Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] or " in BNC.

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1 where did you see this then in a magazine or something ?
2 I have never been able to subscribe to the extreme schools of thought which see this either as a sin or as an act of brave defiance .
3 You 're now ready to knock the joint apart with a mallet or hammer and a block of scrap softwood .
4 Fetal material is transplantable either as an organ or as a cellular suspension .
5 Under RSC , Ord 65 , r 7 , if service is effected after 4 pm on a weekday or 12 noon on a Saturday , service is deemed to have been effected the next day or on Monday as the case may be .
6 Service after 4 pm on a weekday or 12 noon on a Saturday is deemed to have taken place on the following day or on Monday as the case may be ( RSC , Ord 65 , r 7 ) .
7 The advantage of serving a writ with statement of claim endorsed is that it can be served after 4 pm on a weekday or all day Saturday .
8 One side without the other is likely to create problems and it may be better not to make an appointment than to settle for someone who is seriously inadequate either as a musician or as a leader .
9 Seem to be stuck here for a week or so .
10 As far as local democracy was concerned , no evidence was clearly discernible either for an improvement or for a deterioration .
11 Thirstlessness is usual even with a fever or the dry mouth which is also commonly present .
12 The only other low-cost option is to take a colour photograph of the screen and whilst this might suffice for business charts it certainly wo n't be accurate enough for a designer or architect .
13 A mode of speech familiar only to a group or profession ; unintelligible words .
14 The sensual Margaret Tudor very quickly stirred up trouble by taking a second husband , the sixth Earl of Angus — a Red Douglas , who proved to be a greedy bully and unsuitable either as a husband or a stepfather .
15 And on the other there seems to be a view that , well , erm wherever necessary perhaps on a farm or elsewhere that development should be should be permitted .
16 ‘ He 's sly enough for a Quaker or that newfangled Methody .
17 At first , he was infinitely gentle and loving , his fingers moving over her body in an exploratory , almost hesitant manner , lightly caressing her , lingering only for a moment or two on her face or breasts before moving onwards again to touch her skin , most delicately and teasingly .
18 9.3.2 Similarly with a firm or company
19 Any applicant who is aggrieved either by a refusal or a condition on a permission can appeal to the Secretary of State who , in effect , considers the whole application afresh .
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