Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] or " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1982 ) , monogamous males might be expected to compete as intensely for the best mates or territories as do polygynous males for the biggest harems . |
| 2 | At the present pace of progress in Brussels , similar changes throughout the EC may not come in for a dozen years or more , and British farmers fear that they will lose business while waiting for European competitors to catch up . |
| 3 | That view is presented in a classical French , rarely illustrated , and then only with the smallest photographs or the occasional line drawing . |
| 4 | Heat is radiated entirely from the ceramic coals or logs . |
| 5 | At first glance , you may not notice any obvious differences , but if you look more closely you may spot a slight increase in the graininess of the picture at the LP speed , especially in the darker areas or if you were shooting in poor light . |
| 6 | In other words , in those studies where children heard both more and less in the same trials or same sessions , and where there were more than two responses possible , they showed no evidence of treating less as if it meant more . |
| 7 | ‘ Just for a few days or so … something to ease the pain ? ’ |
| 8 | Similarly , a realist claim that electrons exist is a claim not about the instrumental observations or theoretical predictions of physics but about an independent world which physics investigates . |
| 9 | Scientific and technological advances will help the world deal with greenhouse gases , but not for a hundred years or so . |
| 10 | Fabliau narrative is characteristically brief , and the plot is complicated and problematic only for some of the characters within the tales , not for the well-informed readers or audience of the piece . |
| 11 | A. Rhododendron ‘ Praecox ’ Not for the coldest gardens or for alkaline soils , but generally worth growing , given shelter from wind and early morning sun . |
| 12 | Not in the plush Cascades or the twee Cotton 's Landing . |
| 13 | From then onwards , all the ‘ evidence ’ offered as ‘ proof ’ that Libya was responsible for the mass murder at Lockerbie would come , not from the Scottish police or forensic scientists , but from the FBI and the CIA — and they had to work hard . |
| 14 | In other words , changes in literature depend not on the personal circumstances or the psychological make-up of an author , but on the pre-existing forms of literature . |
| 15 | He , of course , assumed that the earth was the hub of the universe , and also that the cosmos was controlled by celestial beings , rather like the living beings or cherubim of Ezekiel . |
| 16 | If you 're suggesting that the Manchester Evening News are proactively against the Liberal Democrats or that they would obstruct erm us in getting a fair crack of the whip , you may well be true , but I think we 've got that obstacle overcome , perhaps , in every stage . |
| 17 | Always with strangers , mostly in their cars , always in the late mornings or early afternoons in some remote country spot or shady lane . |
| 18 | ‘ We are still within the amateur regulations or we would n't be here , ’ Grant Fox , the All Black outside-half , said yesterday . |
| 19 | The stimuli which the cell receives from the matrix can then initiate changes in gene expression with temporally related changes in cell structure which result directly from the same signals or are determined by concomitant but separate cell-matrix interaction . |
| 20 | If the individual can fence himself off from the prying eyes or fingers of the state , can maintain his private domain in his own way without intervention by public authorities , an important aspect of political liberty is established . |
| 21 | The situation for the fabliau , the clerk 's desire for the wife , and her vulnerability with her husband away , is rapidly set up with no superfluous details or distractions . |
| 22 | If you have not kept up with the nursing journals or have been out of practice for a long time then you will have to trust to luck or the recommendations of others as to the relevance and value of any course you choose to attend . |
| 23 | It goes back for a hundred years or more . |
| 24 | If you have time , pay a visit to Rossano which boasts an exquisite byzantine church straight out of the Arabian Nights or drive south towards Tropea a pretty fishing town with superb , golden beaches . |
| 25 | Where the state does take initiatives , it should do so by involving private enterprise , e.g. with the inner cities or the Channel tunnel . |
| 26 | It was either that or some whacking great palace out in the New Territories or one of the outlying islands . ’ |
| 27 | He preached mainly on the great truths or the essential doctrines of the Christian faith . |
| 28 | If a horse is frightened , particularly a foal , it will rush back to the other horses or its dam for the psychological comfort of contact . |
| 29 | Perhaps the DNA of the mule germ-cells mutates back to the parental forms or , more speculatively , as Taylor and Short suggest , borrows chromatin ( chromosomal material ) from a neighbouring cell . |
| 30 | I remember black faced miners and not so black faced shipyard workers passing to and fro to the nearby yards or the ‘ G ’ pit at the end of the street . |