Substitution for logical OR usage in control file of sql loader

Hi,
can anyone suggest me a substituion method to use the functionality of logical OR in control file developed for sql loader.
Ex:
load data
append
into table ABC
when (1:2) = 'AD'
--AND ((27:28)= '01' OR (27:28)= '02')
AND (1222:1222) = '1'
trailing nullcols
Note: condition commented in the above example need to be replaced.
one way of doing it can be splitting blocks for each condition.
Then it will look like:
load data
append
into table ABC
when (1:2) = 'AD'
AND (27:28)= '01'
AND (1222:1222) = '1'
trailing nullcols
into table ABC
when (1:2) = 'AD'
AND (27:28)= '02'
AND (1222:1222) = '1'
trailing nullcols
So, i'm looking for a better way than this, as i cannot work with the above
splitting logic because i'm dealing with lot many conditions.
Thanx inadvance
Kishore

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