Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [adv] [verb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) the buyer will enjoy quiet possession of the goods except so far as it may be disturbed by the owner or other person entitled to the benefit of any charge or encumbrance so disclosed or known . ’ |
| 2 | This phenomenon can also be seen in trading stamp transactions so that s4(1) of the Trading Stamps Act 1964 ( substituted by s16(1) of SOGIT 1973 ) provides : In every redemption of trading stamps for goods , notwithstanding any term to the contrary on which the redemption is made , there is — ( a ) an implied warranty on the part of the promoter of the trading scheme that he has a right to give the goods in exchange ; ( b ) an implied warranty that the goods are free from any charge or encumbrance not disclosed or known to the person obtaining the goods before , or at the time of redemption and that that person will enjoy quiet possession of the goods except so far as it may be disturbed by the owner or other person entitled to the benefit of any charge or encumbrance so disclosed or known ; ( c ) an implied warranty that the goods are of merchantable quality , except that there is no such warranty ( i ) as regards defects specifically drawn to the attention of the person obtaining the goods before or at the time of redemption ; or ( ii ) if that person examines the goods before or at the time of redemption , as regards defects which that examination ought to reveal . |
| 3 | It does not give an example of how revenue expenditure is allocated down to Regions , Districts and Units , and the ‘ before and after ’ cases of their allocations showing the impact of capital charges , and how they will change when Districts or Units actually increase or decrease their employment of fixed assets . |
| 4 | The court must be given reasons for the decision , together with details of any service or assistance actually provided or to be provided in the future , or any other action taken or proposed ( s37(3) ) . |
| 5 | Where Boulestin never falters or misleads is in the sureness of his taste and the sobriety of his ingredients even when his recipes are new inventions . |
| 6 | The report was highly critical of the backbench committees and noted that meetings frequently overlap or are cancelled and rearranged and that attendance was low . |
| 7 | The trends tend to be that schools either gain or lose pupils with little interchange . |
| 8 | That homes already furbished or in the process of being refurbished or identified for refurbishment shall not be closed and will re-open as county council E P H s . |
| 9 | This is not to say that workers necessarily believed or accepted the new image of employers especially as during the 1950s memories of the pre-war era were clearly resonant . |
| 10 | He must have suspected that his all British commission was hardly the kind of body that Kenyans either needed or were likely to listen to in 1972 . |
| 11 | There is considerable evidence that people only remember or absorb up to seven points in any communication situation . |
| 12 | On visits to Romania , the curators of Ceauşescu 's residences , the state guest-houses and museums , noted that Zhivkov only stole or requested as presents the most exquisite items . |
| 13 | Dearlove ( 1973 , p. 20 ) , for example , observed that the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea frequently ignored or resisted central government ‘ advice and direction ’ . |
| 14 | 10.7.10 The rights and licences hereby granted or agreed to be granted to a Non-academic Party pursuant to Clauses 10.7.2 b to 10.7.6 shall be exercisable on identical terms by any Related company of that Party for so long as it remains such , subject to the obtaining from such companies of suitable undertakings as to confidence and delivery up . |
| 15 | Fergus , who had stormed castles and laid siege to fortresses and who knew the arts of infiltration as well as he knew the Twelve Books of Honour , found himself summoning every shred and every tag-end of legend and myth and lore ever whispered or recounted or imagined about the Prison . |
| 16 | To the extent that individuals and organisations still support or tolerate meat consumption , to that extent they are part of the moral problem , not part of the moral solution . |
| 17 | And courage never to submit or yield . |
| 18 | And courage never to submit or yield . |
| 19 | Are the spine and boards badly scuffed or rubbed ? ( the euphemistically-minded cataloguer may say ‘ chafed ’ , the French , more elegantly , ‘ tired ’ ) . |
| 20 | In European sterna , the combined midline length of manubrium and mesosternum usually equals or exceeds 149mm in males , but is usually less in females ( Ashley , 1956 ) . |
| 21 | Studies which show apparent equality in decision-making between husbands and wives often omit or do not give due weight to many of the more important decisions such as where to live , when to move or when to buy a new car ( Gillespie , 1972 ) . |
| 22 | Opportunities are to be maximised and threats either avoided or turned into opportunities ( see Sharplin , 1985 , pp. 54 6 , 190–4. where it is referred to as WOTS-UP analysis ) . |
| 23 | With eighty percent of the scholarly publications in research libraries printed on acidic paper and major campaigns underway in the US and Europe either to reformat or substitute that material in new formats such as microfilm or digital media it is possible that retrospective conversions will eventually digitize millions of volumes . |
| 24 | If corporations merely promoted or recruited new personnel to replace the faint-hearted or imprisoned , then frightening and removing executives to prison may have only a minimal impact on corporate crime . |
| 25 | In rebuilding or reinstating those parts of the Centre including essential accesses and services so destroyed or damaged making up any difference between the cost of rebuilding and reinstating and the insurance money received out of the Landlord 's own money |
| 26 | I did n't attend the dinner , for which in a way I 'm now sorry , and Pound never forgot or forgave . |