Example sentences of "on or [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of Iraq 's 800 or so aircraft have spent the war on or under the ground in well-protected shelters and hiding places . |
| 2 | On or under the cover |
| 3 | Such orders may make provision for the examination of witnesses , either orally or in writing ; for the production of documents ; for the inspection , photographing , preservation , custody or detention of any property ; for the taking of samples of any property and the carrying out of any experiments on or with any property ; for the medical examination of any person ; and for the taking and testing of samples of blood from any person . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It should be based on or at least draw from coherent bodies of knowledge which go beyond mere skill and are capable of being explicated and taught at a high level . |
| 7 | For further information call chairman on or for details on home matches Saughton Sports Centre on . . |
| 8 | The fourth element that the plaintiff has to prove is that the acts done by her were done in reliance on or as a result of her belief that she would become entitled to the deceased 's property on his death … |
| 9 | ‘ Even if you woke the child up again to clean his or her teeth , some of the sugar is bound to be retained in the crevices on or between the teeth . |
| 10 | There is a supplement of £10 per person for travel over a Bank Holiday which is applicable for outward travel on or between the following dates in 1992 : |
| 11 | It will be entering into contracts to both buy and sell specific currencies on or between specific dates . |
| 12 | In answer to a question in the House , by Lord John Manners on 19th June , Hall stated that the judges would be able to make their award ‘ on or about 25th instant ’ . |
| 13 | Apparently , the owners of the ranch bungalow were suspected of being involved in the exhumation of bodies at two local churches when skulls and other bones were removed , and also the disappearance of three goats on or about the thirteenth of each of the previous three months . |
| 14 | Copies will be distributed to each household on or about April 24th . |
| 15 | The defender further averred that on or about 21st May 1973 Macfie & Alexander wrote to Ferguson & Forster offering on behalf of their client , the defender , to sell the farm to the pursuer ; that the offer was dispatched by Macfie & Alexander without informing the defender and contrary to his instructions as telephoned to Mr Rae . |
| 16 | While just under one in five ( 17 per cent ) of all persons in Great Britain are over pension age , they comprise more than one in four of those living on incomes on or below the social assistance level ( supplementary benefit between 1966 and 1988 and income support thereafter ) , and one in three of those living in poverty according to this definition or on the margins of poverty ( i.e. with incomes of up to 40 per cent above the appropriate social assistance rates ) . |
| 17 | In 1987 ( the most recent information available — see below ) more than one in three older women ( 35 per cent ) were living on incomes on or below the poverty line as defined by supplementary benefit levels , compared with less than one-quarter of older men ( 23 per cent ) . |
| 18 | Just under half of lone older women compared with just under two-fifths of single older men had incomes on or below the poverty line . |
| 19 | At the 1990 North Sea Conference the right to put radioactive waste on or below the sea bed was insisted upon by Britain , provoking the Dutch Environment Minister to assert that " Britain is playing with all our lives " . |
| 20 | As always women must wear a skirt on or below the knee to get into the enclosure and men have to wear a tie — regatta traditions which are rigidly adhered to . |
| 21 | Available on or off the bone , the meat is usually from only the breasts of the birds and is lightly smoked , moist and quite delicious . |
| 22 | Neither could they smoke or ‘ be guilty of noisy behaviour or bad language on or off the course ’ . |
| 23 | Any course of instruction , carried out on or off site , directed by your Library Department , your Local Authority/Board , or any other external organization . |
| 24 | Most important , the service is tailored to meet your needs , on or off site . |
| 25 | At the beginning of October , the State Education Commission issued a statement calling on all provincial education departments and universities under its jurisdiction to forbid students to ‘ engage in business on or off campus for the purpose of getting rich ’ ( CD 7. 10. 1988 ) . |
| 26 | A great talking-point , on or off the 'phone — turn your desk into a helipad ! |
| 27 | But if I am competing , on or off the track , I want to win . |
| 28 | In earlier version of the program it was impossible to line anything up anyway because the program 's internal accuracy was insufficient ; the classic 11 point being converted by the program into 10.98 point with the rounding errors occasionally throwing an extra line on or off the page . |
| 29 | " Public house licence " which authorises the sale by retail of alcoholic liquor for consumption on or off the premises . |
| 30 | " Public house " is defined by s.139(1) as including an inn , ale-house , victualling house or other premises in which liquor is sold for consumption on or off the premises . |