Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv] a [noun sg] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plato makes Protagoras a proponent of democracy , and Socrates is his antagonist : Now when we meet in the Assembly , then if the State is faced with some building project , I observe that the architects are sent for and consulted about the proposed structures , and when it is a matter of shipbuilding , the naval designers , and so on with everything which the Assembly regards as a subject for learning and teaching But when it is something to do with the government of the country that is to be debated , the man who gets up to advise them may be a builder or equally well a blacksmith or a shoemaker , merchant or ship-owner , rich or poor , of good family or none . |
| 2 | After a few weeks ( or maybe only a week or two , if you began with well-developed caterpillars ) the caterpillars will be fully grown and ready to become chrysalids . |
| 3 | This is something that not even a Washoe or Lucy , far less a baby calf , begins to approach . |
| 4 | To approach them tell them how they feel about things rather than having to ring you up and make an appointment if only once a year or once every six months use a group . |
| 5 | If you are lucky enough to have full length cupboards in the hallway , they can easily be reorganized to take china , cutlery , glass and linen and maybe even a trolley or serving cart . |
| 6 | In Ireland , Diarmaid , King of Dublin , made two attacks on Meath along with the King of Ossory , and , noticing that there were few Orkney ships these days in the water and no Orkney attempts at interference , decided it was time to look for some easy weapons and cattle and money , and maybe even a harbour or two . |
| 7 | It takes several months for the dust veil to spread in this way , and then perhaps a year or two for the material to fall out of the stratosphere and for normal warming of the Earth 's surface by the Sun to be restored . |
| 8 | In this way , the economic facts have preserved older mythology : the black woman is both a sexual object and a trustworthy employee ( no longer a domestic servant , but now perhaps a typist or tea-lady ) . |
| 9 | ‘ You remember , ’ he said , ‘ how we predicted , on our very first night together , that it might turn into one book , or a trio , or a quintet — but certainly not a duet or a quartet ? ’ |