute towards , rather than directly form , specific attitudes . |
| 5 | Enhancements include IBM LU 6.2 connectivity , which allows Top End applications to interoperate with CICS or IMS-based MVS applications , support for Microsoft Corp Windows Dynamic Link Library and OS/2 , remote login clients , improved routing/load balancing and throughput optimisation which automatically adds or subtracts copies of an application to meet demand . |
| 6 | To discover what difference the action project made ( that is , whether it delayed or prevented admission to an institution ; whether it delayed deterioration in or improved the physical , emotional or mental well-being of dementia sufferers or their carers ; whether it delayed deterioration in or improved family relationships ; whether it increased , decreased or had no effect on people 's receipt of statutory or other voluntary services ) . |
| 7 | Intervention by the court will normally cure delay or give rise to an acceptable explanation . |
| 8 | I eat something , have a nap or watch telly for an hour , then I 'm out . |
| 9 | Freeze in a sealed polythene bag , or hang bunches in an airy room until dry , then store in an airtight jar for six months . |
| 10 | You are likely to make a mess of it , lose your To Do list or confront people in an attacking rather than a rational way . |
| 11 | This will enable users to conduct live video conversations , send faxes and use a multimedia electronic mail service ( with sound , pictures and text ) , and write messages or draw diagrams on an electronic white board . |
| 12 | In the context of a head 's report dealing with special needs the decision required could relate to anything from the building of a new unit to the provision of additional welfare or teaching assistance for an individual pupil . |
| 13 | It created a statutory offence of riot — 12 or more people using or threatening violence for an unlawful purpose . |
| 14 | In time of war , persons for the time being residing or doing business in an enemy country , whatever their nationality or domicile , are disabled from suing in the English Courts ; but , if sued here , they will so far as possible be given an opportunity of defending themselves . |
| 15 | If you happen to own or have access to an Acorn A5000 computer , then you can run Designaknit providing you have at least 2 megabytes of RAM and version 1.7 of the PC Emulator . |
| 16 | ( As examples of properties which are neither intrinsic properties nor intrinsic values , consider those of being in a certain house or evoking pleasure in an observer . ) |
| 17 | A receiving agent will eventually need to be appointed ( either to receive funds if the transaction is raising funds or to pay funds in an offer ) . |
| 18 | A receiving agent will need to be appointed ( either to receive funds if the transaction is raising funds or to pay funds in an offer ) . |
| 19 | As between 10% and 30% of consulting patients have mainly emotional problems the scope for increasing general practitioners ' counselling skills or referring patients to an in house counsellor is substantial . |
| 20 | He milks every dramatic gesture for all it is worth , extending sections such as the dolce con grazia ( 5'08 ’ ) till they seem to stretch into infinity , before sprinting away in the more volatile or highlycharged pages with an immaculate bravura and articulacy . |
| 21 | Data are presented as atlases and are also available as computerised output which can be requested in various ways , e.g. by area , element or groups of elements or specified ranges for an element . |
| 22 | Passengers were brought to Wrexford town where they could spend several hours sightseeing or take part in an optional trip from Wexford to Rosslare and back . |
| 23 | Thus , it would become an offence for a person of either sex to abduct a boy or girl under 16 or a severely mentally handicapped person of either sex with intent to have unlawful sexual intercourse or take part in an act of gross indecency . |
| 24 | ( 7 ) The members of a licensing board for an islands area or licensing division of an islands area shall be elected at a meeting of the council of the islands area to be held on a date between May 16 , 1977 and June 30 , 1977 to be determined by the council , and , in the case of subsequent elections of those members : ( a ) except in so far as paragraph ( b ) below otherwise provides , at the first meeting of the council held after each subsequent ordinary election of the council ; and ( b ) where a determination under subsection ( 3 ) above is made ( whether or not at such meeting of the council as is mentioned in paragraph ( a ) above ) , either : ( i ) at the meeting at which the determination is made ; or ( ii ) at the first meeting of the council held after such meeting as is mentioned in sub-paragraph ( i ) above . |
| 25 | The two researchers do not recommend introducing pigs into existing woodland , but favour planting new areas specifically for a sylvopastoral system with pigs or planting trees on an outdoor range that is already in use . |
| 26 | Provided that at a meeting of a licensing board the chairman shall not have a second or casting vote on an application for the grant or provisional grant of a new licence , and such an application shall be granted by the board only by a majority of the members thereof present and voting . |
| 27 | Once again I write , in support of the highly efficient and ecologically friendly ‘ clutch pencil ’ or lead holder as an alternative to the ‘ common ’ or ‘ humble ’ but expensive — in terms of waste — woodcase pencil . |
| 28 | The coverage or covering capacity of an item is the number of things one can say with it . |