Example sentences of "or [verb] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acyclovir given intravenously , orally or applied directly at the site of infection can accelerate healing and restrict the spread and recurrence of many herpes infections ( British Medical Journal , 1982 , vol 285 , p 1223 . ) . |
| 2 | Assuming that there is a perfect capital market , so that the individual can borrow or lend freely at an interest rate r ( about which he has confident expectations ) , a person 's expected lifetime discounted income is measured by , where W u and M u are expected wage income and capital receipts at time u , and P u denotes the survival probability . |
| 3 | Hormone replacement therapy consists of the hormones oestrogen and progesterone taken daily to help replace those lost or produced erratically at the menopause . |
| 4 | Is it really necessary for you to have no claim if you are indeed made redundant or treated unjustly at the time when the contract finishes ? |
| 5 | In this case the solvent has to be evaporated or boiled off at a low temperature . |
| 6 | Was it properly refereed or passed through at the urgings of the editor ? |
| 7 | But much of what they buy ends up being returned or hidden away at the back of a drawer . |
| 8 | The enquiry looked at 1208 people who , in the application year ending 31 March 1980 , enquired , submitted application forms or dropped out at the various stages of the process of seeking to be matriculated , as well as those who matriculated and graduated . |
| 9 | This card may be placed next to the model or face up at the table edge to indicate that it is in play . |
| 10 | Using the Windows software supplied with the printer it is possible to setup , configure and maintain your printer from the comfort of your PC screen — no more fiddling about with mysteriously labelled buttons and switches , or peering hopelessly at a badly lit LCD panel . |
| 11 | He appealed for members to comment by ringing Brenda on Middlesbrough 244860 or calling in at the club . |
| 12 | If you were sick or unemployed ( provided you sent in sick notes to your Social Security office or signed on at the Unemployment Benefit office ) ; |
| 13 | No hair-stroking or sighing or staring sorrowfully at the ceiling , not for her . |
| 14 | Felicity had come out in a severe facial rash and spent the time either screaming or staring fixedly at the paperknife on her desk . |
| 15 | They may have been open-fronted , the borders of the open seam being either fastened together or pinned back at the breast , again with brooches and pins . |
| 16 | Everyone in the board room was either clearing his throat , or shifting position in his seat , or doing both at the same time , which is actually rather difficult . |
| 17 | Dexter sat back in his armchair , unsure whether to laugh outright or smile knowingly at the businessman 's practical joke . |
| 18 | Artists know that this has happened , but much of the art establishment has n't caught up with events , or looked back at the past in the light of that . |
| 19 | If the spacing between the strands is uneven , or if they curve or go off at an angle , the knotting is irregular , and denotes a poor quality rug . |
| 20 | If you can help please telephone DAD on Darlington or call in at the local office at the Friends Meeting House , 6 Skinnergate , Darlington . |
| 21 | It was shabby but civilised , alive with history but inhabited also by living poets and thinkers who could be found squatting on the slotted metal floors of the stacks , or arguing pleasantly at the turning of the stair . |
| 22 | Although probably built as a row by some Victorian property magnate , all the houses were slightly different from the front and all had been built on to or extended differently at the back . |
| 23 | Do n't choose a colour for its safety , because it is acceptable , or sells well at the art society exhibition . |
| 24 | The healthy stayed away , or hovered sceptically at the back of the crowd , talking as they waited for the first miracle . |
| 25 | The research seeks to assess how much of the business guaranteed by government export credit agencies would be declined by the private sector or accepted only at a higher price . |
| 26 | But on Monday night the audience at the Queen Elizabeth Hall appeared neatly divided — between those who were willing to prolong the applause indefinitely and those who either disappeared discreetly halfway through or scarpered quickly at the end . |