Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any delay or obstruction of measures to safeguard Venice 's heritage would not only be a bureaucratic or administrative problem or even a political game : the delay and second rate solutions have now clearly become a moral issue . |
| 2 | Not only are departments prepared for a Tory or Labour minister but also a Liberal Democrat one as well . |
| 3 | Ms or Mr Trim wakes up for an early morning drink , has tea or coffee with either no milk or skimmed milk and definitely no sugar . |
| 4 | Orwell 's point can be extended , since these writers recognized not only the dissolution of public or social values but also the bankruptcy of private ones : it ought to be remembered that the notion of " personality " reached its apogee in Oscar Wilde during the same period of scientific and social optimism . |
| 5 | Each abounds in imaginative little surprises — sudden lapses into folk themes or popular dances and even a mock ‘ Turkish ’ episode enliven their finales . |
| 6 | What may happen is that the returning reflected stress waves repeatedly meet the outgoing ones at some critical or unlucky point and thus the stress may pile up at this point until fracture occurs . |
| 7 | Short hair or long hair or just a man ? |
| 8 | Thus , if a trustee of a family trust or a nominee or bare trustee or even an agent receives rent there can be a liability to income tax on him ( normally just at the basic rate but sometimes at the additional rate ) . |
| 9 | An extended parking area has enabled the restoration or eroded downland where formerly the grass had been all but lost to cars . |
| 10 | And you put long or short tour and then the numbers |
| 11 | You 've bought your new home , and no doubt that has meant new carpets or new curtains or maybe a new fitted kitchen because you want your home to be comfortable . |
| 12 | We should also address issues such as our abort fees or minimum costs or indeed a retainer . |
| 13 | Some people tend to overuse it and/or use it for concepts too complicated for this medium i.e. where a proper report or formal memo or even a meeting would be more appropriate than an e-mail message . |
| 14 | Whatever the pathophysiological basis of RP may be , however , it is worthy of serious study as a ‘ human experimental model ’ of inflammatory bowel disease , rather than cavalier dismissal as simply a ‘ misdiagnosis ’ of Crohn 's disease . |
| 15 | By this means of marketing , Stoddard regard all the European and Scandinavian markets as merely an extension of the home market as far as pricing , selling and marketing are concerned . |
| 16 | Lots of meaningful glances and repressed passion as only the Victorians knew how . |
| 17 | The lectures of the former and the associations of the latter appeared to be serving not only academic and economic purposes but also the promotion of political instability . |
| 18 | Yet there were many even among his admirers who acknowledged that there were latent dangers in having the country who were certain to provide the numerically strongest contingent additionally furnishing not just the manager and assistant coach but also the captain . |
| 19 | Princes Park has pony rides , a boating lake and mini golf while inland the Towner Art Gallery and Local History Museum offers a fascinating outing . |
| 20 | Secondaries can usually be identified because they cluster around the larger primary , often forming chains and other small groups , and because the impacts producing them are at low angles and low speeds and so the craters are usually elongated . |
| 21 | We shall have occasion later to examine the evidence submitted to and conclusions of the Bullock Committee , and it is sufficient here to note not only the submissions from educational and public librarians but also the committee 's support for the work of librarians in schools , and its welcome for the now-emerging courses leading to people dually qualified as both teachers and librarians . |
| 22 | Dave served in both the New Zealand and British Armies and then the enforcement branch of the New Zealand Wildlife Service . |
| 23 | A week later I was called back to Downing Street by Margaret Thatcher and told that I was taking over the Department of Health and Social Security and also the question-and-answer session . |
| 24 | A daring and devious regicide or merely a clumsy archer ? |
| 25 | Taken to extremes , a Bonsai pine , cherry or plum can embrace many more elements than a mere dwarfed tree might at first suggest to the Westerner : antiquity , continuity ( the best examples have been cared for by successive generations ) , and symbolic qualities that only a study of Zen can fully bring home . |
| 26 | This was a famous and magnificent building but only a small , well preserved , portion remains . |
| 27 | But Drysdale 's claim to fame now is not freckles , specs and white chocolate but arguably the sweetest left foot in the First Division . |
| 28 | Some of the first newly-planned settlements were established by Victorian industrialists themselves , but a long process of government legislation culminated in the passing , between 1945 and 1950 , of comprehensive Town and Country Planning legislation , including provision for New Towns and National Parks but also a characteristically negative policy toward the expansion of cities themselves . |
| 29 | The purpose of the sacrifice is to ensure the fertility and well-being of the individual , his family and domestic animals and ultimately the whole community . |
| 30 | It is true that it is possible to get over this by good workmanship and sophisticated construction but then the cost is higher than that of building in steel or plastics . |