Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [conj] [verb] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was full of minor nervous habits : an eye-twitch , a frequent snapping of the thumbs and fingers when reading or in conversation , a flicking of the tongue before starting a speech , and , in a rather different category , an addiction to putting objects , particularly books , but matches , pipes , paper knives and almost anything else as well , to his nostrils and audibly sniffing at them . |
| 2 | In Western cooking such a mixture can add zing to almost anything from scrambled eggs to vegetables , soups , stews and sauces and poached or baked fruits , with the grateful advantage that the result will not taste as though you have succumbed to panic and thrown in a spoonful of curry powder . |
| 3 | There lay a great female figure , naked except for the pipes and wires that fed or drained her . |
| 4 | If France wanted good relations with Russia his full title ( which he carefully recited ) must be used in all future letters , for it was the duty of friends " rather to augment reciprocally their titles and qualities than to diminish or curtail them " . |
| 5 | This approach has enormously suggestive potential for analysis of listening , for it fully accepts the significance of new perceptual attitudes and situations while by-passing or at least putting in question the usual , too easy Adorn Ian assumptions of passivity . |
| 6 | They are also displaying a most unsnoblike taste for ‘ replica brands ’ — illegal copies of perfumes and bags that smell or look like originals , but cost a fraction of the price . |
| 7 | Dow Corning has a reputation as a pace-setter in Total Quality Management , having launched its policy in 1983. the purpose of this policy is to ensure that the company provides products and services that meet or exceed the requirements of its customers . |
| 8 | The hypothesis that NO or an NO-like substance is an enteric inhibitory neurotransmitter is based on the following evidence : ( 1 ) the enzyme responsible for NO production , NO synthase , has been shown within enteric neurons ; ( 2 ) NO is released onstimulation of enteric inhibitory NANC nerves , ; ( 3 ) there is a uniformity of action on gut smooth muscle when NO is applied from an exogenous source and when it is released by nerve stimulation ; and agents that inhibit or potentiate the effect of inhibitory nerve stimulation have a similar action on exogenously applied NO . |