Example sentences of "or [verb] [noun pl] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , the review of objectives only allowed lay people to suggest the omission of objectives that they found inappropriate , and attempts to add to or change objectives met with resistance . |
| 2 | Not least , the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 which require not only that any organisation employing more than four people must record the results of a health and safety risk assessment and for all employers to implement measures needed to minimise or eliminate hazards identified in their own assessments , but that ( other than sole traders and partnerships ) a ‘ competent person ’ — defined as someone with ‘ sufficient training and experience and knowledge or other qualities ’ — is appointed to help implement compliance with all H&S legislation . |
| 3 | Although many politicians have not been prepared to accept the thorough-going case for pricing advanced above , many have , under the practical pressure of public spending constraints , been prepared to accept charging as a supplementary way of raising revenue , or to see charges increased as the only way of preserving a service . |
| 4 | Barristers and solicitors together with certificated notaries ( who are normally also solicitors ) and licensed conveyancers enjoy a statutory monopoly which makes it an offence for any other persons to draw up or prepare documents connected with the transfer of title to property for payment . |
| 5 | By section 1(3) , a design shall not be registered if the appearance of the article is not material ; that is , if aesthetic considerations are not normally taken into account to a material extent by persons acquiring or using articles made to the design . |
| 6 | This is basically an attempt to group or to classify customers according to similar needs or purchasing characteristics . |
| 7 | Divergent influences may modify or dispel values imbued as a result of parental influence . |
| 8 | It can be as utilitarian as the rigid polyurethane foam commonly used in the reinforcement of GRP bodyshells , or as elegant as the aluminium or Nomex honeycombs employed in pukka aerospace sandwich materials ( as seen recently through holes in the wings of Tornado jets involved in the Gulf conflict ) . |
| 9 | This compensation was paid from central government funds , but the decision to refuse planning permission or to impose conditions remained with local authorities . |
| 10 | At 80 miles per hour , the sight of passing foliage and man-made monuments gives one a cross-eyed headache and the intense activity within the guts of the animal makes standing or walking persons feel like slightly out of balance gyroscopes . |
| 11 | But round the clock televised commentary by David Dimbleby and British officer types on loan from the Gentleman 's Club Of Choice or press conferences chaired by Stormin' Norman Schwarzkopf live from Saudi could never tell the whole story . |
| 12 | Their findings dramatically support the idea of accretionary or microplate tectonics advanced by geologists in recent years . |
| 13 | The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany referred by way of example to the possibility of requiring the relevant fishing vessel to operate from the member state in which it was registered , its crew to be affiliated to the social security scheme of that member state or supply contracts relating to the purchase of the catch to be concluded with local undertakings . |
| 14 | The Hampton Court Horse Rangers , unlike their six fellow branches around the country which are attached to riding schools , owns all its horses and ponies , and either fund-raises money to buy them , or has mounts donated by anyone from Capital Radio to pop group The Moody Blues . |
| 15 | Not putting up bail or hiring lawyers to defend in any alcohol-related case . |
| 16 | This massive , muscular breed is now known all over the world and over the last quarter of a century it has seen herdbooks or breed societies established in 24 countries in addition to France ( Argentina , Australia , Belgium , Brazil , Canada , Denmark , Finland , Germany , Hungary , Ireland , Japan , Mexico , the Netherlands , Norway , Paraguay , Portugal , South Africa , Spain , Sweden , the UK , the USSR , the USA , Uruguay and Zimbabwe ) . |
| 17 | The main misgivings relate to the perverse incentives fundholding was thought to create : not to refer patients ; to shift cases from elective to emergency care ; to select or deselect patients according to their cost liability . |
| 18 | ‘ I ought never to have kissed you or let things get to this stage , ’ Julia admitted . |
| 19 | a page designed primarily for speaking or writing activities based on the story so far and the developing mystery |
| 20 | The Soviet Communist Party 's ideology chief denied on Monday that the entire ruling Politburo had offered to resign or faced calls to resign at a key party meeting this month . |
| 21 | For example , Manning ( 1977 ) showed how policemen and women in the ranks have an ability to bypass or undermine innovations introduced by police managers , some even doing so while appearing to endorse the policy change ( Chatterton 1979 ) . |
| 22 | I have heard or read estimates varying from 20 per cent to 50 per cent of the adult population , " most young people " , " all women at the menopause " and " all men over 50 " . |
| 23 | Finally , UDGs helped to increase otherwise static urban-land prices , and many businesses moving into or owning premises supported by UDGs intended to boost their output . |
| 24 | Grade 4 and 5 land is used largely for this purpose although occasional fields of oats , barley or forage crops occur in grade 4 . |
| 25 | Experimental inhibition of 1 4 C aminopyrine accumulation of rabbit parietal cells in vitro by whole organisms or sonicated bacteria isolated from patients with H pylori infection suggest the existence of an inhibitory protein . |
| 26 | diced or dehydrated potatoes used as an ingredient in broths , salads , soups , stews and vegetable mixtures . |
| 27 | In searching for an alternative , OFWAT is canvassing opinion on three different methods : water metering , a flat-rate licence fee , and banding or stepped charges depending on the type of home in which you live . |
| 28 | Inevitably , few Georgian beerhouses or coaching inns survive in anything like their original form , having been comprehensively extended or altered in subsequent decades . |
| 29 | Sometimes the ‘ tokens ’ are simple ticks on a little notebook , but they can be milk bottle tops or counters or spent matches kept in a little bag . |
| 30 | The danger of injury or death arises less from fights between rival groups of fans as from the panic that actual or threatened attacks provoke amongst the general public . |