Example sentences of "[adj] or [det] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the time of year when the end of last season 's growth slides imperceptibly into the beginning of the next 's , with more or less of a halt depending on the weather . |
| 2 | They thought it normal for Daddy to get them up and dress and breakfast them , before he went down to morning surgery , and for Lucy once she was up to spend ages talking excitedly and gesticulating on the telephone , before consigning them ( with a kiss on the head ) to Nissy while she disappeared to the study to practise , and the house was filled with the cello 's dismal squeaks and groans , which always recovered eventually , into more or less of a tune . |
| 3 | It is not too easy to find , but lies in more or less of a line with Beta and 21(4.5) . |
| 4 | It is not known whether addictive disease is one disease that has different drugs or behaviours of choice according to each individual sufferer or group of sufferers or whether these groups correspond to one or another of a range of addictive diseases . |
| 5 | By way of abbreviation , one or another of a set of possible circumstances was necessary to e , and e necessitated the occurrence of one or another of the set . |
| 6 | It may involve one or more of a range of assessment activities from informal observation to oral , practical , or written procedures . |
| 7 | The analysis of labour markets is complicated further by the fact that they can be defined by reference to one or more of a number of characteristics . |
| 8 | As a result , investigators are finding situations where the methane could come from one or more of a number of sources . |
| 9 | It would be natural to assume that this attempt to create a rift between Offa and the papacy occurred before the visit of the legates in 786 and that the visit was part of a process of reconciliation , but this is not wholly justified for Hadrian 's letter could date to the late rather than the mid-780s , and reflect hostility to one or more of a number of Offa 's actions . |
| 10 | The term is now used more commonly in a broad sense in which it connotes a looser grouping of individuals , each exercising power and united by one or more of a number of features such as wealth , social origins or pre-eminence in achievement in a particular field . |
| 11 | THE seller who makes a false statement in connection with the supply of goods can find himself liable in one or more of a number of ways . |