Example sentences of "or someone [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Logically , therefore , we must conclude that since accidents do happen then either the system is faulty or someone along the line is not doing his job properly . |
| 2 | Agrippa , Angus , his hired assassins , or someone under orders from the arch murderer at Royston . ’ |
| 3 | If you are a teacher , a youth worker or someone with responsibility for young people , you can make a real contribution toward keeping them away from crime . |
| 4 | It is common in British schools for a deputy head , or someone with similar experience and seniority , to have general oversight of curriculum matters , and often , as we have seen , such a person bears the title " Head of Resources " with a particular brief to develop the organization of and for resource-based learning . |
| 5 | A carer , I suggest , is someone with responsibility for a child , or an old person , or someone with a handicap , or a chronic illness . |
| 6 | In order to preserve confidence in the appraisal and promotion system , the management role and to guard against accusations of favouritism , you will not normally work in the same reporting line as a relative or someone with whom you have a close personal relationship . |
| 7 | Perhaps it was a hoax or someone with a grudge . |
| 8 | Only the member of the liberal professions , or the artist and intellectual who was not essentially an employer or someone with subordinates , was not primarily a ‘ master ’ . |
| 9 | And where they were seen or heard , to be treated and reflected as a person first — and as a black person , an Asian person , a woman or someone with a disability second or not at all . |
| 10 | For just £30 a year for four years you can buy one of the 550 seats available and have it names after you or someone of your choice . |
| 11 | A theatre seat named after you or someone of your choice . |
| 12 | She felt it would have to be an MP or someone of similar standing in order that her story would at least be believed . |
| 13 | These prior conditions may be determined by a chief constable or his deputy , or someone of equivalent rank in the Metropolitan police . |
| 14 | The person or someone on their behalf can ask for the assessment . |
| 15 | They appreciated the details of a particular look , the unspoken dress codes , the way a friend or someone on the street had got it ‘ just right ’ for her particular build or colouring , and the fascinating variety of different looks , different ways to dress . |
| 16 | It will be noticed that I refer only to those cases where the patient , or someone on his behalf , has made his view known . |
| 17 | Such people were either doctors of high status who knew the individual personally , or someone on the selection panel with particular knowledge of or interest in disability ; for example , a person interviewing a blind candidate had had a visually impaired son . |
| 18 | It is important to place something or someone on the point of rock between the two entrances . |
| 19 | Only one in ten said that it had been suggested to them by a salesman , agent or someone at the shop ; about three-quarters said instead that they personally had thought of it , and most of the rest that it had been suggested by their wife or husband . |
| 20 | Now that I 'm famous , whenever I speak to my family , all they want is a signed photo for Enid or Ethel or someone at the office . |
| 21 | The point of issue is that estuary and coastal zone management is a reality and what seems to be happening is all sorts of different plans are popping up on various estuaries and Geoff knows them well now because he 's been involved with the one on the Stour and Orwell and what is happening is that these are starting at local level so the first contact with sailors may be from a local authority or someone at local level . |
| 22 | ‘ Oliver Craddock said last year , ‘ There will be a removal of something or someone around May 25th . ’ |
| 23 | Something or someone behind her did n't seem to care how much noise they were making . |
| 24 | ‘ We do n't know whether it was the NIO or someone within the Maze who took this decision . |
| 25 | Or someone before that ? |
| 26 | Without her , or someone like her , the story would have been completely different . |
| 27 | She had seen her sister ancient and dead on a stretcher this morning , probably because of Clive or someone like him . |
| 28 | But say it 's your mother , or your probation officer or someone like that , it 's all right . |
| 29 | ‘ Or someone like her , ’ Belinda stressed , not wanting him to guess that she had noticed the brunette 's special interest in him . |
| 30 | Suppose Argol , or someone like him , suddenly leaped out of someone 's driveway to give me a taste of his galaxy 's latest in combat weapons . |