Example sentences of "or [noun pl] or [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew that I loved to walk along the inlet with the children , looking for shells or pebbles or a wild flower . |
| 2 | In my day we had taxis or Beetles or the old-style Escorts and Australians always had VW Dormobiles . |
| 3 | One only has to note the impressive erudition manipulated by the likes of Borges , Cortázar , Carpentier or Fuentes or the intertextual references that abound in the new narrative to realize that the Spanish-American writer has long since ceased to be a provincial and is now very much a citizen of the world . |
| 4 | ‘ Admission to the beer hall is free and the beer buffs wo n't be turned away for not having clogs or bells or a finger in the ear , ’ said Brendan . |
| 5 | Here is found the cities ' oldest remaining housing stock built to accommodate low-paid workers in adjacent factories and menial city-centre jobs and generally receiving very little maintenance as the owners await the transition of the land to a higher-value use like shops or offices or the threat of compulsory purchase for the construction of new relief roads or other types of public-sector development . |
| 6 | Or the initiator may be a tutor from an in-service teacher training department , a member of a child guidance unit or related school services involved in consultancy training , the school 's educational psychologist with good experience of working with teachers , interested staff from the local special needs or teachers centre , special schools or units or the LEA advisory team . |
| 7 | Slippery seaweeds abound on most shores , and the choice of footwear is either gumboots , or plimsolls or a pair of old strong shoes . |
| 8 | At Key Stages 1 and 2 , these might include someone from the local archaeological unit , the museum or archives or a local historian , especially someone used to speaking to young children . |
| 9 | During the sixteenth , seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the Mould family moved home frequently but their mobility was on a small scale and most members earned their living as tailors or smallholders or a combination of the two occupations . |
| 10 | Moreover , as will frequently be the case , where the chosen name does not consist of the surnames of all the partners ( including persons held out as partners ) without any addition other than forenames or initials or a reference to a previous owner of the business , the provisions of the Business Names Act 1985 will apply . |
| 11 | The reason why a search of premises which is not authorised by law is illegal is that it involves the tort of trespass to those premises : and any trespass , whether to land or goods or the person , that is made without legal authority is prima facie illegal . |
| 12 | Be prepared to demonstrate by telling a story yourself and playing it back , or it may be diplomatic to start by recording what the local people want , such as dance music or hymns or the local chief exhorting his people . |
| 13 | any of the rights of the shares to receive payments ( whether in respect of dividends , in respect of redemption or otherwise ) are for a limited amount which is not calculated by reference to the company 's assets or profits or the dividends on any class of equity share . |
| 14 | The company can fund the trust by contributions or loans or the trust can borrow from third parties . |
| 15 | Viscount Simonds stated at p408 that : The language of section 38 [ of the FA 1938 ( now TA 1988 , s672 ) ] and particularly of Sub-section ( 7 ) , and of section 41 [ now TA 1988 , s681(1) ( a ) ] , makes it clear beyond all doubt that any settlement , wherever made and whatever foreign element might be imported by the residence of settlor or trustees or the forum of administration , is caught by its provisions if the income arises in the United Kingdom . |
| 16 | Indecent and obscene are usually in the form of heavy breathing , or suggestions or an obscene sexual nature etc . |
| 17 | Dear Sirs , re Ltd Property : We act for the buyer of the above property , and we should be grateful if you would search the register of the above company to ascertain whether any charges or incumbrances or the appointment of a receiver or other matter adverse to the company 's title prior to 1 January 1970 are registered against the said property . |
| 18 | Convince them you are worth a look and , almost out of the blue , you might end up with 300 words in Kerrang or Echoes or the NME . |
| 19 | Whole conversations took place during which Edward stared out of windows , or at carpets or pavements or the branches of trees . |
| 20 | I find out about these release sites in various ways : through friends or volunteers or the farming parents of children I had lectured to , who have expressed an interest in having a pair and have suitable land . |
| 21 | She did n't know if women preferred poetry or flowers or a night at the movies . |
| 22 | So images of organizations that are more like symphony orchestras or hospitals or the British Raj are surely nothing more than metaphors to express a desired feeling of togetherness — the togetherness produced by a conductor 's baton , the shared concern of doctors and nurses for their patients , or the apparent unity of the British civil service in India . |
| 23 | Arrange them in lines or rectangles and fit them with spots or floods or downlights or a mixture , depending on your needs . |
| 24 | Do n't accept money or sweets or a gift from anyone without first checking with your parents . |
| 25 | How is it that eyes or mouths or the most fleeting expression , the merest muscular twitch , rise unbidden to an otherwise fully occupied mind ? |
| 26 | Places that are dank in winter but pleasantly cool in summer , are made delightful by a stone bowl or tulips or a tumble of petunias . |
| 27 | The circular also stated that planning authorities should not attempt to compel developers to adopt designs which were unpopular with customers or clients ‘ and they should n't attempt to control such details as shapes of windows or doors or the colour of bricks ’ . |
| 28 | Rather like those nineteenth-century American ladies who often found it easier to fight for slaves , or Indians , or heathens or The Poor than for themselves . |