Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moved on at dawn to Athens or Antibes or somewhere or other . |
| 2 | I can er either buy one in Asda or somewhere or forget about it and have a fresh tree . |
| 3 | god of war of Norway or somewhere or something like that , or it is sort of thunder |
| 4 | New models of reality , either mystically or prophetically or rationally apprehended , are propounded as a criticism of , and alternative to , the prevailing models . |
| 5 | Yet let us always beware of jumping to conclusions , of assuming too readily that those experienced parliamentary draftsmen did not know their business and , perhaps above all , of attributing legislative intention too readily simply because we think that we , the judges , had we been the legislators , would have found such an intention sensible or morally or politically desirable . |
| 6 | You need to experiment , lighting from above , or below or straight on , to see which gives the best effect . |
| 7 | You see , you do n't let your back doors or inside or outside . |
| 8 | Any of the following tests would be regarded as suitable proof : Passes in the JMB Test in English ( Overseas ) at grade 3 or better up to June 1989 , the JMB Test in English for Speakers of Other Languages from March 1990 ; the AEB Test in English for Educational Purposes at grade III or better in listening , reading and writing ; the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English at grade C or better ; the Oxford-Arels Examination ( Higher level ) at Credit or Distinction level ; the IELTS ( British Council/University of Cambridge ) , with an average score of 6 or better and for each component a score of 5 or better ; TOEFL with a score of 550 or better ; the London GCE O level Syllabus B in English Language at grade C or better or in an approved SCE or GCE syllabus in English are acceptable for this purpose . |
| 9 | From the mere fact of wanting more or less or not at all or the contrary I can derive no imperative for choosing between my wants . |
| 10 | Yes , I think we should er , give them something , but seeing as they 've had three hundred pound , I think or less or perhaps two hundred pound , they 've got the five hundred , do they want erm , anything else . |
| 11 | Brian knows Brian knew everything more or less or arranged quite a few things anyway |
| 12 | For all his silence , he was passionate , not desolate ; if there was a sadness or loss there , it was bigger or deeper or stranger than the loss of one person . |
| 13 | The duty of the supervisor is to prevent the learner from acting unskillfully or carelessly or in a manner likely to cause danger to others . |
| 14 | In the first place they may want to do no more than ensure that the Constitution is not altered casually or carelessly or by subterfuge or implication ; they may want to secure that this important document is not lightly tampered with , but solemnly , with due notice and deliberation , consciously amended . |
| 15 | Yes and er we used to have about two hundred three hundred birds on the for the shooting and then perhaps about a hundred and fifty or so or something like that on the second . |
| 16 | Well I think I would wait Stefan until the oily film had gone off the top of the water for tender plants but then I am one of these people that would always tender plants with tap water anyway because you never know what 's in do you in rain water , anything can congregate in a pot , it can be infected with all sorts of things and I would just use this water on the garden in the first twelve months or so or use it on shrubs and things like that if it was required and then go on to er things like perennials but then you could use it on almost anything but with the proviso that you may have contamination in that water if it 's from Water Board . |
| 17 | ‘ When Time , or soon or late , shall bring |
| 18 | We may need them , but we should also spare a thought for our cats when using them , or sooner or later our pet animals will suffer . |
| 19 | If I were you know unaccountably in the south of France or elsewhere or wherever you know in Dundee erm and not available . |
| 20 | So they would immediately have turned to the second , legislative stage : they would have tried to discover which decision was more sensible or just or democratic or would otherwise better serve the community . |
| 21 | Resolved , That if it shall appear that any person hath been tampering with any Witness , in respect of his evidence to be given to this House , or any Committee thereof , or directly or indirectly hath endeavoured to deter or hinder any person from appearing or giving evidence the same is declared to be a high crime and misdemeanour ; and this House will proceed with the utmost severity against such offender . |
| 22 | or yesterday or something |
| 23 | Because I do n't think the question of what 's going on outside Moat Centre today or yesterday or the day after , has a lot to do with the actual alternatives that we 've been . |
| 24 | reporting to future employers , or further or higher education institutions at the end of secondary schooling . |
| 25 | There are some words which are simply anomalous , like women , or once or gaol ( which is , anyway , being pushed out by the more reasonable jail ) . |
| 26 | for proceeding to or returning from any garage , auction room or other place at which vehicles are usually stored or usually or periodically offered for sale and at which the vehicle is to be or has been stored or is to be or has been offered for sale as the case may be ; |
| 27 | I ca n't think he was helped by all the upset at home during the past 18 months — mum taking a new man , & more or less telling both children that they could go & live with their Dad ( or Dads ) . |
| 28 | Whether mechanical disintegration is regarded as acting alone or always or usually in conjunction with some chemical weathering , the fact remains that it appears to play a large part in desert weathering and is responsible for the predominance of angular broken waste material in deserts . |
| 29 | Or more or less . |
| 30 | The other factor that was related to assessments of quality of life was whether people had been in a residential home for a year or more or for a shorter time . |