Example sentences of "at or [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Paul Gallagher , who has been appointed as chaplain to the U.S. , Menwith Hill base , is with the U.S. Bishopric of the Forces and can be contacted at or via the base . |
| 2 | Talk at or across it , do n't move about too much or turn away from it . |
| 3 | One way of doing this is to count the number of days in any month where you were at or below a certain weight . |
| 4 | The ever-increasing flow of scientific and technological advances is of little significance to a rural population living at or below subsistence level . |
| 5 | On the other hand , a third of the retired today live at or below the poverty line . |
| 6 | In the two Labour authorities , Barking and Haringey , where a community charge at or below the government 's estimated figure was levied , there was a swing to the incumbents . |
| 7 | The latest official figures ( for 1985 ) released by the Government show that just over 35 per cent of older people were living on incomes at or below the generally accepted Income Support ( then Supplementary Benefit ) poverty line , compared with 10 per cent of people under pension age . |
| 8 | These patients may be at or below their ideal bodyweight so it is important they do not lose more weight . |
| 9 | Furthermore , they designed the experiments to ensure the detected events were ‘ space-like separated ’ ; in other words , it was not possible for signals travelling at or below the speed of light to pass between the two measuring devices . |
| 10 | As we move into the single market , it is more important than ever we keep our inflation level at or below those of our competitors . |
| 11 | In addition the Food Hygiene ( Amendment ) Regulations 1990 specify temperatures at or below which certain foods must be kept during distribution and display |
| 12 | Thus , Walker points out that , in 1981 , 66.8 per cent of all pensioners lived at or below the 140 per cent supplementary-benefit level , compared with one-fifth of the non-elderly ; and the risk of experiencing poverty is three times greater for those over retirement age than it is for those below it . |
| 13 | 1978 ) , it was shown that , in 1976 , the proportion of elderly heads of household with net incomes at or below the supplementary-benefit rate increased from 25 per cent at age 65–69 to 47 per cent at age 80 and over . |
| 14 | There has been much advice given in recent years to plant with the graft bud just at or below the soil surface . |
| 15 | Thus the last burst of activity in the UK housing market — from the mid-Eighties to 1989 , when many of the largest mortgages were taken on — was based on the assumption that some rates would remain at or below the ten per cent threshold . |
| 16 | Apart from one another in Switzerland ( c/n 208 ) , it is the only cargo jet of its kind in the world , and is designed to operate at or below the noise emission standards established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency . |
| 17 | If income is at or below the applicable amount ( the eligibility rates for income support ) the maximum rebate will be paid , which is 100 per cent for rent and 80 per cent for rates . |
| 18 | In what ways , then , can the British income tax system be made more equitable , while at the same time increasing incentives for those at or below average earnings ? |
| 19 | On the other hand , the value of ( R — L ) / ( R + L ) is not constrained at or above accuracy levels of 50 per cent and the value of ( R — L ) / ( R + L ) is not constrained at or below accuracy levels of 50 per cent . |
| 20 | Two-thirds of disabled people were at or below the poverty line . |
| 21 | The above effects are likely to be important only at or below the glass transition temperature but they do not seem to have been analysed to date , nor is there yet a molecular interpretation of the frictional forces between chains arising from these and other causes . |
| 22 | of the community charge in Calderdale next year will depend on a number of factors , including the number of people on incomes at or below the income support level . |
| 23 | Millions of children belong to families whose income is at or below income support level . |
| 24 | An FAO report published in November 1989 said that , despite a net increase in world cereal production , world stocks would for the third year running be " at or below the minimum necessary to safeguard global food security " , with wheat reserves in the leading exporting countries at their lowest since the world food crisis of the early 1970s . |
| 25 | The funding for the increases came from cuts in space and scientific programmes , and from holding many general government functions at or below the level of the previous year . |
| 26 | Similarly , the ‘ rediscovery of poverty ’ through studies conducted by people such as Brian Abel-Smith and Peter Townsend revealed hundreds of thousands living at or below the standard of income recommended by the National Assistance scales and a continuing increase in the numbers claiming National Assistance benefits . |
| 27 | In the mid-class runs , 43 best-matches out of 73 utterances were not output first ; 16 of these were at or below position 10 . |
| 28 | The striking price will be paid to those shareholders who offered to sell their shares either at or below that price . |
| 29 | ( 6 ) Subject as mentioned below , the tender may be at a fixed price ( tenders in excess of the number of shares sought being scaled down pro rata ) , or a maximum price ( if the offer is over-subscribed , the striking price will be the lowest price at which the number of shares sought is met , with everyone tendering at or below the striking price receiving that price and if the offer is over-subscribed at the striking price acceptances will be scaled down pro rata or balloted ) . |
| 30 | One billion people around the world live at or below starvation level . |