Example sentences of "[conj] [art] other " in BNC.
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| 1 | The big glass and the notes for the big glass , he wrote , not the big glass by itself and the notes by themselves , the big glass and the notes for the big glass , the notes for the big glass and the big glass , he wrote , never the one alone or the other alone , for neither by itself has any meaning , neither by itself will have any force , but always both together , not as text and gloss , not as image and caption , but always as exchange and delay , mirror and reflection . |
| 2 | Legs fly over tambourines held steady by one or the other partner . |
| 3 | Actually , I think the woman was envious that I was sexy and Max was cute — or the other way round ! ’ |
| 4 | He recognizes in Raskolnikov a fellow-struggler , and repeatedly he says that the two of them are birds of a feather ; but he also bids him farewell with a pointed ‘ You to the right and I to the left , or the other way round if you like ’ towards the end of their final meeting , because setting off for America , unlike the North Pole , while it may or may not amount to doing anything ( Crime and Punishment does n't raise the question ) marks a parting of their ways . |
| 5 | Even his way of throwing his money about , what he has of it , is immediately distinguishable from Svidrigailov 's , while with both of them money is the very image of merely imputed and therefore reversible value in a loose-end world : ‘ You to the right and I to the left , or the other way round if you like . ’ |
| 6 | With both the motive for the murder and the brave rescue Crime and Punishment sets the pattern for later Dostoevsky ; his post-Siberian notebooks swarm with admonitions like ‘ Decide the matter definitely one way or the other ’ , and with the X marks the spot of ‘ Here a podvig is achieved ’ ; and in the other novels , as in Crime and Punishment , the actual outcome of such promptings makes an interesting study . |
| 7 | Some graphics files use one method or the other exclusively , others can mix the two methods in the same file : |
| 8 | The guidance says that Kenneth Clarke , the Health Secretary , ‘ is minded ’ to go for Japanese-style pendulum arbitration — where the arbiter would be free only to find for one party or the other , and would not be able to compromise . |
| 9 | In the preparations for any civil trial , potential witnesses give written statements to solicitors of one side or the other beginning with that revealing phrase ‘ I , so-and-so of such-and-such an address , will say … ’ |
| 10 | In the course of these policies , one or the other restrictive practice has been singled out as the root cause of our ills — resale price maintenance , clearing banks ' cartel , trade unions — the cry has been for their removal . |
| 11 | As a manager I have to judge whether a young band 's professional tail is wagging the domestic dog or the other way round . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't see how I can unless I manage to shift one way or the other , and I need both hands for that . |
| 13 | Winter discovered that he could apply a limited amount of control by squeezing Mandarin with his knees , by swinging his body to one side or the other , and by applying such pressure as he could with the reins on the horse 's neck . |
| 14 | ‘ Something has to be resolved one way or the other , ’ Cabochon said , expending a vast amount of mental energy mustering concern for the group . |
| 15 | Between father and son , also , some things specifically belonged to one or the other : a child 's bicycle was his , not his father 's . |
| 16 | If Angela Brickell had seduced him — or the other way round — and she threatened a messy paternity suit … |
| 17 | A striking feature of the campaign is the firm grasp voters seem to have of the main issues , and the shrewdness and acumen they show in arguing not only for one side or the other but for all sides at once . |
| 18 | Just make up your mind , one way or the other , and let me know your decision . |
| 19 | We must count one or the other but not both . |
| 20 | I hope so , but I am not going to argue the case one way or the other , nor to speculate over its possible memic evolution . |
| 21 | I am not sure if this is a case of Nature following Art , or the other way round , but the result is most satisfactory . |
| 22 | The position is put that the existing system ( here the method of dividing people into one or the other sex ) produces unfortunate consequences and should be abandoned . |
| 23 | He could n't get my bag back for me , or the other contents , because they had some value — although very little I 'm sure — whereas the letter , having no value at all ( except for me of course ! ) was thrown away . |
| 24 | Yet this same student may be quite good at translating from French to English or the other way round and may have a certain knowledge of the history of French literature and the critical points to be made about specified French texts . |
| 25 | Yet , she could n't say that she disliked him , or the other one , come to that . |
| 26 | Kathie is the only child and Nell advises her that ‘ Black and White do n't mix … you 'll be neither one thing or the other … |
| 27 | As time went on and I knew that I had a fight on my hands , healing became as important to me as my new diet or the other new therapies . |
| 28 | He felt that the transition from junior to senior school was difficult enough without making the children go to a different teacher for every subject , so the three first-year forms had their own class teacher for maths , English , scripture , history or geography ( one teacher took one or the other for two classes ) and science . |
| 29 | Anything else you can tell us about Herr Hamnett , or the other man ? ’ |
| 30 | I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature . |