Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They could not form healthy friendships with either women or men , and ‘ identified with abstract collectivities to compensate for their failure and/or inability to relate to individual human beings . ’ |
| 2 | ( See table 12.1 ) The Democrat President Carter had great difficulty in getting even his most basic requests through a Congress controlled during 1977–80 by 2:1 Democratic majorities , a failure that was put down to Carter 's unwillingness and/or inability to bargain and deal with members of Congress . |
| 3 | If you ( and your partner ) have savings and/or investments amounting to more than £8,000 you will not be entitled to claim benefit . |
| 4 | To do so , both verbs and nouns need to be qualified by adjectives and/or adverbs determined by the choreographers during the making of the design . |
| 5 | The fact that the overlap of tax payments and transfers in cash and/or kind leaves as much as half the households in a broadly unchanged position has drawn criticism ( see Burton 1985 ) . |
| 6 | The control of resources by the landowner usually means that the sites are impressive , dominant , and have had a lot of labour and/or money invested in them . |
| 7 | The idea has now reached dimensions where it requires some assistance by individuals with stature and/or money to legitimize its growth . |
| 8 | It 's been an emotional , turbulent four months : we 've read every letter sent with every donation , been touched and amazed time and again by your generosity , and offer our warmest thanks to everyone who has given time and/or money to help . |
| 9 | The phenomenon of the hollow frontier has been common where settlers cultivate land , which is virtually free to anyone with the capital and/or labour to exploit it , and move on when serious erosion sets in , leaving behind eroded soils . |
| 10 | Ladder and/or steps to gain access to the roof space ( usually the vendor will provide this ) |
| 11 | The key stages of preparation are to become familiar with all the facts as recorded in key documents , for example correspondence , meeting records , site measurements , wage sheets and plant invoices try to agree the facts with the engineer and/or contractor check the claim is in order with respect to time and/or documentation and that it complies with the contract |
| 12 | It 's a bit on t'spongy side , so Aah wants it finished afore t'rains come . ’ |
| 13 | Remember to include Local Library School and/or college running BTEC or City and Guilds courses . |
| 14 | Problems may arise in respect of expatriates working in the same location on longer-term postings or even local company employees who are dissatisfied with their rates of pay in comparison with salaries and/or bonuses earned by fixed-term contract workers . |
| 15 | Sticks or twigs can be used for poles , and ‘ chains ’ or necklaces suspended from ‘ pole ’ to ‘ pole ’ . |
| 16 | As for Ndlove , I do n't see where he will fit in , it probably mean either Wallace or Dean moving to the reserves . |
| 17 | He is unlikely to be startled by the kind of evidence or hypothesis presented by us and by other writers . |
| 18 | The researcher must not impose any prior assumptions on the subject matter , and should allow any theory or hypothesis to emerge from what is observed and recorded . |
| 19 | A reviewing scientist may conclude that although the same results are obtainable on replication , they are incapable of supporting the theory or hypothesis advanced by the original scientist . |
| 20 | The main hills were in the south , where Saxony included the outriders of the Hartz mountains . |
| 21 | For anyone to claim to be pure Scots , English or Welsh seems nonsense . |
| 22 | Early or semi-retired people or housewives looking for a break often welcome a different four walls and a fresh interest . |
| 23 | The English colonies looked rather like colonies of the Greek type , where emigrants set out from their native city to launch a new city and , while often cherishing a deep affection for the city that they had left , did not acknowledge a political obligation to obey it . |
| 24 | The test will check that there are no sharp edges or projections arising from damage or excessive corrosion likely to give rise to injury . |
| 25 | To facilitate this examination , the woman lies on her back with her legs raised towards her chin and the knees or ankles supported . |
| 26 | If swelling of the hands , face or ankles develops . |
| 27 | Rules about the timing and specificity of disclosure of commission and other remuneration , which permit less than full disclosure of the amount or value of the commission or remuneration raise the safe harbour question . |
| 28 | Yesterday the Securities & Investments Board , the champion of that Act , came perilously close to removing the pillar by allowing stockbrokers ' soft-commissions practices to continue . |
| 29 | At Gibson & Dodds auction a Kingwood ormolu-mounted Vernis Martin display cabinet , went at £1,300 . |
| 30 | In 1893 Marks & Clerk moved to London , leaving Edward to run the Birmingham and Manchester offices . |