Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [noun sg] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | IL-6 regulates the intracellular concentration and/or the activity of the members of this family . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The motion can be regulated by varying the weight and/or the size of the drum . |
| 7 | ( 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Throughout history , both have involved either the manipulation and/or the destruction of the world 's forests . |
| 10 | Nor is ‘ law and order ideology ’ an inevitable result of economic decline and/or the collapse of the rehabilitative ideal . |
| 11 | Sometimes sharp points develop on the edges of the teeth which will lacerate the tongue or the inside of the cheek . |
| 12 | Read the book it will tell you there 's probably an explanation on the cover or the inside of the cover pass me the coffee please . |
| 13 | True , everyone had hidden their supplies — buried them in the tobacco patch or the bottom of the grain chest — and I had to convince them that I was n't a forester . |
| 14 | Where the seat rails taper from top to bottom , as in the back of this chair , it is important to note on the plan whether the section is through the top or the bottom of the seat rail . |
| 15 | In the case of a word processor , there 's usually a border around the working area and a menu either along the top or the bottom of the screen . |
| 16 | equations this one go on the top or the bottom of the fraction or what ? |
| 17 | Subsection ( 3 ) makes it clear that a licence may be suspended not only on the grounds of the actings of the licence-holder but also on grounds attributable to the actings of persons frequenting the premises or the vicinity of the premises . |
| 18 | This belief may serve to minimize and underestimate the experience of anxiety in the eyes of the referring agent and the client , the latter becoming quickly dispirited , losing faith in themselves , the specific technique , or the skill of the therapist . |
| 19 | IT 'S DIFFICULT to know whether Joe Bear 's statement ‘ we 're out of tune but you 'll just have to put up with it ’ is an apology or the title of the first song , as Huggy Bear embark upon a set that includes lots of shouting , inept but enthusiastic attempts to play their instruments and generally deconstructs the rock myth with the viciousness of a tantrum in the nursery . |
| 20 | It should allow access by different fields , so that , for example , a teacher should be able to inquire whether a particular item has arrived in the library by identifying the author or the title of the item or by giving the name of the teacher who recommended its acquisition for the school library . |
| 21 | I have never heard of anybody , apart from people who may hope to get good jobs in these bogus new regional authorities , who , thrilled by a weird kind of socialist local patriotism , longs for the day when the flag of the East Midland Region is raised over the Great Roundabout of Retford , or the parliament of the West Midland Region holds its inaugural meeting at Telford New Town . |
| 22 | MPs familiar with claims for workmen 's compensation , or the operation of the Industrial Injuries Compensation Scheme , took a leading part . |
| 23 | The last major constraint , and the one we will examine in most detail , is peer group pressure on the managers themselves , or the operation of the managerial labour market . |
| 24 | ‘ Do you know what this drawing means or the significance of the seed cake ? ’ |
| 25 | But , even here , it is wiser to seek agreement at the outset rather than leave matters until there is some disagreement about the continued use or the exploitation of the program . |
| 26 | In the main , exactly which personal qualities are likely to make a good teacher are not discussed ; nor is there any discussion of whether those qualities might vary according to the age group being taught , the special requirements of a teacher 's subject , or the ethos of the school , for instance . |
| 27 | Was this because of the wording of the items or the unfamiliarity of the task ? |
| 28 | The success was so great or the rivalry of the wealthy families so keen that during the next four years three more opera-houses were opened : the Teatro dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo , the San Moisè , and the Teatro Novissimo . |
| 29 | Nessie found herself reacting as if to the parish priest or the headmaster of the school . |
| 30 | For example , the silver pennies made with identical designs under King Edward I and II can be subdivided by the form of the king 's name or the shape of the crown he wears ( fig. 3 ) . |