Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not begin forming everywhere simultaneously , and carbonate sedimentation did not cease throughout the northern hemisphere with the waving of some magic and/or deistic wand . |
| 2 | Interestingly , in the rat uterus big endothelin-1 is only one-seventh as active as endothelin-1 ( ) , suggesting that this tissue is a particularly active and/or rich enzyme source , for in isolated vascular preparations there is usually some 100–300-fold difference in potency |
| 3 | Applications from Centres seeking HCIMA approval to offer programmes of study leading to the Association 's Professional Certificate and/or Professional Diploma , must be submitted to HCIMA at least eight months before the date on which it is proposed to start the programme . |
| 4 | The first such charts should be done early — at the end of the first day even , and then added to and/or modified day by day as more data is obtained . |
| 5 | Chaff and grain can no longer build up on the screen , air flow stays constant and the main turbine blades ( over £100 each ) are n't assaulted by small and/or shattered grain . |
| 6 | You should have a PhD , awarded not more than 3 years ago , in the field of computer science , mathematics or systems engineering especially in artificial intelligence and mathematical optimisation studies , neural networks , robots and/or geographic information systems studies . |
| 7 | Full records contained up to five elements : AUTHOR ( which includes any added names , personal or corporate ) , TITLE ( including any subtitle , series title , part title ) , PUBLICATION ( publisher(s) , edition , date ) , SUBJECT ( Library of Congress and/or Preserved Context Indexing System headings ) and location information ( including classmark ) . |
| 8 | So 86 per cent of Asian day centre users relied on income support , while only 14 per cent have state and/or private pensions above income support rates . |
| 9 | What is important is that ( a ) large numbers of people are involved ; ( b ) some of them are at a greater risk than the general population due to pre-existing cardiac or respiratory conditions and/or prolonged exposure in homes or at the workplace ; and ( c ) there is no ‘ safe ’ level of exposure to carcinogens . |
| 10 | In drawing up the list of activities below we have aimed to recommend programmes of study that reinforce the links between English and drama , and between English and media education , which we seek to emphasise throughout this Report as well as in chapters 8 and 9. • We see role-play as a valuable means of broadening pupils ' mental and emotional horizons and of developing social and personal confidence : it provides an ideal medium for much of the exploratory and/or performance-based elements of programmes of study . |
| 11 | If you are elderly , physically disabled or too ill to take vigorous exercise , do not despair : regular aromatherapy massage and/or dry skin brushing ( see Chapter 6 ) can be almost as beneficial . |
| 12 | Under this general heading we can identify perhaps seven composite programmes , which in some way are designed to enhance urban physical and/or economic development . |
| 13 | This time delay can have safety and/or economic consequences hence the need to accelerate the experts ' diagnosis and decision processes . |
| 14 | ( 2 ) In the 1950s nationalist leaders in a few Latin American countries ( Argentina , Brazil and Uruguay ) , at critical junctures when their economies were undergoing varying degrees of pressure , sought to explore the potential political and/or economic benefits of relations with the Soviet Union . |
| 15 | Also , the detailed cross-tabulations ( not in the Appendix ) showed that when APR and/or total credit cost was lower for shorter repayment periods , people who had originally chosen the very longest possible repayment period tended to switch — if they switched at all — to a repayment period right at the other end of the scale . |
| 16 | Thus , a tax on capital income may reduce saving and lead to a rise in the gross rate of return ; on the other hand , it may be possible by the use of other taxes and/or monetary policy to offset the effects ( as seen in the discussion of balanced growth incidence ) . |
| 17 | You should make several large caves out of well-bedded rocks , and/or well-weathered bogwood if you prefer . |
| 18 | However , many ancient carbonates , particularly those in the Palaeozoic , have a somewhat lower diagenetic potential , being initially dominantly high and/or low Mg calcite . |
| 19 | Similarly , if women 's role as workers is emphasised to the detriment of consideration of their role as housewives and — more particularly — their role as mothers , then the ‘ proletarianisation ’ of women could confine them and their children to dependence on means-tested state benefits and/or low pay from part-time ‘ women 's work ’ . |
| 20 | Should you find yourself in this situation , and to prevent it , always use a gravel cleaner to syphon sediment from the substrate and check water conditions for high nitrates and/or low pH . |
| 21 | If Corys can be seen to make repeated dashes to the aquarium surface , this tends to indicate a low oxygen level ; a high nitrate level , and/or low pH . |
| 22 | The 453 amino acids long region N-terminal to the POU domain contains several features typical of transcriptional activation domains such as an acidic region with a putative amphipathic alpha-helix , a glutamine-rich region , and short threonine- and/or serine-rich regions . |
| 23 | Those schools having no pupils absent were all either small and/or rural schools . |
| 24 | Some aspects of schools may be changed in order to facilitate curricular and/or extra-curricular activities , without this being perceived as curriculum change per se . |
| 25 | In Class 4 , an ‘ extra-heavy ’ description is used for the heaviest and/or toughest carpets , which get a very high rating for pile weight , density , and appearance retention — this class is suitable for all areas of very heavy traffic and wear in the home . |
| 26 | We can thus substitute equation ( 1 ) into equation ( 2 ) and obtain For a chemical system which involves only solid and/or liquid reactants and products , the expansion V of the system is often negligible or zero . |
| 27 | On the other hand , to describe a person as a " friend " , or a " colleague " , or a " cousin " , etc. is implicitly to presuppose the existence of non-relational features of some kind or other , physical and/or non-physical characteristics , actions , attitudes , etc. , without which such descriptions would not be applicable , or even make sense . |
| 28 | Much discussion has focused on whether or not it is a general phenomenon , related to a ‘ natural ’ cycle of urban change that will in time affect all developed countries , or whether there are specific national and/or regional circumstances which mean different trajectories . |
| 29 | Country and/or regional case studies |
| 30 | Endoscopy examination was normal in all the 10 controls whereas ileal and/or colonic ulcerations and inflammed mucosa were noted in all Crohn 's disease patients before prednisolone therapy . |