Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 Such instructions may be communicated verbally or written .
2 has just completed an up-date for the Teachers ’ Directory to include all the newly qualified teachers and new addresses , telephone numbers etc. where known of established Q.T 's .
3 Similar findings were observed with prostacyclin either applied locally or given systemically in the coronary artery of dog ( Aiken et al , 1979 ) .
4 Right or cubed , raised to the power three , is equal to sixteen to the
5 Help me here , this way or that way , right or left ?
6 This is to be distinguished from bribing , where the treat is offered up-front or mixed with the meal as a lure to entice the dog to eat .
7 Most vehicles have a chassis/frame number either stamped on or fixed to the body shell with a plate .
8 1.3 These Conditions shall override any contrary different or additional terms or conditions ( if any ) contained on or referred to in an order form or other documents or correspondence from the Purchaser , and no addition alteration or substitution of these terms will bind the Seller or form part of any Order unless they are expressly accepted in writing by a person authorised to sign on the Seller 's behalf .
9 Section 4 provides : ( 1 ) A person applies a trade description to goods if he ( a ) affixes or annexes it to or in any manner marks it on or incorporates it with ( i ) the goods themselves or ( ii ) anything in , on or with which the goods are supplied ; or ( b ) places the goods in , on or with anything which the trade description has been affixed or annexed to , marked on or incorporated with , or places any such thing with the goods ; or ( c ) uses the trade description in any manner likely to be taken as referring to the goods .
10 ‘ He could have been eaten or run over or trodden on or blown away or fallen down a hole or trapped , ’ said Grimma .
11 For further acquisitions Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza intends to draw on the so-called third rank of paintings in the Thyssen Collection , bought in order to be sold on or exchanged for better works .
12 Certain things can never be blamed on or explained in terms of witchcraft .
13 How likely is the disease to be passed on or acquired in any one given act of sexual intercourse between an infected and an uninfected person ?
14 ‘ Where the processes carried on or the machinery installed are such as could be carried on or installed in any residential area without detriment to amenity of that area by reason of noise , vibration , smell , fumes , soot ash , dust or grit ’ .
15 They provided traction ( pulling carts , ploughs , harrows etc. ) , meat , leather , and a host of other resources like bone ( for glue ) , grease , sinews , together with milk ( for butter and cheese to store ) and manure — either deposited on or taken out to arable fields .
16 Further information was contained on and used by the payroll system which was not contained on or used by the PMIS and vice versa It was therefore decided that the updating procedures for the Payroll Master File and the PMIS should be kept separate at this stage .
17 These sections make it compulsory to have the company 's name painted on or affixed to the business premises and mentioned on all business documents and negotiable instruments .
18 Try to plan to seat at least six comfortably , and also have some really occasional chairs that can be stashed away in a cupboard somewhere or brought in from the hall or a bedroom .
19 By this approach invasive fetal sampling techniques may be avoided entirely or limited to those cases where confirmation of a positive diagnosis is desirable .
20 Expenditure is permitted only where authorized by a candidate , a candidate 's election agent , or a person authorized in writing by the agent .
21 Search at the police station should not be undertaken as a matter of routine but only where justified under Lindley v. Rutter .
22 He could n't see what the men were doing most of the time , because they were either inside or hidden by buildings .
23 Among its recommendations were ( i ) the creation of vents and energy absorption systems which would dissipate the force of an explosion ; ( ii ) the repositioning of cargo containers to ensure that any explosive energy was either directed outwards or absorbed by other baggage containers ; and ( iii ) improving flight recorders so that they continued working after a power failure .
24 But the square was now unrecognisable , every building had been tom down or pummelled by hundreds of shells and rockets .
25 Yet authority is passed down or delegated through the formal organisation ; it is not passed up from supervisors to senior managers .
26 Although you might not meet an elephant on the Wilpattu jungle tracks , you know that they are there when you find a tree pulled down or bull-dozed across the road .
27 That any of our pubs can , at a stroke , be shut down or altered by uncaring owners , without any proper consultation with users or the community , is little short of a continuing national disgrace .
28 The statement , issued jointly by thirteen out of nineteen governors in the federation , was a newsworthy event by any standards , and yet it was either played down or ignored by the FRCN and NTV .
29 ‘ The houses should either be knocked down or renovated because this is not good , ’ said resident Ray Smith .
30 Those which emit pollutants above designated levels are to be closed down or switched to other work .
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