Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some environmentalists prefer preservation-by-exclusion , so that visitors are rationed because some areas are made deliberately inaccessible ( particularly ‘ wilderness ’ areas ) or a toll or entrance fee is imposed , or even , as a last resort ( as in the case of most nature reserves ) , access is made dependent upon the membership of an amenity society and/or the possession of a permit . |
| 2 | So far as I am aware , this was the first occasion on which it was made clear that the period which elapses before a prisoner serving a life sentence is released is determined by consideration of two factors , namely : ( i ) the period necessary to satisfy retribution and deterrence , which has come to be called ‘ the tariff ; ’ and ( ii ) a possible further period if it is thought by the Parole Board and/or the Secretary of State that the prisoner would pose an unacceptable risk of danger to the public were he to be released at the end of his tariff period . |
| 3 | The degree is awarded on the basis of written examinations and/or the presentation of a satisfactory thesis . |
| 4 | This class consists of those people who see their own interests and/or the interests of their nation , as best served by an identification with the interests of the capitalist global system , in particular the interests of the countries of the capitalist core and the transnational corporations domiciled in them . |
| 5 | In order to consider the proposal put to them by the management , the prospective providers of equity finance , and/or the providers of debt , and indeed the management in a management buy-in , will wish to see as much information as possible about the target . |
| 6 | We conclude that the appointment of teachers with library training and/or the designation of teachers responsible for library development is to be welcomed . |
| 7 | Federal decentralization of domestic policy responsibilities to regional governments , local government organizations and/or the separation of powers are alike dismissed as window dressing . |
| 8 | 3.3 Any goods and/or work rejected under Condition 3.2 must at our request be replaced or re-performed as the case may be , by you at your expense ; alternatively we may elect ( at our option ) to cancel this order as provided in Condition 10.2 both in respect of the goods and/or the work in question and of the whole of the undelivered balance ( if any ) of the goods and/or the remainder of the work ( if any ) covered by this order . |
| 9 | When planning the spacing , once again bear in mind that the total of spaces and/or the back of each pleat must equal the track length . |
| 10 | The Commission and/or the Council of Ministers could formally issue regulations , directives , decisions , recommendations and opinions . |
| 11 | Greater interest in , and involvement with , chronology and environmental reconstruction became possible because of the greater pace of development of new techniques to complement established ones which could be used for dating and/or the provision of environmental information . |
| 12 | Client agrees with KPMG ( for itself and on trust and as agent for the others mentioned below ) fully to indemnify and to hold harmless KPMG , its partners , employees , its lawyers , [ Stephenson Harwood ] , any Approved Broker and ( subject to Client 's prior consent to their engagement ) any other advisers , agents and consultants retained by KPMG in connection with the Offer ( any and all of which or whom is referred to as an ‘ Indemnified Person ’ ) from and against any and all losses , claims , costs , damages , actions , proceedings , demands , liabilities and expenses whatsoever , joint or several , ( collectively ‘ claims ’ ) which any such Indemnified Person may suffer or incur and which relate to or arise from , directly or indirectly , KPMG 's engagement hereunder and/or the provision by KPMG of its services in connection with the Offer . |
| 13 | IL-6 regulates the intracellular concentration and/or the activity of the members of this family . |
| 14 | The only avenue for EC control was through the application of Article 85 and/or Article 86 , which was only open to those cases involving the operation of restrictive practices and/or the abuse of a dominant position . |
| 15 | It is suggested that pupils choose a person whose Christian commitment has led him/her to work for the good of others , thus making a link with the Christian vocation to alleviate suffering and/or the work of Christians in relation to respect for human life ( both indicated in L.0.2 ) . |
| 16 | 3.3 Any goods and/or work rejected under Condition 3.2 must at our request be replaced or re-performed as the case may be , by you at your expense ; alternatively we may elect ( at our option ) to cancel this order as provided in Condition 10.2 both in respect of the goods and/or the work in question and of the whole of the undelivered balance ( if any ) of the goods and/or the remainder of the work ( if any ) covered by this order . |
| 17 | The explanatory variables which are utilised are expected to have an impact on union growth because they affect the opportunity and/or the propensity of workers to join a trade union . |
| 18 | One reason for this may have been the conventional wisdom that secularisation had made the subject well nigh irrelevant , another reason may have been that there are few areas in which the methodological problems are as acute as they are in the investigation of people 's beliefs and/or the assessment of the effect that these have upon the rest of society . |
| 19 | Having exhausted the pictorial possibilities and/or the patience of your subjects , switch from record-pause to stop and then to the tape-running controls . |
| 20 | Because LTP is expressed as an enhanced response to single stimuli , it is processes controlling the rapid fusion of synaptic vesicles with release sites , and/or the formation of fusion pores , which are the most likely targets for regulation . |
| 21 | In view of the existence of highly concentrated industries , and if governments are concerned that large firms might abuse their powerful positions , two approaches may be adopted when formulating competition policy : the behaviour of the firm in the market may be considered and/or the structure of the market itself may be considered . |
| 22 | If the partner country and/or the rest of the world have a small share of world trade then the import supply curves will be upward sloping . |
| 23 | The release and/or the withholding of information provides an extremely strong power base . |
| 24 | The motion can be regulated by varying the weight and/or the size of the drum . |
| 25 | ( i ) Backwards pruning : the problem is formulated in such a way that the average branching factor and/or the depth of the tree are kept low . |
| 26 | Those respondents calling for a drastic limitation of the professions ' liability and/or the abolition of the Compensation Fund altogether , often voiced the angry conviction that the transition from profession to trade — with the accompanying loss of status for the services of solicitors which that implied — had accelerated in recent years to the point at which the profession could no longer be called upon to pay for the dubious moral privilege of an ‘ anachronistic ’ system of compensation . |
| 27 | review the needs of the elderly person and/or the carer at intervals of not more than twelve months , until or unless the review considers this to be unnecessary ; |
| 28 | If you have a planted pool , and/or the liklihood of fry , then some form of strainer is ( regrettably ) essential . |
| 29 | Throughout history , both have involved either the manipulation and/or the destruction of the world 's forests . |
| 30 | Nor is ‘ law and order ideology ’ an inevitable result of economic decline and/or the collapse of the rehabilitative ideal . |