Example sentences of "or [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 At the beginning of October , the State Education Commission issued a statement calling on all provincial education departments and universities under its jurisdiction to forbid students to ‘ engage in business on or off campus for the purpose of getting rich ’ ( CD 7. 10. 1988 ) .
2 Were you on duty at home or off duty at home ?
3 Not only is maternal age interrelated with parity or birth order and , through parity , with family size but the latter also with another demographic variable , i.e. the intervals between successive births ( or between pregnancies or between termination of a pregnancy and the next conception ) .
4 Ehrlichman and Weinberger criticise the emphasis that has been placed on the first eye movements occurring after a question has been asked and the consequent ignoring of movements which occur prior to or during presentation of a particular item .
5 Finally , patients irradiated in the course of frequently repeated diagnostic examination or during treatment of their diseases by radiotherapy can be studied .
6 RIVER DEE : High water levels but when normal , Chester end usually best early morning or during night for large roach and bread in Eccleston area .
7 It would thus lie possible for studies to be pursued either full- or part-time , before or during employment as a church musician .
8 The rarity of p53 gene mutation in adenomas and its prevalence in carcinomas , suggests that p53 mutation is one of the late events in the adenoma-carcinoma sequence , occurring either at the adenoma carcinoma interface or during progression of established cancers .
9 We therefore interpret magnetizations of high unblocking temperature and high to moderate coercivity found in undeformed parts of the granitic intrusions ( Tsm and Ttp ) as having been acquired just before or during mylonitization of structurally higher rocks .
10 The tubers should not be chilled during grading or during transit to the processing plant .
11 In the MEDLINE system , for example , the user can interactively ask for instructions at the beginning of the search , or for assistance during the search , when part of the original instructions are given as requested .
12 The occupier accepts no liability for injuries suffered by visitors or for damage to their property . "
13 It should be made clear that the value of this information for consumers would be chiefly as a yardstick against which they could measure the rates offered to them by lenders of the same type , or for credit of the same type .
14 Applications for admission should be submitted as early as possible in the session prior to that in which admission is sought and should not be delayed because the applicant is awaiting examination results or the outcome of applications for scholarships or for admission to other institutions .
15 Awards can usually be set aside only for an error of law on the face of the award or for misconduct on the arbitrator 's part ( Meyer v Leanse [ 1958 ] 2 QB 371 ; [ 1958 ] 3 All ER 213 ; and Leung v Garbett [ 1980 ] 2 All ER 436 ) .
16 When mechanisms are being compared it is often more meaningful to obtain the response function for the complete system or for part of the system .
17 Even if the matter were still proceeding before the justices ' court , either for the purposes of committal for trial or for trial of an information , it would be my opinion that neither section 5(1) nor section 10(1) of the Act of 1980 would apply to give the justice hearing a proceeding under section 7(5) of the Bail Act 1976 a power to adjourn that proceeding .
18 For a cheap standby ticket , ring Capital Airways ( 0345 800777 ) or for travel in a more traditional style ( all 3 ½ hours of it ) try the Holyhead to Dublin Ferry .
19 A greater number than would be expected have spent long periods in plaster casts because of bone injuries , or for correction of congenital malformations .
20 For colour catalogue or for help with the wedding list , contact Mulberry Hall , Stonegate , York , tel .
21 In general , frequent harmonic change is best reserved for points of culmination and intensity , or for music of an agitated nature .
22 ‘ We offer the literature of reassurance ’ states the press office for Mills and Boon : a reassurance that has been marketed with resounding success , a success that would not have been possible for Mills and Boon or for Harlequin without the intervention and resources of the Torstar Corporation .
23 According to section 15 of the 1982 Act , if the union is sued for inducing breach of or interfering with contract , or for intimidation by threats to interfere with contract , or for conspiracy to commit these torts , then the act in question shall be taken to have been done by the union only if it was authorised or endorsed by a ‘ responsible person , ’ which means the principal executive committee , any person authorised by the rules to endorse acts of the kind in question , the president or general secretary , any other employed official , or any committee to which an employed official reports , but an act by an official or a committee to which he reports shall not be taken as authorised or endorsed if the official or committee was prevented from authorising or endorsing the act by union rules or if the act has been repudiated by the president or general secretary .
24 In the last fifteen years of her reign Elizabeth also made increasing demands on her subjects for ships or for money in lieu of ships .
25 Postgraduate contact : Dr V. Hope or for MSc in Ancient Philosophy Dr T Scaltsas
26 Those that had not fled out of fear , political animosity to the Bolsheviks , or for lack of food and pay , were apt to be shackled as much by their own situation as by peasant recalcitrance to learn .
27 In recent months the City 's leading institutions have taken it in turns to come under fire : for regulatory failure , for losing money , for not moving with the times , or for lack of leadership .
28 Data were also excluded when the child developed severe obstructive symptoms from enlargement of the adenoids or tonsils , often with sleep apnoea that required surgical treatment , and when surgery was required to the unoperated ear — for example , insertion of a ventilation tube for severe collapse of the tympanic membrane or for treatment of cholesteatoma .
29 8.2 Each Party undertakes to each of the other Parties that it will use its best endeavours to communicate fully and promptly to the other all such background and results as may reasonably be required for carrying out the project or complying with the terms of the Grant Offer Letter or for exploitation of the results in accordance with Clause 11 .
30 He invited them to decide by referendum whether to opt for autonomy , with full French support , or for independence outside the community .
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