Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have an amusing or wacky photo at home send it to Double Take with an sae for its return |
| 2 | If you have an amusing or wacky photo at home , send it to Double Take ! ( include a SAE if you want it returned ) . |
| 3 | He knew that his brother-in-law had never been associated with a controversial or political activity at any time and that , if the files were genuine , his one would contain exactly nothing . |
| 4 | Taking pension provision , for example , only 60 per cent of male manual workers are covered ( 1986 ) by an employer 's pension scheme , and many of these , unlike their non-manual counterparts , do not enjoy an enhanced or earnings-related pension at retirement . |
| 5 | The addition of delayed subcutaneous heparin to a regimen of full-dose aspirin and thrombolysis had no significant effect on in-hospital mortality ( 8.5 vs 9.0% , p=0.29 ) or total mortality at 35 days ( 9.3 vs 9.4% , p=0.82 ) . |
| 6 | First , there can be defects in an enzyme , either in its amount or in its function , causing either a partial or total block at a specific point in a metabolic pathway . |
| 7 | If , on the other hand , it is continuously generated in a flowing system — gas or liquid travelling at a uniform rate down a tube — its subsequent decay establishes steady-state concentrations at points down-stream from the region of generation . |
| 8 | Chief among these special functions was a governmental or administrative duty at either local or provincial level or possibly both . |
| 9 | Do n't forget , she was returning to a village in the north , hardly the most progressive or liberal-minded place at the best of times , and this particular village was especially proud of its moral record . |
| 10 | It had shocked him to discover , while a student , that at least half the men in his year had had no love or emotional experience at all . |
| 11 | Or that bloke at the club making his mouth go go funny |
| 12 | Like waiting to go to OCTU or that place at Brighton for young Naval Officers . |
| 13 | Or that chair at the back |
| 14 | The results were or little significance at the time . |
| 15 | Although invited by the Liberal Party to be their candidate for the Clapham Division 20 years ago or more , [ he ] was unable to accept the invitation , and contented himself with speaking for the Liberal or Progressive candidate at every available opportunity in many elections . |
| 16 | ‘ What we want , then , Inspector , ’ he said bracingly , ‘ is a new avenue or fresh look at an old one . ’ |
| 17 | Rivers in predominantly urban catchments , in contrast , receive large amounts of effluent treated to greater or lesser degree at sewage works , as well as discharges from industrial sites . |
| 18 | However , the Full Moon on May 16 could provide a happy ending and , despite the odd hold-up or broken promise at the end of May , things are looking up professionally and financially . |
| 19 | Alternatively , reliance may be placed on the common law , alleging that the odour amounts to either a private or public nuisance at law . |
| 20 | Where odours arising from offensive trades are , however , in the opinion of the local authority a statutory nuisance within s.92 of the Public Health Act 1936 the local authority is under a duty to take action to seek the odour 's abatement and compliance with the byelaws bestows no immunity in respect of any action which may be taken using the statutory nuisance provisions , nor in respect of any action for a private or public nuisance at common law . |
| 21 | He is adamant that any open manifestation of religious or cultural identity at school goes against the principles of secular state education . |
| 22 | Out of 72 cases only 20 resulted in the ministry obtaining compensation or remedial work at no cost to themselves . |
| 23 | You 've also got er other books or another book at home which you can refer to if you need any extra . |
| 24 | And er he , he could use the er h his vestry or another room at the , the church but somebody calling in the evening , he 's not going to take them over to a a cold room for an interview . |
| 25 | ‘ Any more comedy or light entertainment at that point was simply not for me , ’ he says , cheerfully , ‘ I 'd set myself different targets — and I 'm happy with them . ’ |
| 26 | Others looked back further in time , perhaps to the late-Victorian era , with the long-term failure to invest , to engage in industrial or technical training , to develop new industries , or perhaps to create an industrial or business-minded culture at all . |
| 27 | If you want to open a National Savings Investment or Ordinary Account at a post office , you will now be asked to give proof of your identity . |
| 28 | ‘ A person is qualified to succeed the tenant under a secure tenancy if he occupies the dwelling-house as his only or principal home at the time of the tenant 's death and either — ( a ) he is the tenant 's spouse , or ( b ) he is another member of the tenant 's family and has resided with the tenant throughout the period of 12 months ending with the tenant 's death ; … |
| 29 | But , as a recent OECD publication Labour Market Policies for the 1990s ( OECD 1990a ) has shown , the United Kingdom , of all member countries , had the second lowest percentage of young people in full- or part-time education at the age of 17 in 1986 — 7 . |
| 30 | You are not likely to be asked to write a report on a complex or recondite subject at the stage that you have reached in your studies . |