Example sentences of "[coord] [conj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was just thinking there w there would be more music playing in those days , because there was n't a television or or things like that you know maybe just to distract people make their own entertainment you know . |
| 2 | yeah recruiting , dog shitting on their street etc etc etc that we do our best to deal with in the yer know time honoured tradition of a policeman and a and we 're police officer sorry , sorry Trace , er and er we just you know I think it 's more a P R O thing than er anybody , but I do n't expect you to man it , I do n't expect Jenny or Ann or or Jane to man it |
| 3 | or or lack of it of our clients with the stop go attitude . |
| 4 | What it really required was probably sandbags or or steel in the base to keep the base |
| 5 | So did anybody else have that experience of of of caring for children and parents , or or parents-in-law at the same time ? |
| 6 | For instance , it has often been thought that the progress of a military campaign , such as the invasions of the Germanic peoples into the northern Roman empire of the third and fourth centuries , could be plotted from the locations of hoards , or that areas with large numbers of hoards must have been relatively rich compared with other areas . |
| 7 | The neutrality of the counsellor , so necessary in order to develop mutual trust and confidence , has to be compromised in such a way that individuals are not annoyed or upset , or that members of the family begin to see the counsellor as partisan . |
| 8 | This is not to say that mass markets have disintegrated or that economies of scale are irrelevant to competitive performance . |
| 9 | It may be apparent from the head chef 's comments that more time needs to be given to basic skills in the college 's scheme of work or that parts of the housekeeping syllabus need revision . |
| 10 | You do n't know , we 're just trying to work out when he 's going home or and things like that |
| 11 | Now erm the wealthy peasants or and sort of and , and other people who , who were possibly sort of er small landlords , they were trying to get involved in these associations because they felt they , they could see they were gathering pace and that the , the cost of exclusion would be very high . |
| 12 | Interest from the date the cause of action arose until judgment ( or until payment before judgment ) may be included in the judgment ( s 69 of the 1984 Act and Ord 6 , r 1A and Ord 9 , r 8 ) . |
| 13 | Bake in an oven preheated to 200°C ( 400°F , Gas Mark 6 ) for 50 minutes , or until patches of brown can be seen and the potatoes feel tender . |
| 14 | Cover and leave to prove for 30 minutes to 1 hour , or until double in size . |
| 15 | A related question is whether each processor should execute its own programme , or if instructions from one programme should be broadcast to all processors , thereby allowing them all to execute the same programme with different data . |
| 16 | Friction between various groups of workers can arise if the expatriates earn more or less than local staff or if expatriates in one country receive more favourable salaries or tax treatment than those in other countries . |
| 17 | If documentation was incomplete , or if inspection by monitoring physicians showed inconsistencies , the treating physician was contacted at once by telephone ( and if necessary by the local medical supervisor ) to verify any discrepant or missing data . |
| 18 | It can be more difficult when an elderly couple differ themselves as to what they wish to do , or if members of the family disagree . |
| 19 | In R. v. Monopolies and Mergers Commission , ex parte Argyll Group plc Lord Donaldson MR said that courts must show ‘ a proper awareness of the needs of public administration ’ : a court should be wary of striking down a decision if it is clear that the same decision would have been made even if the decision-maker had not acted unlawfully ; or if doing so would unduly delay the conduct of government business ; or if members of the public are likely already to have relied on the challenged decision ; or if the court thinks that the applicant 's motivation in making the application was improper or vexatious or frivolous . |
| 20 | Or if members of a group are not familiar with each other , no mutual aid may occur until they have been together for some time . |
| 21 | What would have happened if penicillin had not been discovered , or if years of patient research had failed to explain why sulphonamides acted only on a limited selection of microbes ? |
| 22 | Or if sort of they started they 'd , they 'd always have them in hospital and , and finish it off properly . |
| 23 | The power of any of the above may be doubled by using two of each instrument , or if preponderance of one tone-colour were required , a pair of one sort of instrument would be combined with a single instrument of another sort ( e.g. 2 clar. + 1 ob . |
| 24 | The deposits may not be economic to mine now , though they could be either if the world recession lifts and demand grows , or if supplies from elsewhere are cut short . |
| 25 | Whilst there is no way at present to test whether this bacteria is carried , or if immunity to the toxin is low , awareness of the problem can minimize the risk , or the decision to use the tampon can be taken . |
| 26 | If the drugs do not appear in the stool as planned , or if symptoms of intoxication develop , the smuggler may present to a casualty department , fearing a package has burst , fabricating a story to try to avoid criminal proceedings . |
| 27 | Whether because British engineers lack business vision , or because prejudices in the City of London , only financial entrepreneurs seem able to raise the backing to run companies like Norton . |
| 28 | They were served no wine , either because such was the custom of the house , or because intelligence of their visit to the monastery had reached the elder . |
| 29 | This may be because definitions were unclear or because criteria for targeting the two systems had not yet been formulated . |
| 30 | The loyal voter may have voted consistently out of party principle , or because ties of dependence persistently obliged him to defer to the wishes of committed partisans amongst the local elite . |