Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] either [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To be associated with them you must be either a square-headed German or a bearded Bolshevik . |
| 2 | A guardian must be either a local social services department or a person accepted by them . |
| 3 | In my judgment , the Peters case [ 1983 ] E.C.R. 987 and the Arcado case are both consistent with Mr. Tecks ' proposition that there must be either a contractual relationship giving rise to actual contractual obligations , or a consensual obligation similar to a contract ( as in the Peters case ) giving rise to a comparable obligation , for the case to fall within the crucial test in article 5(1) . |
| 4 | You must have SPR SSR Controller privilege to submit an SSR and you must be either the creator of the SSR or an ancestor of the creator . |
| 5 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option , but you must be either the manager of the package or an ascendant of that user . |
| 6 | Once again however , you must be either the user who installed the current version or have Manager privilege . |
| 7 | The would-be objector must be either an owner or an occupier of heritable property . |
| 8 | Closing my eyes , thinking that it might be either the sun or the Pernod , I waited a few seconds and chanced another look . |
| 9 | Bad temper could be either a cause or effect of being admitted to a residential home . |
| 10 | The patron could be either a large client or a ‘ broker ’ , in the case here a firm of land agents . |
| 11 | In Ukraine the result could be either a return to the Russian fold , or a reversion to authoritarian rule , compounded perhaps by civil war in the Russified eastern regions of the country . |
| 12 | But also , from its early stages , the academy could be either a general or , increasingly , a specialized learned society ; there are many such examples , from the thirteenth century onwards , in speculative philosophy , literature and language , and the sciences . |
| 13 | This payment could be either a deposit or mere part payment . |
| 14 | It was to fill a gap in the provision of two-year courses , was to be offered as ‘ a genuine and useful addition to those forms of higher education already available ’ , would have the same entry qualifications as for degrees , and could be either a terminal qualification with which to enter appropriate forms of employment , or provide a foundation ‘ for further study and be designed , where appropriate , in such a way as to earn credit towards other qualifications , including degrees and the requirements of professional bodies ’ . |
| 15 | This discrepancy arises from the ever present difficulty of deciding whether a particular cell could be either a lymphocyte or part of a macrophage , neutrophil , or fibroblast . |
| 16 | Two , a lump sum to be held by the town council , to be used as a form of grant , or financial support for low income families , students , unemployed , etcetera , on production of the relevant proof , erm , depending on the individual 's needs , this could be either a full financial or part financial support for an activity of the person 's choice , and this scheme could be used purely for Ottery based people . |
| 17 | A play on mental handicap , such as a period in the life of a mentally handicapped person , or depicting the effects which a mentally handicapped child has on the parents , could be either an uplifting or depressing experience . |
| 18 | Via Liverpool tickets could be either an early wartime issue or post 1946 . |
| 19 | He could be either the bass guitar , or the |
| 20 | This initiating event may be either a rupture in the reactor 's coolant system that results in a LOCA , or any of a number of reactor transients . |
| 21 | Such social aggregations may be either a feeding adaptation or a means of avoiding predation . |
| 22 | There are now over twenty Visa cards on offer — all with different terms and conditions , twelve Mastercards , not to mention some seventeen gold cards ( which may be either a charge card like American Express or Diners Club , or a credit card ) . |
| 23 | Thus hope , love , sleep may be nouns as well as verbs ; chief , square , vegetable may be nouns as well as adjectives ; while may be either a noun , verb or conjunction ; since may be an adverb , preposition or a conjunction . |
| 24 | The Proof may be either a simple Proof on the facts or a Proof before Answer which is a Proof on the facts with questions of relevancy reserved until after the evidence has been heard . |
| 25 | For example , the word ball may be either a noun , a transitive verb or an intransitive verb but for 99% of cases may be treated simply as a noun . |
| 26 | The thesis , on an agreed topic not exceeding 60,000 words , may be either a piece of original research or a critical survey of advanced knowledge in a particular field . |
| 27 | Such is the speed of decline ( GNP in the first three months of 1991 was 8% lower than it had been in the same period of 1990 , imports were 45% lower ) that , if this plan fails , the next one may be either an economic state of emergency imposed under martial law , or a kaleidoscope of programmes started by republics after the Soviet Union breaks up . |
| 28 | The numerical score may be either an age equivalent or a standardised score . |
| 29 | a literal may be either an atomic formula or a negated atomic formula * p ( t , t , … t ) . |
| 30 | A valuation may be either an assurance oriented ( ie providing assurance or comfort ) or a value added engagement . |