Example sentences of "or [noun] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most common situation is for the exporter 's bank to send the bill of exchange to its overseas branch or correspondent bank in the importer 's country . |
| 2 | ‘ Warm-Hearted Weekends ’ are being offered at a selection of hotels for £22 or £26 B&B per night ( tel 021-780 4321 for further information ) . |
| 3 | DB2 Version 3 will enable users to work on one partition of a table space or index space without locking the other partitions . |
| 4 | It is therefore all the more significant that , among the few statistics it does contain , data on variations in performance between providers feature so prominently — 50% variation in acute hospital treatment costs , for example , or 100% variation in general practitioner prescribing costs . |
| 5 | We would therefore encourage the use of the described radiation protection devices , whilst pointing out at the same time that the usual high standards for prevention of ingestion , inhalation or skin absorption of radioactive compounds should still , of course , be maintained . |
| 6 | One in five hundred people in the UK can expect to develop a melanoma , or skin cancer in their lifetime . |
| 7 | The host must be a 390 or 370 capable of running VM TCP/IP or MVS TCP/IP with Token Ring or Ethernet connection , or DEC VAX with Ethernet connection . |
| 8 | This is a direct transference to stone or brick building of the primitive wooden hut method mentioned earlier . |
| 9 | A further complication in drug addiction is that powdered drugs are commonly " cut " ( diluted ) with other substances such as washing powder or brick dust in order to get more money for an apparent increased quantity . |
| 10 | ‘ The Princess Royal would look elegant wearing a pastel pink or champagne dress in wool crepe , just skimming the knee , and a smart jacket , ’ says Tomasz . |
| 11 | On pp. 215 — 37 we examine the interaction of EC and domestic competition laws in relation to an acquisition of a minority interest or majority stake in a local company in France , Germany , Spain and Italy . |
| 12 | The first is that there is rather little reason to associate the coercive pressure of a dominant or majority current of opinion or belief with democracy . |
| 13 | The factors that influence these language attitudes will be examined , focussing particularly on the strength of the learner 's sense of identification with his/her own language group and the minority or majority status of both the learner and the second language . |
| 14 | The London Inter-Bank Offer Rate ( LIBOR ) therefore represents the marginal or opportunity cost of funds to the banks and is the major influence on banks ' base rates . |
| 15 | A scatterplot is needed to assess the linearity assumption underlying each correlation or regression coefficient between pairs of quantitative variables . |
| 16 | Normally an application must be served at least fourteen days before the hearing of it , though the court has power to extend or abridge time under s 376 , and under r 7.4(6) the court may hear an application immediately , with or without the attendance of the other party , or authorise a shorter period of service . |
| 17 | The court has power to extend or abridge time under s 376 as mentioned in section 2 above . |
| 18 | Sometimes , too , it might make sense to turn most of a ground or basement floor into an open-plan kitchen/living/family room/study . |
| 19 | Parents who own a cassette player can easily make their own tape — just record the vacuum cleaner or hair dryer for about five minutes . |
| 20 | the ownership of any equipment or computer software to be used in the proposed system |
| 21 | ‘ So while getting a document or computer disk from , say , London to Indonesia can take up to three days by post or courier , with electronic mail a valid print-out will be to hand in next to no time . |
| 22 | Buying a second-hand board is rather like the second-hand car or computer market in that there are plenty of bargains but unless you are careful you can be ripped off . |
| 23 | The usual legal connotations of ownership are therefore irrelevant , but the possession of information , or the ability to control it , may nevertheless be of great significance ; in an entirely trivial sense the paper or computer tape on which information is recorded can be owned , and while this does not confer rights of ownership over the information itself , this distinction may seem empty if what really matters is control of access to and use of information . |
| 24 | The significance of tree crown or canopy cover as a control on soil erosion has also been investigated by Ruangpanit ( 1985 ) in the mountainous region of northern Thailand where shifting cultivation is extensive . |
| 25 | Since his theme was that of organising communities according to natural formations , not political boundaries , the task he set course members was an investigation of the Dart Valley , the watershed or catchment area of the river from Dartmoor down to the sea . |
| 26 | By some mysterious alchemy it seems possible to drink two or more cups of the mellow cappuccino or caffe crema without suffering the jangle of caffeine overload . |
| 27 | But you will be building up a useful nest egg and wo n't have to pay either capital gains or income tax on the money you get back . |
| 28 | Contributions up to 15 per cent of annual income are exempt from income tax and pension funds pay no capital gains or income tax on their investments . |
| 29 | Consumers pay either through insurance or income tax for health services , hence there is no true test of the New Right model of suppliers reacting directly to consumer preferences in the market place . |
| 30 | Unfortunately , some teachers , because of the obvious security it gives , give children a total diet of this kind of thing , which is a bit like English teachers giving children continual practice in punctuation or sentence structure without the chance to write creatively . |