Example sentences of "a [noun] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ An act done before the giving of a promise to make a payment or to confer some other benefit can sometimes be consideration for the promise . |
| 2 | Is it strictly true to say that ‘ An act done before the giving of a promise to make a payment or to confer some benefit can sometimes be consideration for the promise ’ ? |
| 3 | In many cases , as where the persons entitled are not of age , or not yet in existence , or not to be found , an executor or administrator will have to retain the property in his hands for a considerable time , though he may sometimes relieve himself by a payment or transfer into court , and in any case he can obtain the direction of the courts when doubts arise as to the proper course which he should take . |
| 4 | Whether you want a printing or drawing package , if you intend to spend around £150 or more , your first port of call should be the big integrated graphics bundles , quite simply because of their outstanding value for money . |
| 5 | Take the enclosed to a printing or duplicating Agency and arrange for at least 9 copies to be made . |
| 6 | Law is not a business ; nor merely is it a profession , which is defined in the Oxford Dictionary as a vocation or calling , especially one that involves some branch of learning or science , but is one of three learned professions . |
| 7 | Most working men claimed to know someone who had once been given a trial or had been ‘ on the books ’ of a club for a spell . |
| 8 | A 1940 War Office file on possible invasion sites states that Bawdsey is a ‘ Category A risk , liable to a seaborne attack , probably a smash-and-grab raid by up to 100 men , launched from a submarine or ship offshore ’ . |
| 9 | Or change a fuse or mend a chair . |
| 10 | No longer are my positive and negative leads just hanging free about to blow a fuse or allow my personal electricity to seep away . |
| 11 | Once the information is captured in one format it is almost inevitable that it will be the wrong one for a typesetter or publishing company and a whole industry exists to convert both disk and software formats . |
| 12 | If a rating or precepting authority over-rated or over-precepted , the remedy was in the hands of the electorate … |
| 13 | ‘ I might be blowing a bit or struggling against a younger player and Stuart will feel we need a fresh pair of legs . |
| 14 | It was partly with the new saw table and also he wanted to try and get more er sellable saleable product out of the slate , cos previously we had been throwing away quite a bit or giving it to and I think it really started as a family argument between him and his brother . |
| 15 | No I think , I thought we still had a chance , albeit you know the odds had gone down a bit or increased , but er no I thought we still had a chance , it was gon na be harder because if we lost any more by the wayside then you know you 're gon na be , it would 've been very awkward . |
| 16 | Your partner should be lying down on his or her back with a cushion or rolled up towel under the knees to prevent any strain in the lumbar region . |
| 17 | Has a repeated ‘ kik ’ note , and a ‘ song ’ rendered as ‘ wait , wait ’ uttered slowly on a rising or falling scale . |
| 18 | He looked round for a stick or prop which he could use to dislodge Yussuf . |
| 19 | Next , try depicting the mannequin leaning on a stick or sitting down , remembering as your draw what it 's like to do these things yourself . |
| 20 | Next , try depicting the mannequin leaning on a stick or sitting down , remembering as your draw what it 's like to do these things yourself . |
| 21 | They assimilate , they analyze , they consider and then they make a decision or act on things . |
| 22 | ‘ This is to ignore the fact that in the administration of justice in this country , the authority of any judicial pronouncement depends not upon the personal authority of the judge concerned , but upon the capacity in which he gives a decision or expresses an opinion . |
| 23 | A potential failure of contraception had been recognised by 171 patients : 93 reported a split or leaking condom ; 13 reported a condom coming off during intercourse ; 32 admitted inconsistent use of condoms ; 32 reported forgetting to take contraceptive pills or taking antibiotics concurrently with the pill ; and one reported a late injection of medroxyprogesterone acetate . |
| 24 | Features that have been attached to FRNs include floors ( the coupon can not fall below a minimum rate ) , caps ( the coupon can not rise above a maximum rate ) , droplocks ( if the coupon falls below a certain minimum the FRN converts to a fixed-rate instrument for the remainder of its life ) , convertibility ( into a fixed-rate instrument at the option of the issuer or investor ) , callability , and a sinking or purchase fund . |
| 25 | Many situations predispose to spatial disorientation — The main ones are : a ) Any situation involving a reduction or change in the way essential cues are available to you , eg on transition from visual to instrument flight or attempting to fly visually when what you can see is inadequate as in poor light , haze or high altitude . |
| 26 | It is clear that a reduction or increase in funding did not automatically lead to similar changes in each of the schools . |
| 27 | Patients on the diet saw a reduction or end to seizures , where drugs had failed . |
| 28 | The box insulates and prevents too rapid a rise or fall in water temperature , and the blanket assists this . |
| 29 | Locks , or more correctly , ‘ pound locks ’ , are a means of raising a boat over a rise or fall in level by a series of steps . |
| 30 | The main problem associated with this approach is the difficulty of judging how far a rise or fall in the number of inhabitants was the vital factor in bringing about those changes of which we can be certain , notably those in wage and price levels . |