Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [adj] or [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many schools there are PTAs and School Associations which , though not political ( in a party sense ) , have shown themselves willing to confront the local authority — be that ‘ authority ’ an individual headteacher , a school staff or the divisional or county education officer — when moved to do so . |
| 2 | The numeric may be a constant , a variable , or a mathematical or boolean expression . |
| 3 | With either type , you may find a 50mm socket , into which a suitably-sized boss connector or adaptor is welded to take a solvent-welded or push-fit pipe , or a push-fit or compression fitting which takes a branch pipe directly so needs to be the correct size . |
| 4 | If the patient 's well-being is enhanced or if a problem such as asthma is cured , but joint pains flare up or a skin rash develops , the physician can reassure the patient that things are moving in the right direction and that the joint or skin problem should be transient and will also clear up in due course . |
| 5 | And do you seriously believe that the American or world computer industry would be better today if IBM had been broken up into five pieces 20 years ago , as the 1960s and 1970s trustbusters proposed ? |
| 6 | Professional investment analysts and advisers are sometimes attracted to the OTC market like bees to the proverbial honeypot , and significantly seem no more interested in figures and ratios than the common or garden punter . |
| 7 | As a party , the Republicans , in electoral terms , remain weak below the presidential level and Reagan 's victory in 1980 can now be seen as largely a personal rather than an ideological or party triumph . |
| 8 | The problem with the original Codasyl proposals was that there is no clear distinction made between the conceptual or user view and the physical or computer view . |
| 9 | A ‘ lamp ’ is the correct name for what most of us call a light bulb , and the common or garden light bulb is known as a GLS ( general lighting service ) lamp . |
| 10 | Armagnac 's second marriage , to Béatrix de Clermont , tended ( like that of Gaston I of Foix-Béarn to Jeanne of Artois ) to incline him towards northern France and the Capetian or Valois court rather than towards an absentee king-duke of Aquitaine . |
| 11 | Stick to your plan of good general lighting and a standard or table lamp behind you . |
| 12 | A minimal analysis of leadership roles produces two vital roles : a task-oriented leader role and a socio-emotional or maintenance leader role . |
| 13 | The poet 's ordinary dress was a loose brown frock-coat , trousers of shepherd 's plaid , a loose black handkerchief for a neck-tie , a green and black plaid shawl round the shoulders , and a wide-awake or straw hat , often with a blue veil attached to it . |
| 14 | Group 1 consisted of 85 patients who had 3 or more clinically atypical naevi ( >5 mm in diameter and irregular edge , irregular pigment , or inflammation ) , more than 20 benign naevi , and no personal or family history of melanoma ( Kraemer et al 's categories A and B ) . |
| 15 | When the itching does begin it is probably because an allergic or sensitivity reaction has been set up . |
| 16 | Whether a top-down or bottom-up approach is used , this categorization , though useful in creating a structure , often obscures similarities between items that have been placed in separate categories . |