Example sentences of "or [noun] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to establish how police work is accomplished , therefore , it is necessary to examine such things as the common-sense notions ordinary policemen and women have about their role , what they consider to be the essence of police work , what typifications and categorizations infuse the practical reasoning they employ to accomplish policing tasks , and what ‘ recipes ’ or guide-lines they adopt in undertaking the various aspects of their job . |
| 2 | Whether these were John 's family or whether there was another brother or sister I do not know , but I have never been able to find out anything about who they were or where they went to . |
| 3 | If reading Alison 's story sets off alarm bells in your head about whether you too have an exercise obsession , or perhaps have a friend or sister who does , then turn to ‘ Obsessions : Where to get help ’ . |
| 4 | This involved a teacher treating a pupil in a manner which suggested that he or she was the same sort of person as an older brother or sister who had either offended in some way or was being offered as a worthy model . |
| 5 | ‘ But obviously we do n't sell anything like knives or firearms which have criminal overtones . ’ |
| 6 | Further , not all women feel free to use contraceptives such as the pill or diaphragm which require forethought , since ‘ nice girls ’ do not plan to have sex . |
| 7 | The fact that number is a grammatical category in English means that an English speaker or writer who uses a noun such as student or child has to choose between singular and plural . |
| 8 | The addressor is the speaker or writer who produces the utterance . |
| 9 | Nancy enjoyed seeing them and an occasional painter or writer who asked to renew acquaintance with Arnold 's collection . |
| 10 | a dust particle sticking to the printing plate or blanket which appears on the printed sheet as a dark spot surrounded by an halo . |
| 11 | Primary prevention refers to attempts to eliminate the noxious or infectious agent at its source , either through changes to its habitat or immunization which makes the body invulnerable to it . |
| 12 | Woe betide the witness or counsel who did not appear to be fully candid ’ . |
| 13 | Some salami are wrapped in garlic or herbs which give additional flavour . |
| 14 | Recorders and Assistant Recorders are senior barristers or solicitors who sit as judges a few weeks each year . |
| 15 | If we can write back to somebody , or send them the CD or shirt they want , we will almost certainly have them for life . |
| 16 | It can also help to raise your awareness of new research and any political influences or undercurrents which stand to affect the way services are managed . |
| 17 | One of them extends the Fourth Directive to both partnerships ( whether limited or unlimited ) and unlimited companies , in either case where the partners or shareholders themselves have limited liability . |
| 18 | It is far better to look upon the purpose of such negotiations as to define the risks which each party is willing to accept , and what benefits or rewards he requires from the other party in order to accept those risks . |
| 19 | It is quite without the trees or hedges which enclose all the country around it . |
| 20 | But what he does mean by it can not be identified , at least in any simple way , with the actual beliefs or attitudes which caused it . |
| 21 | The teacher can often save lengthy explanation by carefully constructing a diagram or chart which encapsulates the main points of a lesson . |
| 22 | Whizz-Kidz , the movement for non-mobile children , is looking for 300 sponsored runners to pledge either a minimum of £1,250 which guarantees free entry and flight , or £2,250 which includes accommodation as well . |
| 23 | The union discontinued its " social evenings " in 1951 , but carried on holding occasional events or tea-parties which served as reunions for increasing numbers of retired compositors . |
| 24 | This not only showed how out of touch with the English political scene Tyndale was , but illustrated the honesty or obstinacy which made him feel that he had to declare his opposition to the divorce , although it had been supported by most of the other Reformers . |
| 25 | They constantly warned us of the danger of the roads , about the thieves and vagabonds who dressed in green or brown buckram and played Robin Hood in the dark forests or wastelands we passed through . |
| 26 | And he said er no , he said er I hope you can swim er , he said because they 're rather unstable and er and he said , now erm if we er bump into anything like erm a he he hesitated in his speech and he said like a log or a er er or alligator he said freeze ! |
| 27 | The closer we allow ourselves to get to another , the more we are affected and influences both consciously and unconsciously through the projective system or defence we described in the last two chapters . |
| 28 | Look , if she can send him to Westminster or Eton she 's got money . |
| 29 | Examples included direct imitation , expansion of the child 's utterance into a phrase or sentence which captures the child 's intended meaning , extensions which include a novel contribution , and recastings in which the child 's meaning is reflected back in a different syntactical form ( see Chapter 10 ) . |
| 30 | Any phrase or sentence which makes you feel calm , loving , joyful and expansive is an affirmation . |