Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If you ( and your partner ) have savings and/or investments amounting to more than £8,000 you will not be entitled to claim benefit . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Ladder and/or steps to gain access to the roof space ( usually the vendor will provide this ) |
| 4 | It 's a bit on t'spongy side , so Aah wants it finished afore t'rains come . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Sticks or twigs can be used for poles , and ‘ chains ’ or necklaces suspended from ‘ pole ’ to ‘ pole ’ . |
| 7 | Early or semi-retired people or housewives looking for a break often welcome a different four walls and a fresh interest . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The test will check that there are no sharp edges or projections arising from damage or excessive corrosion likely to give rise to injury . |
| 10 | To facilitate this examination , the woman lies on her back with her legs raised towards her chin and the knees or ankles supported . |
| 11 | If swelling of the hands , face or ankles develops . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Hammer stones are easily recognised amongst the other stones on a site as they show pock marks at each end , and often on the smooth sides , where flints have been struck . |
| 14 | In the London sample , one-tenth of classrooms had tables or desks arranged in rows : in Leeds we observed none ( though that is not to say that none existed ) . |
| 15 | Sweetmeats , cakes or puddings follow … the variety has been highly praised by our guests over the last five years . |
| 16 | Please remember to include a return , or senders address on the parcel . |
| 17 | Alternatively , you could select spiky , upright plants like agaves or yuccas to transport you across the world , figuratively speaking , to the great deserts of North America . |
| 18 | Similar views on such teaching have also been expressed in the USA , where researchers have voiced concern about the preponderance of what they call ‘ frontal teaching ’ . |
| 19 | Conversely , instances of anti-abortion legislation which went far beyond the Pennsylvania statute — particularly in Louisiana , Utah and Guam , where attempts had been made to outlaw almost all abortions — appeared doomed to failure . |
| 20 | Where products do make provision for active retention management ( many do not ) it is likely to be at document level alone . |
| 21 | Even where products have short life-cycles and the strategy is to keep ahead of rivals by product development and modification at frequent intervals , as indicated in figure 5.2 , such new products are rarely totally different from their predecessors . |
| 22 | In both children and adults there may be a rash of tiny red-purple spots or bruises caused by bleeding under the skin . |
| 23 | Birthmarks , or other natural defects , were thought to be marks or bruises left by elves , and Queen Margaret insulted Shakespeare 's Richard III accordingly : |
| 24 | You simply screw the strips to the walls just under the ceiling and just above the skirting or baseboards to make a kind of frame , and use the special tool provided to push the fabric into the frame and secure it in position . |
| 25 | Difficulties created by local authority boundaries , especially where policies differ sharply and where these divide built up areas are well described . |
| 26 | Adjusters reports should be carefully checked and any omissions or queries referred back to the Adjuster . |
| 27 | A similar strategy , explored by Salop and Scheffman ( 1987 ) , is where integration or contracts entered into by the incumbent have the effect of raising rivals costs , e.g. where a contract with a supplier specifies that an input will only be supplied to an entrant at a higher price than that enjoyed by the incumbent . |
| 28 | Parliament , moreover , was open to considerable royal influence , since a large proportion of its members , both in the House of Lords and the House of Commons , held offices , pensions or contracts awarded by the Crown . |
| 29 | The single median fins down the mid-line of their backs or undersides prevented them from spinning in the water and gave them a degree of stability , but none had paired lateral fins . |
| 30 | Just as essences or forms give rise to those properties , so definitions of those forms , when used as premisses , give rise to conclusions about those properties . |