Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of the speed limit acts is presumably to minimise the danger to those travelling on or using the roads . |
| 2 | The six , among 55 individuals banned by a High Court judge from trespassing on or causing a nuisance at the site , joined 500 others in a peaceful invasion of the construction site ; 27 were arrested . |
| 3 | Routine thinking throws up no ideas about how to work on or round or against a seemingly impossible situation — which reaffirms powerlessness . |
| 4 | ‘ There are also bruises on her thigh , which must have been caused by her being stamped on or kicked as she struggled . ’ |
| 5 | Most vehicles have a chassis/frame number either stamped on or fixed to the body shell with a plate . |
| 6 | 1.3 These Conditions shall override any contrary different or additional terms or conditions ( if any ) contained on or referred to in an order form or other documents or correspondence from the Purchaser , and no addition alteration or substitution of these terms will bind the Seller or form part of any Order unless they are expressly accepted in writing by a person authorised to sign on the Seller 's behalf . |
| 7 | Patrick Sutherland estimates that of 170 million farm animals in Britain ‘ about two thirds never walk on or eat grass ’ ( 1989 : 62 ) . |
| 8 | This is built into a special housing to fit the filter box , often on or replacing the lid . |
| 9 | No leave your socks on , just take your trousers off , either leave your knickers on or take knickers off it 's up to you |
| 10 | This figure does not , of course , take account of what you could earn on or do with your money if it was available to you . |
| 11 | I would have thought the labour market conditions are also a vital ingredient if profitability is to be passed on or shared out in higher wages . |
| 12 | But , if you are planning to move on or move out , you may not receive someone 's approval or permission . |
| 13 | For more information call Mark Hopes on or write to him at British Coal Marketing Department , Hobart House , Grosvenor Place , London SW1X 7AE . |
| 14 | If you are unable to obtain any Amber product in your area or would like tickets for the ‘ open day ’ , contact them on or write to , . |
| 15 | Section 4 provides : ( 1 ) A person applies a trade description to goods if he ( a ) affixes or annexes it to or in any manner marks it on or incorporates it with ( i ) the goods themselves or ( ii ) anything in , on or with which the goods are supplied ; or ( b ) places the goods in , on or with anything which the trade description has been affixed or annexed to , marked on or incorporated with , or places any such thing with the goods ; or ( c ) uses the trade description in any manner likely to be taken as referring to the goods . |
| 16 | ‘ He could have been eaten or run over or trodden on or blown away or fallen down a hole or trapped , ’ said Grimma . |
| 17 | For more information on an integrated spaceglazing service that takes you from concept to completion , call Transplastix on or fill in and send the coupon below . |
| 18 | run on or does it come to a grinding fucking cock up ? and that 's what I think will happen when is not there |
| 19 | For further acquisitions Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza intends to draw on the so-called third rank of paintings in the Thyssen Collection , bought in order to be sold on or exchanged for better works . |
| 20 | We used this door when a ghost came on or went off in a cloud of smoke . |
| 21 | MAS 's role in advising on or assisting in the preparation of a client 's Information memorandum does not involve the issuance of a published report nor does it involve any association with the client 's Information memorandum beyond that set out in the terms of engagement , which should be appropriately limited . |
| 22 | The following procedures should be adopted when advising on or assisting in the preparation of an Information memorandum : |
| 23 | Certain things can never be blamed on or explained in terms of witchcraft . |
| 24 | These will take place when the incumbents move on or retire . |
| 25 | Parties of chimpanzees congregate at fruiting trees irregularly spaced in both location and time and , since the animals eat small soft-bodied fruits in dense clumps , they can feed together and then move on or separate without producing an immediate over-exploitation of resources . |
| 26 | The range of distances that animals can focus on or accommodate is measured in dioptres . |
| 27 | Private individuals looking for a stockbroker to advise on or manage their investments may not know how to start . |
| 28 | Hypnotherapy is also useful , except with those susceptible to depression , since this can be brought on or made much worse by hypnosis . |
| 29 | ( b ) We considered whether the causal theory of knowledge either rested on or made available a causal theory of justification . |
| 30 | First , it should mean — but it does not — that decisions which do not bear on or affect other Member States should remain with the nation state or below . |