Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 Roles may be assigned or deassigned by a user with Project Administator privilege using option 7.2.2 — Update User Details .
2 Alcoves like this can also be treated like separate small rooms and lined with mirror ; or with the curtain or shade fabric ; or painted or papered in a colour from the room scheme which is at the same time different from the main walls .
3 The choice of wood depends , to some extent , on whether you wish to have the new door painted or finished with a decorative stain .
4 It may be that there is a special rule for reservation of title clauses : this is examined below ( Chapter 10 ) but subject to that possible exception , once a contract has been made , its terms can only be altered or supplemented by a variation , and such variation will only be effective if it is supported by consideration .
5 In the British test-tube baby programme , viable embryos are either implanted or destroyed after a few days .
6 Any common-law rule established by judicial precedent may be amended or removed by a statute passed by Parliament .
7 If the new issue is for cash , shareholders ' statutory pre-emption rights ( CA 1985 , s89 ) must be honoured or disapplied by a special resolution .
8 Then , where δ is the fraction so that the Goldbach–Rehage formula above becomes or This can be written in terms of , the relaxation time at the glass temperature , since where is a shift factor and Hence or , if the material is being heated or cooled at a rate we have where is the decrement of the expansion coefficient of the glass and , as before .
9 A court can give or withhold a consent or authority such as might be given or withheld by a patient or a child 's parent .
10 Their Lordships held that such consent can not be given or implied by a course of conduct over the years as it is important in the interests of both the local authority and the public that consent should not be accidental or informal .
11 that he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words or behaviour used , or the writing , sign or other visible representation displayed , would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling , or
12 Although the police do not need to be certain that a person has heard or seen what is going on before they can call for quiet under the Act ( since it is sufficient that they have reasonable cause to believe that an offence is being committed ) , they would afterwards have to conduct house to house enquiries before they could truthfully say that the conduct was actually heard or seen by a bystander .
13 ‘ It is a defence for the accused to prove — ( a ) that he had no reason to believe that there was any person within hearing or sight who was likely to be caused harassment , alarm or distress , or ( b ) that he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words or behaviour used , or the writing , sign or other visible representation displayed , would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling , or ( c ) that his conduct was reasonable . ’
14 ‘ ( 4 ) In proceedings for an offence under this section it is a defence for the accused to prove that he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words or behaviour used , or the written material displayed , would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling . ’
15 Elements of the design are developed or resolved in a series of local activities .
16 Which factions won or lost as a result ?
17 It is therefore important that the heap is built of layers of vegetable and animal wastes , evenly distributed and not compressed or trodden to a point where air is excluded .
18 The coming of digital type and computerised typesetting required that all the typefaces owned or licensed by a typesetter manufacturer had to be re-coded for the new systems .
19 It follows from the foregoing that a condition of the type at issue in the main proceedings , which stipulates that where a vessel is owned or chartered by natural persons they must be of a particular nationality , and where it is owned or chartered by a company the shareholders and directors must be of that nationality , is contrary to article 52 of the E.E.C .
20 Often this is modified or informed by a tilt of the head affecting the character of the whole figure .
21 When you have finished with the artwork , it can be stored in a stiff envelope or a file , along with the component layout diagram , so that it can be modified or re-used at a later date .
22 Most of the detailed factual material learned in the sixth form is forgotten or superseded within a few years .
23 Similarly , all the following modulations are easy and effective : Modulation to the relative minor ( included above ) is common enough , and indeed an entire passage in the relative minor may be complete in itself ( as a separate section of a movement ) , and need not be preceded or concluded with a modulation .
24 Regarding the latter context , it has been shown that when a word is preceded or accompanied by a ’ semantically ’ related word , recognition of that word is facilitated with respect to unrelated controls .
25 Yet it is known that between one third and one half of mentally handicapped people currently resident in mental handicap hospitals should not be in hospital and could be either immediately discharged or discharged after a short period of training .
26 On the other hand , they can take many years to achieve full bearing , occupy a lot of space and often have to be picked or tended from a ladder .
27 a graphics standard for the PC which can be added or built into a system to give sharper characters and improved colour with the correct display device .
28 ‘ She would either have to be carried or put in a wheelchair .
29 For in each instance the problem of expansion was solved or evaded in a different way , and produced as a result towns with very different characteristics .
30 The Act defines three types of offensive weapon : ‘ made ’ ( such as a bayonet ) for killing or wounding ; ‘ adapted ’ ( like a smashed milk bottle ) so that it becomes a weapon ; or ‘ intended ’ ( such as a penknife or empty bottle ) which was not designed or adapted as a weapon but could be used if the need arose .
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