Example sentences of "[coord] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | Sticks or twigs can be used for poles , and ‘ chains ’ or necklaces suspended from ‘ pole ’ to ‘ pole ’ . |
| 6 | Early or semi-retired people or housewives looking for a break often welcome a different four walls and a fresh interest . |
| 7 | The test will check that there are no sharp edges or projections arising from damage or excessive corrosion likely to give rise to injury . |
| 8 | To facilitate this examination , the woman lies on her back with her legs raised towards her chin and the knees or ankles supported . |
| 9 | If swelling of the hands , face or ankles develops . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | Sweetmeats , cakes or puddings follow … the variety has been highly praised by our guests over the last five years . |
| 13 | Please remember to include a return , or senders address on the parcel . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In both children and adults there may be a rash of tiny red-purple spots or bruises caused by bleeding under the skin . |
| 16 | Birthmarks , or other natural defects , were thought to be marks or bruises left by elves , and Queen Margaret insulted Shakespeare 's Richard III accordingly : |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Adjusters reports should be carefully checked and any omissions or queries referred back to the Adjuster . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Requests for the metal are made in telexes in the names of banks or solicitors acting for the buyer . |
| 24 | The problem-solving framework distinguishes the case discussion model from ad hoc case conferences , lunch-time ‘ surgeries ’ run by educational psychologists where teachers can discuss the difficulties they experience with specific pupils , or meetings arranged to deal with crisis situations . |
| 25 | Any conferences , conventions or meetings paid for from Federal funds will be held only in hotels complying with this law . |
| 26 | speaks at masses or meetings writes for the newsletter |
| 27 | The fibres they use may be long creepers , thin rootlets , ribbon-like leaves such as those of grasses or reeds , or strips torn from broad leaves such as bananas . |
| 28 | However , an exception provides that recognition will not expire solely because the death of a shareholder or shareholders has left the recognised body with no shareholder able to exercise such voting rights . |
| 29 | It is not surprising that single lines of trees or hedges have proved ineffective — these simply do not provide enough material to scatter or absorb much sound . |
| 30 | He loved the way she looked , with her glossy chestnut hair which reached below her waist when she let it loose , and her tinkle of necklaces and trails of silk scarves , and her neat slender legs in their high-heeled shoes , reminding him of gazelles ' legs or gazelles reminded him of her , he supposed , since he must have seen her first . |