Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [conj] a [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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1 | The granules of spinea have broad base and a trifid or slightly rugose crown , those of hamula have a narrower base and the crown is more rugose . |
2 | The circular stapling gun was then introduced through an anterior gastrostomy and opened in the lower oesophagus when a nylon or silk ligature was tied round just at the gastrooesophageal junction . |
3 | It was a very low-budget British picture , shot at Pinewood studios in black and white and sought to do little more than provide an entertaining hour and a half or so , with a topic to which a great many people could relate — National Service . |
4 | During your flight you can relax with a drink from the duty free bar and a meal or light refreshment will be served according to the time of day . |
5 | A published thesaurus or a thesaurus or list which is involved in an international indexing effort may need a more clearly established revision programme . |
6 | Just a couple of miles from San Gimignano on the road to Certaldo , a turning on the left leads on amidst fields , olive groves and vineyards for a further mile and a half or so to the tiny hamlet of Pancole . |
7 | One can also choose between a top-down or hypothesis-driven strategy and a bottom-up or data-driven strategy depending on whether the rule expansion is driven by the addition of active edges or inactive edges . |
8 | It was just that I and the others in the class — at least , the ones who turned up yesterday , a lot of people did n't bother — anyway , we felt it would be nice to send some flowers and a card or something to her relatives . |
9 | It 's presumably popular for its unusual appearance , but it requires very dim lighting and a peat or sand substrate in which it can burrow for food . |
10 | But in the massive ballroom across the way there were only a few chairs and a sideboard or two , and even on a dismal day the light had fallen on the intricate design of a wooden parquet floor and pretty chiaroscuro frescoes painted into the panels of gracefully arched walls . |
11 | But there 's a chance that while he was searching , he found some letters or a photograph or something that tied you in with Mahoney . |
12 | When the time is ripe the mandate will go forward that the men will refuse to load and unload , to supply coal or cargo to any ship in a British port where a Lascar or a Chinaman is on board " . |
13 | The essential difference , I feel , is that they are operated by humans in a much more direct way than a computer or beatbox . |
14 | In May 1964 I travelled by coach with a couple of willing colleagues and a score or more of sixth-formers to spend a week reading , arguing , and welcoming visitors to a refreshing house on the Gower Peninsular in Wales . |
15 | In addition , these holiday centres are increasingly catering for second holidays — a few nights or a week or so spent off-season — taken in addition to the main holiday abroad . |
16 | Analysts point to the fact that far more beer is drunk at home on the Continent , which provides a more conducive atmosphere for low-alcohol products than a pub or bar . |
17 | According to the conventional British wisdom of the middle of the century , our flexible unwritten constitution , our democratic Parliament , the sense of fair play of our permanent civil service , and our vigorous and vigilant free Press were safer and more effective guarantees of personal freedom than a Continental or American-style ‘ government of judges ’ . |
18 | Substitute care while a child or young person is away from home , must continue to provide for the child 's overall development . |
19 | And if I got summat Annie wanted — you know , like a little necklace or a whistle or summat , I 'd just give it to her , and Mum would say what a polite boy I was , and Dad would smile at me , and we 'd all be happy . |
20 | As a good leader should , his father was making sure that no one was left in its path ; that no man , taking a last wistful thought to a neglected fishing-boat or a skiff or a hoard of nets he had forgotten , should dash back and drown for his folly . |
21 | One system of universal interpretation sees a phallus in every elongated object and a vagina or womb in everything round or circular . |
22 | Thus , in unregistered conveyancing unless a conveyance or other document of title is properly stamped , it can not be used to assert title to land or defend that title if attacked by others . |
23 | Apart from two or three cafes and a restaurant or two , there is little habitation . |
24 | And erm when I 'd finished with him I 'd perhaps get a two or three specked apples or a banana or something like you see . |
25 | He was n't quite certain whether he was an honoured visitor or a prisoner or maybe something in between . |
26 | It meant I did n't have any kind of mental kink or a leper-complex or anything strange . |
27 | The locals are always ready with a smile , and come night-time , good conversation and a drop or two of schnapps with new found friends make counting sheep a thing to do back home ! |
28 | Asking whether God exists has no more meaning than a grunt or a belch . |
29 | If I get those things and a book or two — I will go to Wednesday night chapel for a whole year . |
30 | An answer can only be given in the kind of perspective which the processes of East-West reconciliation and arms control may , in any case , create : a perspective in which the strategic factors progressively diminish in importance , until the 19 Soviet divisions now stationed in the GDR have no more significance than a knight or bishop stranded on a square of a chessboard which no longer figures in the game . |