Example sentences of "or [noun sg] [noun] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a direct transference to stone or brick building of the primitive wooden hut method mentioned earlier . |
| 2 | Since his theme was that of organising communities according to natural formations , not political boundaries , the task he set course members was an investigation of the Dart Valley , the watershed or catchment area of the river from Dartmoor down to the sea . |
| 3 | One field can not exist within another field without an interaction between them , therefore it can be argued that the Universe is an energy field and that everything that exists in it is a subsidiary or component part of the total field . |
| 4 | Like pluralists , structuralists are aware of the dysfunctional nature of military expenditure for capitalism and devote a considerable amount of time to dismantling any simple economist or reductionist account of the growth of the military-industrial complex . |
| 5 | The needs of applicants who are contemplating legal practice in England and Wales will generally be better met by studying in a university or college south of the border . |
| 6 | The bedrooms have a full or side view of the lake , although in some cases this may be somewhat impeded by the trees . |
| 7 | Indeed , it is argued that the conspicuous gap between the reading performance of people and that of algorithms may reflect the fact that few text recognition systems utilise the many knowledge sources or recognition strategy of the human reader [ Hull , 1987 ] . |
| 8 | The conspicuous gap between the reading performance of people and that of algorithms may reflect the fact that few text recognition systems utilise the many knowledge sources or recognition strategy of the human reader [ Hull , 1987 ] . |
| 9 | Here , the property is sold to a development or investment subsidiary of the lender . |
| 10 | In particular , the sensory neurons make both direct and indirect connections with the motor neurons ; the direct connections involve synapses between an axon of a sensory neuron and a dendrite or cell body of the motor neuron ( this is known as a monosynaptic pathway ) ; in the indirect polysynaptic pathway the sensory neuron first makes synaptic contact with an interneuron , which itself then synapses with the motor neuron . |
| 11 | Valid entries are L ( for LATEST ) , P ( for PREFERRED ) or issue numbers of the form NN.NNA where N is an integer between 0 and 9 , and A is an alphabetic character . |
| 12 | Then it should be sunk into the gravel or sand base of the main tank . |
| 13 | The essentials , from a recording point of view , were and are a tested ( or holograph or adopted as holograph ) deed , the designation therein of the parties and a description or reference description of the relevant lands . |
| 14 | Every press release should include a quotable , provocative statement from an officer or committee member of the organization involved . |
| 15 | The childhood supplement does not provide detailed information about the economic or household characteristics of the 61445 children classified as unoccupied on the basis of information from a 10% sample of the 1981 census . |
| 16 | Erm does the fact of erm using the aircraft to er provide a platform for these systems , er tell us something about a change in view about the role or operating concept of the aircraft ? |
| 17 | Frustrated national movements like those of the Irish , or south Slavs of the Dual Monarchy , of the Armenians in Turkey or the Poles in Russia , could usually rely upon a reflex of ready sympathy in at least some foreign countries . |
| 18 | Having ‘ failed ’ to find the curriculum or examination version of the Holy Grail for themselves during the sixties and seventies ( and having exhausted themselves in the process ) the schools are , at the moment , resigned to accepting a string of panaceas from without — the YTS/TVEI initiatives are now being superseded or subsumed by the National Curriculum cure-all . |
| 19 | A straight bond is a security that promises to pay a fixed interest or coupon payment every half-year , together with the return of principal or par value of the bond at maturity . |
| 20 | Especially those involving men known to be friends or business acquaintances of the Eberts . ’ |
| 21 | This followed publication of a letter from nine reformist or refondateur members of the central committee , criticising Marchais ' reaction to the Soviet coup attempt . |
| 22 | As an exception to this rule , secured or unsecured loans or credits may be granted to a customer by the firm to fund a margin requirement provided that a credit assessment is made of the customer by an employee of the firm who is independent of the trading or marketing functions of the firm ( eg the compliance officer ) , and the maximum amount of the loan or credit to be granted has been notified to the customer and , in respect of a private customer , has been set out in writing and agreed by the customer in accordance with Rule 5 – 27 ( customer borrowing ) . |
| 23 | Souvenirs of the wedding may include photographs of the speakers delivering speeches , the guests standing around the happy couple with glasses raised , typed copies of the speech to go in the wedding album , or video recordings of the occasion . |
| 24 | The Ministry 's most notable achievement has been the transformation of the country 's broadcasting corporation from a little relay or propaganda outlet of the South African Broadcasting Corporation into a Namibian broadcasting organisation . |
| 25 | The Ministry 's most notable achievement has been the transformation of the country 's broadcasting corporation from a little relay or propaganda outlet of the South African Broadcasting Corporation into a Namibian broadcasting organisation . |
| 26 | To some degree aspects of local distribution of the eighteenth century , poor relief of the nineteenth , or welfare benefits of the twentieth . |
| 27 | New sequences are rapidly being developed — for example , images can now be obtained in which the fat or water component of the tissue is suppressed independently and MRI angiography also shows great promise . |
| 28 | On warm afternoons he would sit outside the front door with a Roberts portable radio ( the all-wood construction , I learned , gave better sound quality than the plastic or metal bodies of the transistors I admired ) , listening to the cricket commentary . |
| 29 | So-called ‘ personal ’ doors , positioned in the side or back wall of the garage , are useful if you want to use your garage as a workshop or utility room , and are essential if your garage blocks access to the side of the house . |
| 30 | In practice it is more common to find the words or behaviour part of the offence being breached rather than the distributing or displaying part . |