Example sentences of "or [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Our research was designed to ensure that the field-worker was also around a great deal and was stubborn in exploiting the naturally occurring situations of privacy , where natural conversation is inevitable because it is interactionally difficult to abstain from it , such as in the back of vehicles , in the sanger while on guard duty , relaxing in many of the recreational rooms , or off duty .
2 The campaign has been given additional clout this weekend , with referees under instruction to dismiss instantly anyone guilty of head-high tackles on or off the ball , and not to send them to the sin-bin where they have gone too often in the past .
3 They 've been building it for God knows how long , cancelling trains , people ca n't get on or off the platforms .
4 It must also be said that a plain boiled ham presented on or off the bone is a delight to the jaded palate and should not be ignored because it remains undistinguished by any special cure .
5 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 .
6 These can either run off the public-telephone network , or off the smaller PABXs that control businesses ' own in-house telephone systems .
7 For most people , a penny on or off the standard tax rate — that formulation again ! — pales into insignificance compared with their pre-tax income , the inflation rate , the size of their pension and their mortgage interest rate .
8 Neither could they smoke or ‘ be guilty of noisy behaviour or bad language on or off the course ’ .
9 An almost universal feature of determination is that it involves subtle chemical changes , almost certainly turning on or off genes , and the overt result may not be seen for many hours .
10 At the end of it , I was tired but glad , making camp after twenty-three miles , the farthest I had managed on or off tarmac .
11 The bottom line is , of course , that Yorkshire have signed a fine cricketer who is good enough to do well wherever he is either on or off the field .
12 Any course of instruction , carried out on or off site , directed by your Library Department , your Local Authority/Board , or any other external organization .
13 She looked as if she could have stepped straight out of an urchin 's game on the street of a Northern Italian village or off the front cover of Vogue .
14 A shoe with an outsole profile to suit a variety of surfaces , both on or off road .
15 Comparisons between them became commonplace , but unlike Brando , this other rebel was not so aggressive either on screen or off it .
16 But he did n't stop drinking on or off the set .
17 Most important , the service is tailored to meet your needs , on or off site .
18 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 ) .
19 Anyone can have HIV : young or old , hunky or thin , black or white , on the scene or off the scene .
20 Use the same command , preferably at a relatively early stage once the dog has settled down after being let out of the car , or off the leash .
21 However , the Mondays ' tour manager Muzzer dashed these allegations : ‘ Shaun has n't touched drugs on this tour , neither on or off stage . ’
22 A great talking-point , on or off the 'phone — turn your desk into a helipad !
23 A full on-licence enables the licensee to sell liquor for consumption either on or off the premises to any member of the public who is permitted by the law to consume it .
24 But if I am competing , on or off the track , I want to win .
25 Also under examination is the feasibility of a 35 to 40 knot inshore lifeboat , launching from a slipway , davit or off a beach .
26 The foundation stage is then followed by , or merges into , a more specific stage which provides a more specialized education or training , which may be on or off the job , or a mixture of both .
27 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 .
28 So you figure that he either hit his approaches stiff — or off the radar screen .
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 .
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