Example sentences of "or [noun sg] [prep] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to send money or jewellery ( as defined above ) within the UK , then you can obtain compensation cover against loss or damage by using the Registered Service . |
| 2 | This ratio gives investors a common yardstick to measure the attitude of the market as a whole to all companies regardless of size or industry by reducing the comparison to the simple question ‘ How much is the market willing to pay for a unit of earnings ? ’ . |
| 3 | Although the codes ( still voluntary ) have since been improved , the preface to them all still acknowledges that ‘ nearly all livestock husbandry systems impose restrictions on the stock and some of these can cause an unacceptable degree of discomfort or distress by preventing the animals from fulfilling their basic needs . ’ |
| 4 | Others used jargon of medicine , cookery or religion for describing the tortures . |
| 5 | The role of the lawyer or adviser in taking the initiative in identifying problems with which help can be provided becomes important , and it is in this type of work that the law centres have been particularly successful . |
| 6 | But please be careful , measure everything you hear about against scripture and do n't accept or take part in any therapy or practice without asking the Lord first . |
| 7 | There will be no concentration if the joint venture is cooperative , that is , if it is an operation that has ‘ the object or effect of co-ordinating the competitive behaviour of undertakings which remain independent ’ . |
| 8 | No one was henceforth to suffer death or mutilation for taking the king 's deer : the penalties were to be limited to amercement , imprisonment or exile . |
| 9 | Following Kant , many aesthetic theories emphasize the particular manner or attitude of regarding the object of art ; for example , the way a work of art commands our concentration and consideration , producing an abstracted and contemplative gaze . |
| 10 | When a choreographer creates a ballet based on ancient Greek or Roman myth and legend , or on medieval legends and the fairy tales derived from them , he can find inspiration for ways of acting out the story or theme by reading the works of authors such as Homer and Plato . |
| 11 | We are fortunate that the super-power that remains has no instinct or appetite for dominating the world by oppression and force . |
| 12 | It will be noted that no reference has been made to service by post ; the provisions in the Rules of the Supreme Court permitting the use of ‘ ordinary first-class post ’ or service by inserting the writ through the letter-box at the defendant 's address are not applied to service out of the jurisdiction . |
| 13 | • If you find it hard to eat one chocolate or biscuit without devouring the whole packet , but an individually wrapped serving . |
| 14 | While great emphasis has rightly been placed on the active involvement of the pupils in their learning , it should always be remembered that there is still a place for the teacher to convey a feel for an event or person by presenting the story . |
| 15 | This term is meant to cover their disposable effort ( the effort they are prepared to expend ) and their ability or competence in matching the perceived text-world to their cognitive universe ( based on their previous familiarity with the patterns typical of the genre ) . |
| 16 | This can be provided by the magic power or words , such as inscribing prohibitions into the nation 's constitution , and by manifestations of the divine in terms of either retribution for failing to uphold the truth , or grace for upholding the truth , with rewards ‘ such as oil finds and victories in the World Championships ’ . |
| 17 | There are good reasons for distinguishing it both from the level of the meanings of expressions , as will become apparent later in the text ( see in particular Chapter 6 ) , and from whatever more general non-linguistic level of mental activity has to take responsibility for human perception of external phenomena ; a sufficient reason is that speakers of the language are well aware that they can seek to identify one and the same entity or property by using the meanings of various different expressions : Examples like ( 22 ) are familiarly put forward as showing the distinction between meaning and reference ; they may serve that purpose but that is quite a different matter . |
| 18 | In the latter case , the creditor has no excuse or justification for retaining the stranger 's money , unless he complies with the conditions on which it was paid . |
| 19 | We are a long way removed from the 1929 Larousse dictionary 's definition of the term : ‘ act or way of cultivating the soil or certain plants ’ , with the added gloss : ‘ this word is sometimes used , like the German word Kultur , to mean civilisation , though with particular reference to the Germanic peoples ’ ! |
| 20 | However , the point or purpose of using the same fact will be different depending on the title or direction of the essay . |
| 21 | Motorola Inc president George Fisher met with Brazil 's President Itamar Franco to discuss enlarging the nation 's mobile cellular telephone network , Agencia Brasil reports : the state news agency said that Fisher proposed installation of a satellite network that would enable international calls to be made from Brazil without going through the state telephone company Embratel ; no price or date for starting the project was mentioned . |
| 22 | Collectivist strategies attempted to restrain any tendencies towards statism or socialism by tempering the full rigours of laissez-faire capitalism through a renewal of state and semi-state institutions . |
| 23 | An agency is not a sort of plate-glass fun-palace in which bejeaned intellectuals dash off a few lapidary phrases in praise of Surf or Oxo between polishing the rhyme schemes of their latest book of sonnets or ( more likely ) the lyrics of the next chart-topper . |