Example sentences of "an [noun] or [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , well-designed outdoor lighting can create some really spectacular effects and allow you to make full use of your garden during the summer — especially if you have an eating or barbecue area . |
| 2 | Festoon lights have the added advantage that , if positioned high enough above an eating or barbecue area , they 'll attract insects away from the food and you . |
| 3 | Now , the fact that a criminal offence is committed by a trader or creditor does not confer upon the consumer any right to bring an action or obtain redress in the civil courts . |
| 4 | ‘ … any advertisement inviting persons to enter or offer to enter into an investment agreement or to exercise any rights conferred by an investment to acquire , dispose of , underwrite or convert an investment or containing information calculated to lead directly or indirectly to persons doing so ’ . |
| 5 | " Investment advertisement " is widely defined in s57(2) to mean any advertisement inviting persons to enter or offer to enter into an investment agreement or to exercise any rights conferred by an investment to acquire , dispose of , underwrite or convert an investment or containing information calculated to lead directly or indirectly to persons doing so . |
| 6 | The institutions , i.e. pension funds , insurance funds and trust funds , generally require a fixed , steady income stream and a low level of risk when making an investment or lending money . |
| 7 | Does n't he remember that at the General Election the tabloids and so-called quality newspapers slaughtered Labour leader Neil Kinnock who did not have an affair with an actress or take freebie holidays ? |
| 8 | Trivial or shallow , in particular , are criticisms levelled at young women for their concern over their appearance ; one of the worst current insults you can throw at an actress or pop star is that she 's a bimbo — concerned only with her looks and nothing else . |
| 9 | Interaction between judges is probably more significant in the United States with the stable membership on the Supreme Court , but even in Britain the phenomenon of ‘ opinion deference ’ , whereby one or more judges defers to the opinion of another because he or she is acknowledged to be an expert or to have seniority , is not unknown . |
| 10 | The tug is on hand to assist in the unlikely event of an outward-bound crude oil carrier sustaining an engine or steering failure in the difficult approach channel to Southampton Water . |
| 11 | A possible outline for an exchange or work experience placement might be : |
| 12 | The student could produce an overview or outline plan containing a consideration of ideas showing the main components of the investigation . |
| 13 | The JCT designed this form for use where minor building works are to be carried out for an agreed lump sum based on drawings and/or specifications and/or schedules but without detailed measurements , and where an architect or supervising officer has been appointed on behalf of the employer . |
| 14 | Here again they state that the form is for use where works are carried out for an agreed lump sum and where an architect or supervising officer has been appointed on behalf of the employer . |
| 15 | The form is again for lump sum contracts where the work has been fully designed and an architect or supervising officer appointed . |
| 16 | You can hire an architect or get advice on digging drains . |
| 17 | If the philosophical discontinuity Foucault describes is truly occurring , then an inside or reflexive exploration of police practice should reveal the strength of these divisive classificatory techniques , for any binary separation of man by his contemporaries into the non-human categories suggested by Leach ( 1982 ) is the very stuff of anthropology . |
| 18 | Other earthworks probably indicate an irrigation or leat system built in the sixteenth century to help the Spencer family 's ranching activities . |
| 19 | The object of your journey , the very necessary object was and is and must be , to obtain an appointment or to make money . |
| 20 | I could never cook myself a meal , even with such complete mod. cons , and Hellen , who helped me arrange the furniture , pictures and scrolls , would tease me as ‘ the eternal bachelor ’ who could not fry an egg or boil water without burning it . |
| 21 | The artefact , on the other hand , tends to imply a certain innocence of facticity ; it seems to offer the clarity of realism , an assertion of certainty against the buffeting of debate , an end or resting point which resolves the disorder of uncertain perspectives . |
| 22 | It is quite common in an import or export sale for the seller to agree to arrange the carriage of the goods by ship to the buyer and also to arrange for their insurance en route . |
| 23 | Agencies may charge an agency or booking fee , and staff may be self-employed and responsible for their own tax and national insurance contributions . |
| 24 | Fellatio was particularly common where the assailant had been drinking and was unable to sustain an erection or reach orgasm . |
| 25 | While not offering the flexibility of repayment of an overdraft or Managed Rate Facility , since new bills may be used to replace those maturing , they can provide a continuous source of funds . |
| 26 | For example , it is important to know what properties an estimator or test statistic , which is known to have good properties if we happen to have chosen the correct model , will have for models with particular types of mis-specification . |
| 27 | Work carried out in the area of ergonomics takes account of the fact that most drivers only have a few tenths of a second to give an order or read information . |
| 28 | When I 'm working with people on an evaluation or discussing evaluation in general , one of the major items of discussion always is , how can you consult other people , how can you get them involved ? |
| 29 | A transaction to which the Merger Regulation applies must be notified to the Commission on the prescribed form ( Form CO ) within one week after announcing a bid , reaching an agreement or acquiring control , whichever occurs first . |
| 30 | As a working device : the structure across which fabric is stretched taut in order to be stitched — a means to an end ; or , within the pictorial tradition , an encasing or containing structure which defines the edges of the work ; or , less literally , an ‘ established order or system ’ — the logic of embroidery , with its own rules and conventions . |