Example sentences of "[adv prt] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than half New Yorkers are ‘ minority ’ voters , and roughly two-thirds of them live on or below the poverty line . |
| 2 | Any child whose weight is on or below the third centile ( i.e. only three in every hundred children will be this weight at this age ) is very seriously underweight . |
| 3 | Yet the 1986 figures from the Department of Health and Social Security suggest that almost 9 million , a sixth of the total British population are living on a wage which is on or below the SB poverty line . |
| 4 | It has been estimated that three-quarters of the elderly , compared with one-fifth of the non-elderly , live on or below the poverty line . |
| 5 | You have to put them up because the notes are on or below the middle line . |
| 6 | I beg to move , That this House , noting that the ten million people today living on or below the income support level of less than £40 a week for an adult represent the greatest numbers in poverty in Britain since the war , and that the Government has as a deliberate policy over twelve years further impoverished the poorest one third of the nation to make the rich richer , calls on the Government to reverse its policies of increasing poverty and unemployment and to give priority to the growing millions excluded from the rights and opportunities of real citizenship by increasing pensions by £5 per week for a single pensioner and by £8 a week for a married couple , by re-instituting the pension link with earnings which the Government broke twelve years ago , and by restoring to families the losses in child benefit from three years of government freeze . |
| 7 | Payment of salaries and pensions was 221,600 million roubles in arrears , and half the population was said to be on or below the monthly minimum consumption level ( set in June at 2,150 roubles ) , as prices for goods and service rose faster than wages and food production fell by 23 per cent . |
| 8 | The social hierarchy in English towns took the same shape as in the countryside , tapering from a broad base composed of those who lived on or below the poverty line to a few outstanding wealthy families . |
| 9 | The campaign has been given additional clout this weekend , with referees under instruction to dismiss instantly anyone guilty of head-high tackles on or off the ball , and not to send them to the sin-bin where they have gone too often in the past . |
| 10 | They 've been building it for God knows how long , cancelling trains , people ca n't get on or off the platforms . |
| 11 | It must also be said that a plain boiled ham presented on or off the bone is a delight to the jaded palate and should not be ignored because it remains undistinguished by any special cure . |
| 12 | For most people , a penny on or off the standard tax rate — that formulation again ! — pales into insignificance compared with their pre-tax income , the inflation rate , the size of their pension and their mortgage interest rate . |
| 13 | An almost universal feature of determination is that it involves subtle chemical changes , almost certainly turning on or off genes , and the overt result may not be seen for many hours . |
| 14 | At the end of it , I was tired but glad , making camp after twenty-three miles , the farthest I had managed on or off tarmac . |
| 15 | The bottom line is , of course , that Yorkshire have signed a fine cricketer who is good enough to do well wherever he is either on or off the field . |
| 16 | A shoe with an outsole profile to suit a variety of surfaces , both on or off road . |
| 17 | But he did n't stop drinking on or off the set . |
| 18 | However , the Mondays ' tour manager Muzzer dashed these allegations : ‘ Shaun has n't touched drugs on this tour , neither on or off stage . ’ |
| 19 | A full on-licence enables the licensee to sell liquor for consumption either on or off the premises to any member of the public who is permitted by the law to consume it . |
| 20 | The foundation stage is then followed by , or merges into , a more specific stage which provides a more specialized education or training , which may be on or off the job , or a mixture of both . |
| 21 | ( 1 ) Subject to the provisions of this Act , no person shall , except during the permitted hours : ( a ) sell or supply to any person in any licensed premises , or licensed canteen , or in the premises of a registered club any alcoholic liquor to be consumed either on or off the premises , or consume in , or take from , any such premises any alcoholic liquor . |
| 22 | Er the European Market is mostly either on or off highway . |
| 23 | The Colemans were driven to Filanta Court , on Archbishop Makarios Avenue , and handed the keys of No. 62B , a large three-bedroomed apartment with a balcony overlooking the port of Larnaca from which everybody getting on or off the ferry from Lebanon could be observed through binoculars . |
| 24 | How many passengers is it envisaged will get on or off the trains at Stratford ? |
| 25 | In addition , it can be exercised where , during antecedent negotiations , there were oral representations made irrespective of whether they were concluded on or off business premises ( s67 ) . |
| 26 | Conversely , any child whose weight is on or over the ninety-seventh centile is seriously overweight . |
| 27 | But , perhaps more importantly , no other player could ( Law 18. ( 2 ) ( d ) ) wilfully fall on or over a player lying on the ground with the ball in his possession . |
| 28 | Hopefully , all players at all levels will now realise that rugby is a game to be played by players standing on their feet and that those who wilfully fall on or over other players on the ground to prevent the ball being played will be penalised immediately . |
| 29 | He may be contacted on or through Batsford . |
| 30 | Some of these fungi , Phurmomyces for example , are known to occur only on or between the tarsal claws at the tips of the insect 's legs . |