Example sentences of "[noun] or at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Details were wanted on the number of Englishmen employed " in the Mynes or at the said worke , either for getting Oare or about roasting & melting furnace or hamers , & whether there be any skilful to manage those works if the now farmers should dye . " |
| 2 | It is clear , however , that political historians can not afford to confine their attention to the goings-on at Westminster or St James 's , and that the history of party under the later Stuarts is as much about the divisions that emerged in society at large as it is about what happened in Parliament or at the royal Court . |
| 3 | Data from children whose ears contained fluid at the final assessment or at the last assessment before they were lost to follow up were excluded . |
| 4 | It is nevertheless beginning to demonstrate a willingness to fight its corner should things get tough either after the election or at the periodic review of price limits in three years time . |
| 5 | Guests often spend as much time here as in the well-appointed lounges or at the friendly bar , before dining in the attractive restaurant which offers a choice of menu . |
| 6 | When you need to speak to your stringer — at your club or at the local shop — tell them what kind of player you are ( a baseline slugger or a serve and volleyer ) and if you want more power or more accuracy from the racket . |
| 7 | He worked either at Beatrice Hastings 's place or at the large studio owned by the painter Frank Burty Haviland , in the Rue du Schoelcher — conveniently near Picasso 's place , for Frank was a disciple . |
| 8 | When she had stopped the car and climbed out , she wondered for a moment whether she had come on the wrong day or at the wrong time , though she was sure she had not . |
| 9 | The truth was that I did n't know how to effect such an aim , and if I found myself eating any more than the minimum — that is , enough for me to remain undetected by the authorities-I considered myself guilty of backsliding , and had to punish myself by eating even less the next day or at the next meal . |
| 10 | Moreover , the two aspects of the debate were not always synchronised in the same people or at the same time . |
| 11 | Volunteers can also be contacted sometimes through the local authority social services department , and the local branches of the Women 's Royal Voluntary Services , the National Council of Social Services , Age Concern ( Old People 's Welfare ) and the National Council for the Single Woman and her Dependants , whose addresses can all be found in the telephone directory or at the Public library . |
| 12 | There is a better copy round the corner or at the next sale . |
| 13 | And if you , you go and see a G P at the end of the financial year or at the wrong part of the financial year , then you may be referred to somewhere strictly because that 's all the G P can , can afford to send you . |
| 14 | When he stopped his work for tea , the prying landlady being out at the shops , he would try to arrange to meet her , either in the house or at the British Museum if she were going near the West End that day . |
| 15 | Laniel became premier in 1953 , announcing that his government ‘ was ready to seize all occasions to make peace , whether in Indo-China or at the international level ’ . |