Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] of " in BNC.
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1 | There are also transaction costs involved in acquiring and/or disposing of the requisite foreign exchange . |
2 | Week two , an analysis written , hand or drawn or painted of an example of pre-Raphaelite work . |
3 | Such an order can prohibit the cutting down , topping , or lopping of trees except with the consent of the local planning authority . |
4 | In ways such as these , late Roman bishops worked slowly , by piecemeal additions and elaborations of regularly recurrent observances , to define a new sacred time in which the Christian life was to be wholly caught up , until the sacred time of the old pagan past was slowly forgotten , or emptied of its charge of religiosity . |
5 | Although the question may seem clumsier for it , it is absolutely necessary to give a genuine choice , and even though it may sound stilted to ask , ‘ Do you approve or disapprove of … ’ , at least this presents a fair choice . |
6 | In answer to the question ‘ Do you approve or disapprove of the way … is handling his job as President ? ’ the respondents answers are given in Table 2 , which also shows that after the fourth month of Reagan 's first term , and in the wake of the assassination attempt on 30 March , his approval rating rose to 68 per cent . |
7 | Just as the ‘ Verbivore ’ phenomenon is caused through a flattening or levelling of the modulations of air waves , so the hierarchy of narrative levels is ‘ flattened ’ such that it becomes impossible in any given instance to determine whose account we are reading or whose mind we are supposedly ‘ inside ’ . |
8 | Each affix is obligatorily attached to a stem containing or consisting of an open set item : dis-obey , un-popular , central-ise , dismount-ed , long-er , etc . |
9 | This is most evident in cases of indecent assault , which may be committed by the least unwanted touching or stroking of one person 's body by another . |
10 | However Christ is understood , as people take him up into their culture , or make of him what they will , they know him to be male . |
11 | To make sure he asked Mr Litmus if he had seen or heard of a scientist being found coming out of the corridors . |
12 | Perhaps they have read or heard of some of the research which has been done in this field in recent years , and it has opened up their minds . |
13 | Yet of all the lame ducks I 've met or heard of , she 's the lamest . |
14 | This was the first time she had seen or heard of d'Urberville since she had left Trantridge . |
15 | ‘ And you 've never seen or heard of her since ? ’ |
16 | The children might have made a collection of shiny things or things made of metal , and be invited to think of things that they use at home which are shiny or made of metal . |
17 | From ancient times in India , icons have been modelled in stone or wood , cast in metal or made of clay . |
18 | For buildings which were not faced with marble or made of ashlar blocks , a marble stucco generally covered the brick and concrete walling . |
19 | what you 're going to see , the new series or repeat of the |
20 | Erm , I do n't , I do n't know what er people are er afraid of , or frightened of really , j just by sending a couple of delegates from the trades councils that would er voice the concerns of the rank and file , it 's not going to er set any dangerous precedents , and let's , let's not forget that those people would be from recognized trades unions as well . |
21 | One also wonders whether it is wise to smoke or to smell of perfume when handling horses . |
22 | Section 34 of the EPA requires a broker in waste or any person producing , importing , carrying , keeping , treating or disposing of waste ( other than a householder ) to ‘ take all such measures applicable to him in that capacity as are reasonable in the circumstances ’ to : |
23 | A Mareva injunction is one granted , either after judgment to the successful plaintiff or before trial to a plaintiff who has a good arguable case on the merits , restraining a defendant ‘ from dealing with or disposing of or removing from the jurisdiction ’ any or all of his assets . |
24 | Similar provisions apply to a process ; for example , using the process infringes but , additionally , the patented process may be infringed by using or disposing of , etc. any product obtained directly from that process . |
25 | As we have so much control in forming a horse 's habits it is up to us to teach it good ones ; and not through our own lack of thought or knowledge , or want of kindness and sensitivity , impair the horse ; or even worse , teach it such bad habits that its life will be a misery to itself or others . |
26 | The connection between the circumstance and the smell , on his view , is precisely the kind of connection , or want of connection , that would be true of real chance or real random events . |
27 | Realism about the mental , to speak freely , seems to me essential , and the opposed looking-elsewhere , whatever its roots , a kind of fastidiousness or want of nerve which is futile . |
28 | But , where the substantial or only ground for impeaching the instrument is misunderstanding or want of understanding of its contents or effect , the amount of reliance placed by the creditor upon the husband for the purpose of informing his wife of what she was about must be of great importance . |
29 | This is clear from a passage in Dixon J. 's judgment where he is dealing with the second class of case : ‘ But , where the substantial or only ground for impeaching the instrument is misunderstanding or want of understanding of its contents or effect , the amount of reliance placed by the creditor upon the husband for the purpose of informing his wife of what she was about must be of great importance . ’ |
30 | ‘ Where goods are sold in market overt , according to the usage of the market , the buyer acquires a good title to the goods , provided he buys them in good faith and without notice of any defect or want of title on the part of the seller . ’ |