Example sentences of "[adj] or [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There was no inherent or common-law jurisdiction in a magistrates ' court to order rehearing of a case which had already been decided ( R. v. Campbell , ex. p . |
2 | This last instance of the stylistics of manner begins to merge into the stylistics of embellishment , self-reference or representation . |
3 | I might eat a bread roll without the butter while I wait for the meal to arrive , and slimline or diet drinks act as a wonderful filler . |
4 | ‘ Did either Norman or Vera know Dominic ? , |
5 | The fact that the form of the polite or V pronoun is often borrowed from the second person plural , or third person singular or plural , pronouns , introduces considerable complexities into agreement systems ( Comrie , 1975 ; Corbett , 1976 ; Levinson , 1979b ) . |
6 | Anger responses can quickly degenerate into self-pity , self-indulgence or self-righteousness ; a desire to teach the other person a thing or two — even an exaggerated desire to show that I am right after all , and I told you so ! |
7 | Church schools which have chosen to transfer to the education authority , rather than be independent , become public schools ( the term used in Scotland for maintained or state schools ) , although they can make separate arrangements for denominational instruction . |
8 | The same is true of the coinage of medieval Europe : we can tell that a coin is , say , Spanish or English from the inscription , which usually refers to the kingdom in question , but the date may well be far from apparent . |
9 | Having plucked up the courage , he or she will find perhaps in the next room a course in Spanish or computer studies . |
10 | On each one there were between 8 and 22 students who were all more or less bilingual — or even trilingual — ( and biliterate ) in English and either Panjabi , Urdu , Bengali , Gujurati , Vietnamese , Polish , Spanish or Italian . |
11 | Apparently there 'd been this girl , Spanish or Portuguese I think , and Ollie had been giving her private lessons at his flat , and he thought she fancied him , and he 'd had a couple of Special Brews at the time and thought she was just shy , and then he tried kissing her , and it 's the old , old , sordid story , is n't it ? |
12 | Students of French , German , Hispanic Studies ( Spanish or Portuguese ) , Italian and Scandinavian Studies are required to spend eight months of their third year in residence abroad ( South America may be an alternative to Spain for students of Spanish ) . |
13 | But then , do the French , Spanish or Italians have a word for it ? |
14 | All students take French as the major language and choose either Spanish or German as the minor language . |
15 | Both posts require fluency in English and another language , preferably French , Spanish or German . |
16 | I was amazed to realise that some of them had been using their machines for five years and had no idea of the machines capabilities because all the instructions are written in either English , Spanish or Japanese ; nothing in Thai . |
17 | If you do n't know the words if you do n't know what the Spanish or lemonade or you ca n't spell the darn thing you 'll get a low mark right . |
18 | As with any border , plants with evergreen or evergrey leaves make it more interesting in winter , so consider this backbone first , and include such plants as sweet bay , southernwood and rosemary . |
19 | This decorative weeping tree is generally evergreen or semi-evergreen . |
20 | The report , Goodwill and Other Intangibles , by academics John Arnold , Don Egginton , Linda Kirkham , Richard Macve and Ken Peasnell ( see also ACCOUNTANCY , June , p 35 ) , says that goodwill divides into three components : the fair value of separately identifiable intangible assets ; the present value of benefits arising from jointness of activities and market imperfections ( such as monopoly position and barriers to entry ) ; and over- or underpayment . |
21 | I knew we must have a store of old army-type blankets for use when patients ran temperatures yet their teeth chattered during bouts of fever — malarial or dengue . |
22 | No wonder , Paulos argues , that in a society in which such lapses are common , and indeed go unremarked , the citizenry should be prey to every form of delusion and chicanery , political or mercenary . |
23 | A " national charter " published by the Democratic Bloc on May 26 listed among its demands fundamental constitutional reform to allow the installation of a " healthy democracy within the framework of a constitutional monarchy " , economic measures to tackle problems such as unemployment , judicial and administrative controls to guarantee transparency in elections , followed by " the formation of a government that is representative of the popular majority " , and freedom for all those detained for " political or trade-union activity " . |
24 | To the movie producers the problem defined itself in terms of having to retain the loyalty of the masses whilst never questioning fundamental middle-class values and of having to show an unease about certain aspects of the distribution of wealth and social power without ever becoming political or radical . |
25 | There was never any question that the movies would become political or radical as the showmen were as opposed to Socialism and labour unions as their fellow American businessmen and , in any case , they remained firmly of the opinion that what they had to give their public was entertainment . |
26 | I think one of the things that is necessary is that you do need quite a strong centre within government at the moment , and , as we deal with all these complicated issues , whether they are … political or intelligence issues [ such ] as … the Falklands Isles or whether it 's something highly controversial such as nuclear power or defence or even road systems , you need a much stronger centre than we have got at the moment . |
27 | This is not a political or class matter . |
28 | My research indicates a variety of routes to class , trade union and gender consciousness and the probability of interaction between several factors : hardships experienced in a working-class childhood ; changes in household structure , such as taking over the ‘ man 's ’ role of breadwinner ; becoming involved in industrial action ; developing a new awareness of how social life is organised through contact with political or trade union ideologies ; and just growing older and having more time free from actual and ideological family constraints . |
29 | Now did he have any er political or trade union affiliations ? |
30 | Sometimes , dubious studies achieve publicity or may be attractive for other , perhaps political or novelty , reasons . |