Example sentences of "[prep] either a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 However , when a full assessment of either a service user and/or the carer is deemed to be warranted , the procedures and the outcome of the assessment process must embody a number of key characteristics .
2 Every Saturday morning at Willesden Green Library Centre at 11.00 there is a performance for children of either a theatre show or a film .
3 The castle surrendered on 16 June , but by that date Moore had sickened and died , of either a pleurisy or a fever .
4 Fleas can be treated by means of either a powder or spray , or by giving your dog a medicated bath .
5 Within private care where the element of choice might have been thought to be an advantage it was found that a third of residents did not choose , and for 22 per cent the unsolicited efforts of either a relative , the general practitioner or a social worker led to their admission ( Weaver et al . ,
6 Their legs would need to be proportionately stronger , more like a reptile 's or a mammal 's , in which case they would need to have the metabolism of either a reptile or a mammal .
7 A spur , sometimes inappropriately called a snag , is the result of either a breakage not being cleaned back properly to an eye or growth bud , or of pruning too far above a bud — a common case is cutting a bloom , and not paying attention to what is left behind on the plant .
8 We in com in coming to a view on the principle of an orbital system , looked at erm those issues in very general terms and clearly erm we 'll will through the process of either a planning application or the local plan and i would say at this point that we we already have er a member commitment to include the preferred option of the County Council within the local plan as we move forward to our consultation draft next year , we would obviously look more rigorously at the the pros and cons of er particular road schemes .
9 None of these new and developing areas of study was without its problems , and the committees and boards had to be constantly confronting difficulties of either a general and continuing or a highly specific kind .
10 He had a choice of either a club or 15s. 0d. ; he chose the latter !
11 The submission shall consist of either a dissertation of about 10,000 words or the study of a musical document ( about 5,000 words plus an edition of the document ) .
12 Traditionally , those with 25 service have been presented with inscribed watches , but for the first time the 40 year award has been introduced with a choice of either a canteen of cutlery or a set of crystal glasses and decanter as a gift from the company .
13 Each information unit consists of either a combination of given-plus-new elements or of just a new element .
14 A further example is the registration of either a notice or a caution to give priority to a charge and bridge the gap between its creation and registration .
15 and has n't had the example of either a mother or a father who understands the necessity of
16 Once a major effort has been completed against either a warren or a burrow system it can be expected that the area has been fairly well cleared .
17 Accessing this part of the package requires no fiddling with anything in DOS , but needs you to connect the two computers between which files are to be passed via either a parallel or serial lead .
18 Sancha 's publicity guru , Max Clifford , is quoted as saying : ‘ Her idea is to write a book and then turn it into either a television drama or a documentary .
19 You can , of course , connect your spur into either a ring or radial circuit cable direct , using a 30amp three-terminal junction box .
20 ‘ I had arranged with Sister Stevens that on the next occasion that Len presented with either a hangover or a stomach upset I would refer him to the occupational health centre where they would suggest counselling , as I believed Len was becoming a danger to himself and everyone else . ’
21 This is best controlled with either a tablet and either a stylus or a puck but , given a steady hand , it works pretty well with a mouse .
22 However , it should have been obvious to the pilot , and to everyone at the launch point , that with either a swing or a wing-drop there would almost certainly be a collision .
23 She wore a smart Gor-Ray skirt , always with either a twinset or a wool blouse .
24 Each Night Goblin is armed with either a net or a huge club .
25 Certificates were awarded to 63 girls who all passed 93pc of them passed with either a merit or distinction .
26 Of those 93pc passed with either a merit or distinction .
27 Your Land Rover may be fitted with either a Solex or a Zenith carburettor .
28 ALL OF the options being considered for block vote reform leave the trade unions with either a majority or a veto .
29 Depending on the school , a full term 's work of ten to twelve weeks may be spent on one production project during the first term , with either a workshop or text study area at the end of the period .
30 There are at present 63 members of staff , of whom four hold statutory chairs and four ad hominem ones ; one of the latter is the Aldrichian Praelector , the fifth statutory position in Chemistry , which can be associated with either a readership or a professorship .
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