Example sentences of "or [vb past] by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Rapeman 's brief British college tour was a shambles , every show either cancelled or picketed by irate student unions . |
2 | Moreover , unlike the clause in Cade the terms had never been negotiated or agreed by any trade association on behalf of farmers . |
3 | Metal products and refined oil are exported or moved by coastal shipping . |
4 | ‘ If , in any case not expressly provided for by this Act , a liability to any duty , or any authority or power , not incident to the administration of justice in any court , whose jurisdiction is transferred by this Act to the High Court of Justice , shall have been imposed or conferred by any statute , law , or custom upon the judges or any judge of any of such courts , save as hereinafter mentioned , every judge of the said High Court shall be capable of performing and exercising , and shall be liable to perform and empowered to exercise every such duty , authority , and power , in the same manner as if this Act had not passed , and as if he had been duly appointed the successor of a judge liable to such duty , or possessing such authority or power , before the passing of this Act . … |
5 | He began to drop his head to find her parted lips , and McAllister , who was prey to the most extraordinary and conflicting emotions , one part of her welcoming a kiss from Dr Neil , whom she loved , a kiss which she knew would be passionate , the other part hating and fearing being held or touched by any man , including him , said breathlessly , ‘ No , you should n't . |
6 | The characterizations consisted of being rolled up into a sphere by Willie , or swung by one arm , or aimed at a dartboard while wearing a trick suction device on his head . |
7 | Romero linked his readings with the reality of life in El Salvador and each week his sermon was followed by ‘ a reading of every documented case of persons who had been killed , assaulted , tortured or disappeared by any group on the left or the right ’ . |
8 | This indemnity shall not be prejudiced or waived by any exercise of our rights under Condition 3.3 . |
9 | That has I mean most of the welfare state has been er it 'll either created or extended by Conservative government so |
10 | He found that in the neutral condition , where no particular inference was confirmed or disconfirmed by subsequent information , all potential inferences were falsely identified as having occurred in a passage about 25 per cent of the time . |