Example sentences of "or [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | " At every Mercantile Marine Office there were what was known as the outdoor staff , or Board of Trade messengers . |
| 32 | Then , if possible , talk to a friendly builder , architect , structural engineer , surveyor or clerk of works about your particular problems and show them drawings and photographs . |
| 33 | 2.1.3 Scorching melting or discolouration of furniture , etc . |
| 34 | Fisher saw that this mind was not the grammarian or writer of Greek and Latin prose such as Cambridge liked , but was a meditative , half-philosophical mind , which might be better suited in the Oxford school . |
| 35 | The plane was painted and repainted over the next 20 years with each change of ownership or brand of gasoline . |
| 36 | The small size of the protector means that it is practical to leave radioactive tubes in it at all times , even during vortexing or addition of reagents . |
| 37 | Putative simplification strategies ( see Chapter 1 ) , such as substitution , omission , distortion or addition of phonemes . |
| 38 | Rapid agreement by the park committees and boards is the norm : the majority of proposals are approved without question : and in most other cases , negotiations lead to the agreed retention or addition of Features of conservation value . |
| 39 | This proceeded uneventfully for about a month with no obvious evidence of either haemolysis or regression of lymphadenopathy . |
| 40 | Not only do they seldom produce roots for anchorage or absorption of plant foods , but most develop turions , or winter buds , and effectively disappear during the autumn . |
| 41 | He is far better on the art of his own time , particularly on Miró : ‘ Miro 's miracle is not in his breathing , but in that his surface does not end up heavy and material , like cement or tar of mayonnaise , but airy , light , clean , radiant , like the Mediterranean itself . |
| 42 | The areas of experience necessary for the full satisfaction of the Test requirements have proven very difficult to acquire over the two-year period , since what is available to the candidate is conditional upon the type of practice he is in and the volume and the quality or variety of commissions received . |
| 43 | Briefly , this meant the ability to ‘ take his work and leave it ’ : to start and finish the ploughing ; that is , to pen and shut up a furrow and leave every stetch , or parcel of furrows , straight and level and without a wrinkle to mar the whole length of it . |
| 44 | It represented a 2.6 per cent decrease in real spending compared with the 1990 budget , and involved the recommended closure of 35 domestic military bases , the realignment or reduction of forces at a further 200 military facilities and the closure of 13 overseas bases . |
| 45 | Secondly , a company 's articles could not require more than a 50% majority for the appointment or removal of directors , nor confer on holders of a particular class of shares an exclusive right to nominate directors . |
| 46 | Below the ‘ tambour ’ was a sliding panel which could be raised and lowered ‘ to facilitate the addition or removal of conveniences without disturbing the traveller . ’ |
| 47 | But the appropriate remedies might be divestment , regulation , or removal of entry barriers rather than fines . |
| 48 | What is more , the Spirit of God , and the shekinah , or glory of God , were not to be found in the Second Temple ( b . |
| 49 | A graph or chart of weight can be useful . |
| 50 | He went his way across North Wales , probing as he moved , but he never saw hide or hair of Owen . |
| 51 | Conversely , mere volume or complexity of information disclosed will not be sufficient . |
| 52 | As the evidence for the misuse or overuse of health care technologies accumulates , most Western governments have responded by more formal systems of technology assessment and growing interest in what has been termed the " outcomes movement " ( Epstein 1990 ) . |
| 53 | The exclusion of wills and conveyancing originated in a recommendation of the Legal Aid Scrutiny that public money should be directed towards the enforcement or defence of rights and not simply to enable clients to arrange their own affairs . |
| 54 | The most recent sustained attempt to resolve it , made by a Newcastle doctor , M. H. Armstrong Davison , is also the most recent example of the inexplicable difficulty of avoiding the temptation to become an advocate for the prosecution or defence of Mary Queen of Scots . |
| 55 | It is often possible to effect change by apparently recommending the continuation or intensification of interactions that are at the root of family problems . |
| 56 | In other words , the most difficult tasks found within any given layer are all characterized by the same type or category of complexity , just as water remains in the same liquid state from 0 degrees to 100 degrees Celsius , even though it ranges from very cold to very hot . |
| 57 | To this database had been added further codes to indicate the type or category of information , the functional groups in the EPH using it , and its source or destination . |
| 58 | The paramount chief or Vunivalu of Fiji , Ratu Sir George Cakobau , died on Nov. 25 , 1989 , at the age of 77 after a long illness . |
| 59 | Daniel Defoe describes the Fens shrouded in fog , through which nothing could be seen ‘ but now and then the lanthorn or cupola of Ely Minster ’ . |
| 60 | The important thing is the skill or technique of essay writing itself . |