Example sentences of "be neither [art] [adj] [coord] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like power , money as it stands is neither a good nor a bad commodity . |
| 2 | If it is accepted that ability to consume is the major determinant and indicator of economic status — and that is implicit in the common concern over the ‘ standard of living ’ of different groups in society — then the conclusion must be that retirement is only one of a number of factors that affect economic status , and retirement alone is neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for economic dependency . |
| 3 | It is neither a physical nor a psychological attraction . |
| 4 | It is neither a desirable nor a necessary product . |
| 5 | Panspermia , for example , is a more rigorously defined statement that precursors of organic molecules are to be found in space , which in itself is neither an original nor a controversial finding . |
| 6 | It was moved by Francis Maginn who told his audience that in almost every state of America , in addition to a National Society , there was an Association of deaf mutes organised and officered by the prominent deaf themselves , whereas in the United Kingdom , where there were about twenty thousand deaf , there was neither a regional nor a national organisation . |
| 7 | Godoy , Prince of the Peace , was neither a reactionary nor a brutal tyrant ; indeed he was a mild progressive who consistently posed as the friend of enlightenment , earning for himself that hatred of priests and monks which contributed to his fall . |
| 8 | Formalism , as Eikhenbaum makes plain in his summary of its principles , was neither an aesthetic nor a methodology ; it was ‘ characterized only by the attempt to create an independent science of literature which studies specifically literary material ’ ( 1965 : 103 ) . |
| 9 | He was neither an easy nor a tolerant companion . |
| 10 | If it seems surprising that the same forms of rioting should recur from one place to another over lapses of time , it should be remembered that food rioting was neither an isolated nor a continuous form of popular action . |