Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Somebody , therefore , has to lead the singing , either unaccompanied or to the accompaniment of a pre-recorded tape , and training is needed for this as well .
2 Originally there was considerable variety among the cattle of Wales , which at one time included the Glamorgan , said to have been an ancient breed of doubtful origin , possibly partly Norman or from a Devon cross .
3 The importance of boredom and aimlessness is very much obscured by most popular treatments of police work , whether in fictional or in documentary style .
4 Some are working with the displaced or in the controlled zones , carrying out literacy campaigns and press or political work .
5 In particular , he was warned of the errors likely to be associated with naive projections of past accounting profit calculations , whether based upon historic or upon current costs .
6 The epidemiology of H. contortus is best considered separately depending on whether it occurs in tropical and subtropical or in temperate areas .
7 More than half admitted their cravings were worst when they were lonely , depressed or under stress , delegates at the British Psychological Society 's London conference heard yesterday .
8 Instead , cross at lights whenever possible or at a clear stretch of road where there is good visibility , rather than at a corner .
9 Work in natural daylight if possible or under a soft lamp or candlelight .
10 We should be most grateful if you could let us have your thoughts either as soon as possible or by the next QT day ( September 21st ) .
11 the spread of desert conditions for whatever reason , desert being land with sparse vegetation and very low productivity associated with aridity , the degradation being persistent or in extreme cases irreversible .
12 Equally , some heads were struggling to deal with colleagues who were challenging by any standards — individuals who were combative , touchy , recalcitrant , bitter , lazy or in any of a variety of other ways uncooperative .
13 If a centre wishes to design a new unit/module , either free-standing or as part of a group award , the proposed unit/module will be assessed against criteria which cover :
14 There was no significant relation between diabetic control and the number of general practice consultations in the previous two years , either in total or for diabetes related reasons .
15 A question which still greatly puzzles utilitarian thinkers , on which Sidgwick seems to have been the first to touch , is whether the utilitarian goal is the maximisation of total or of average welfare .
16 They will have a fixed budget to spend on construction , either in total or in particular financial years .
17 In the Auvergne , Figure 10 shows the Communes in which remembrement was complete or in progress in 1983 .
18 Even a table of results can be frightening , confusing or at least boring to many people unless a summary interpretation of the content is made available .
19 Often the " essence " has been seen in terms which wider study of religions has shown to be too narrow or too idiosyncratic or in ways which undermine the significance of the external forms of religious traditions .
20 Support for the scanning hypothesis of lateral differences in tachistoscopic recognition came in the form of findings which showed the direction of visual field asymmetry to be related to whether the stimuli are symmetrically shaped ( Bryden , 1968 ) or are presented in normal or in mirror image orientation ( Harcum and Filion , 1963 ) .
21 All dogs who are bred in Holland have to be X-rayed for hip dysplasia and must have a normal or near normal rating .
22 Normal or near normal renal function was classified as previously described as a plasma urea concentration of <14 mmol/l and plasma creatinine concentration of <160 µmol/l ; moderate renal dysfunction as that when concentrations were higher than those quoted above ; and severe renal dysfunction as that when renal dialysis was instituted .
23 Older subjects on normal or near normal diet
24 Three of four patients with the highest faecal bile acid losses had normal or near normal fat excretions of 4.5 , 6.9 , and 7.1 g/24 hours .
25 In some circumstances returns will be maximised by keeping prices stable or by reducing them .
26 However , the parol evidence rule is now generally regarded merely as a rule of presumed intention ; it is therefore generally possible to avoid it if it can be shown that the written document was not intended to contain the whole of the parties ' agreement ( J Evans and Son ( Portsmouth ) Ltd v Andrea Merzario Ltd [ 1976 ] 1 WLR 1078 ) or that the written agreement was supplemented by a collateral agreement , either oral or in writing ( De Lasalle v Guildford [ 1901 ] 2 KB 215 ; Brikom Investments Ltd v Carr [ 1979 ] QB 467 ) .
27 It was anticipated that this would be seen by " many people " as undesirable or beyond Britain 's powers .
28 Of the 56 signatories of the Declaration of Independence , nine were first or second generation Scots ; nine of General Washington 's 22 brigadier generals were Scots ; nine of the 13 governors of the newly created United States were Scots or of Scots descent , and the Reverend John Witherspoon , formerly Minister of the Laigh Kirk in Paisley , was the only cleric to sign the Declaration of Independence .
29 He did n't seem to take offence at my lack of enthusiasm for the system which had made religion into something you did in your home or in private or at its most social — in the privacy of a cubicle in Major TOM .
30 So … it is immaterial whether the act occurs in private or in public . "
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