Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] or [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A little used dining room or even a corridor or hall ? |
| 2 | For example , there are some very attractive red lacquered frames which could be very useful , you could choose a dark mahogany frame with a reddish tinge , or even a gold or wood frame if it sets off a dark red mount or background . |
| 3 | Others prefer a solid object , such as a filter tube , tank wall , or even a rock or flower pot . |
| 4 | If you think you may be suffering from anorexia , bulimia , compulsive eating or an exercise obsession , you could also try your local doctor , or even a teacher or lecturer at college , and see if s/he could put you in touch with a counsellor or support group in your area . |
| 5 | However , our conception of word-meaning has the advantage of being intuitively plausible : its scope coincides well with the pre-theoretical notion of word-meaning that anyone with a practical interest in meaning — a lexicographer , translator , or language teacher , or even a novelist or poet — is likely to have . |
| 6 | The idea is that every person has another person ( or sometimes a group or committee ) to whom he or she has to account for the proper discharge of responsibilities . |
| 7 | When these two holes are lined up just push a panel pin or maybe a nail or matchstick or something else suitable into the two holes . |
| 8 | If not , is there anyone out there that has any parts like needles , ‘ pulled yard ’ , auxiliary rail and plate weights ( for use with the lace carriage ) , pattern cards or books , or maybe a shop or engineer that has one tucked away ? |
| 9 | For example , development must comprise private dwelling houses only , with no trade or business ( other than perhaps a doctor or dentist ) , no caravans or boats to be stored , no dogs , pigs or poultry , no sheds or sheds over a certain height , no loft conversions or extensions . |
| 10 | It is also necessary that no significant minorities feel themselves to be permanently excluded from power or influence ; that groups and individuals sense that they are roughly equal in their ability to influence the outcome of communal policy-making ; and that those outcomes embody what people recognize to be the general interests of society rather than merely a combination or balance of the interests of various particular and organized groups or specific interests . |
| 11 | Harnesses are another popular option with owners of dachshunds , spreading the point of control more widely over the body , rather than just the neck or head . |
| 12 | International commerce was more than just an exchange or European manufactures for primary produce from the rest of the world . |
| 13 | In the present context , what is significant , if not altogether surprising , is that hardly a speech or publication went by between 1920 and 1922 without the most concentrated vitriol being poured upon the Jews . |
| 14 | This is exemplified at a rather trivial level by the fact that almost every programme or course in support of RMI begins with seeking participants ' views as to just ‘ What is RMI ’ . |
| 15 | But still more important for the laity in the Church than either the decree or chapter 4 of Lumen Gentium ( precisely on the laity ) , remains chapter 2 , ‘ The People of God ’ , which located the basic roles of all Christians in aspects of the nature of the Church deeper than the hierarchical . |
| 16 | The economics of all such awards are sound : give away a substantial sum of prize money ( preferably the biggest that most seductive word ) , spend a little more on promotion , and , most essential , appoint as judges a judicious mixture of ancient worthies , the current great and good , a television personality or some such , and perhaps a critic or museum man to add some small semblance of probity to the proceedings . |
| 17 | A follow-up study showed that very few of them ever had any higher ambition for using the money than buying a house or two for the family and perhaps a shop or pub . |
| 18 | Extravagance grew as hope faded , and soon every offer or deal , in whatever currency , was fantastical . |
| 19 | In most areas LEAs have well-organised inter or multi-cultural support services and also an inspector or advisor with special responsibilities for this work . |
| 20 | However , for comparable pairs of questions in which there were semantic constraints on the identity of actor and acted-upon , complete syntactic analysis was not necessary ; and here the presence or absence of a relative pronoun did not affect processing time . |
| 21 | You 've got a good chance of seeing the rarer migrant butterflies here , as well as buzzards , kestrels , and even a hobby or peregrine falcon . |
| 22 | The varying colours of the gowns and hoods , and the more subtle variations in their style and cut , indicate the degree ( Bachelor , Master or Doctor ) , the University which awarded the degree and even the faculty or subject . |
| 23 | Oh they came up with their servants all servants up from the south by train to Inverness and then a charabanc or vehicle of such that was in it then because it was only metal roads we had then . |
| 24 | Daniel Defoe describes the Fens shrouded in fog , through which nothing could be seen ‘ but now and then the lanthorn or cupola of Ely Minster ’ . |
| 25 | Having chosen your frame , and then the card or material for the backing , you will have already made some important decisions about the picture you intend to create . |
| 26 | If either the acquirer or seller is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is obliged to announce the transaction , it probably has to do so immediately on signing . |
| 27 | Procedures laid down by the International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Limited ( " the Stock Exchange " ) may be relevant if either the vendor or purchaser are quoted companies or are subsidiaries of quoted companies . |
| 28 | A child born abroad will be a British citizen by descent if either the father or mother was born or adopted in the United Kingdom or acquired citizenship by registration or naturalization . |
| 29 | Yet you can also measure the number of open files , how much correspondence is still waiting to be answered , the rate at which telephone calls are answered within the department , the initial claims against the settlements and therefore the gain or loss on estimates . |
| 30 | This will provide that any university postholder ( but normally a professor or reader ) will be eligible to hold the headship for periods of up to five years and some professors and readers will be required to serve as head if asked by Council . |