Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Long or short range headers above or below the keeper , inside the box or outside , on the volley or off his backside — he 's scored the lot at Cambridge and Alex Ferguson thinks that 's what United need . ’ |
| 2 | Comparisons between them became commonplace , but unlike Brando , this other rebel was not so aggressive either on screen or off it . |
| 3 | Well er I did n't want to be out of it or , awkward or off it or anything , if it was right , and I felt that it was right , I 'd adhere to that , whether or not , you follow what I mean , that 's how I 've lived me life , Michael , yes . |
| 4 | You do n't get the Egyptian women on their own either on the Prince 's boat or off it . |
| 5 | For example , when he was invited to visit Bridgnorth ( Shropshire ) in early July , rival crowds made alternative bonfires , " where about one they drank Dr Sacheverell 's health and the other his confusion " , with the inevitable result that the two groups eventually fell to blows . |
| 6 | We saw that this term was used very generally to describe various sorts of tension which arise in social practices , or between them , and which may provoke changes in the structure of society . |
| 7 | National Certificate courses can be taken in FE colleges , central institutions or secondary schools , and students can transfer between these institutions , or between them and other forms of training . |
| 8 | So far as we can be aware the infant , in its earliest stages , can not distinguish between " self " and " non-self " , or between its own perceptions and sensations and the phenomena which trigger them . |
| 9 | At the same time , we have seen , they stressed that meaning was not a purely subjective phenomenon ; as Wimsatt put it ( 1958 : 10 and 24 ) one can distinguish between what is public and what is private or idiosyncratic about a poem , or between its meaning , which is an objective fact about it , and its ‘ import ’ , the reader 's subjective response . |
| 10 | Firstly , figures based upon the evidence of wills , which are the main source used in the examination of the London alderman class , may exaggerate the survival rate , because in times of plague whole families might be eliminated before any will could be drawn up , or between its drafting and the death of the testator . |
| 11 | For some reason or other a believer gets into his head such a wrong idea of God that it comes between him and God or between him and his trusting God . |
| 12 | You can hold the jar under your armpit or between your legs . ’ |
| 13 | As another example of his skill at miniaturisation , he displays his portable 15-cm ( 6-inch ) reflecting telescope , which weighs a mere two-thirds of a kilogram and can fold flat to go in his jacket pocket or between his clothes in a suitcase . |
| 14 | He recognizes this , and indicates the contradiction that must exist between a man 's ideals and his practice , or between his beliefs and his actions . |
| 15 | Insulation : thermal underwear insulates , ie , keeps you warm by trapping a thin layer of air in its fibres , or between you and your clothes ( which is why almost any vest or body can be described as ‘ thermal ’ ) . |
| 16 | First , there was no amplification , either while the recording was taking place , or during its reproduction . |
| 17 | The following extract from the introduction summarises the prevailing situation : Deaf people are fairly certain to encounter deaf discrimination at some time : perhaps in the education they receive , in the career opportunities open to them , or during their day-to-day lives . |
| 18 | Until recently , it was the Revenue 's view that group relief was not available between the vendor and Target in respect of the accounting period during which the acquisition of Target occurred or during which " arrangements " for the disposal of Target came into existence , though the basis for this view has always been unclear . |
| 19 | He may have been influenced by his early days as a teenager in Cairo with his uncle or during his time in Hamburg . |
| 20 | It is not clear whether he was recruited as a Soviet agent at Cambridge or during his trip to Moscow in the summer of 1934 . |
| 21 | One thing he had learnt in the US was that , regardless of when credit was approved — before the recession or during it — it suddenly started going bad . |
| 22 | Whether you 're buying this set as a present , or for yourself , it makes a perfect gift . |
| 23 | ‘ You 'll never know if people want you for your looks or for yourself . |
| 24 | Christians today are not normally known for their candour about doubt or for their confident ability to resolve it . |
| 25 | Though in theory taking life was contrary to the tenets of Buddhism , it was considered more shocking to kill animals for other persons , or for their hides , than to kill for a meal . |
| 26 | HUNDREDS of Tibetans have been imprisoned since late 1987 for taking part in demonstrations in favour of Tibetan independence from China or for their peaceful expression of dissent from Government policies in Tibet . |
| 27 | Or for their troop movements . |
| 28 | Simplicity There is no need for countries to decide what constitutes the appropriate exchange rate or for their general agreement on whether deficit or surplus countries are responsible for the adjustment burden . |
| 29 | " Creed " was , indeed to some extent how the convert himself saw it at the time : witness the acknowledgement in letters of 1866 and 1867 , that such philosophical tenets are not philosophically demonstrable , but are acceptable as art or for their edifying power or simply as faith . |
| 30 | The launch of the Front was placed in some jeopardy when on Oct. 17 the Azanian People 's Organization ( AZAPO ) denounced 14 of the organizations taking part in the conference for either having participated in apartheid structures or for their racial make-up . |